Manila: The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) stands in solidarity with victims and survivors of torture all across the world today on the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.

The United Nations condemns torture as one of the vilest acts perpetrated by human beings on their fellow human beings. Torture is one of the most abhorrent forms of human rights violations. It is aimed at utterly destroying the victim’s sense of dignity.Torture is a contemptible act that causes extreme and irreversible psychological and physical damages on the individual.