Asian Federation Against IDD-IWD
- Category: IDD-AFAD-MO
Dhaka/Manila, 30 August 2019: The International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances is observed globally on 30 August every year and this gives us the opportunity to remember the numbers of people who were disappeared due to armed conflict, war, occupation, xenophobia, authoritarianism and political turmoil; and to show solidarity with the victim-families. While commemorating this day, Odhikar and AFAD remember the victims of enforced disappearance and respect the struggles of the families of the disappeared persons around the world.
- Category: IDD-AFAD-MO
May 26-31, 2019: Every last week of May, the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) joins the global community in observing the International Week of the Disappeared. This year, AFAD remembers those who have been forcibly disappeared and strengthens its resolve to create a world free from enforced disappearances.
- Category: IDD-AFAD-MO
Dhaka/Manila, 26 May 2019: The International Week of the Disappeared is observed in many countries every last week of May. In commemorating this remarkable week, Odhikar and AFAD remember and pay tribute to victims of enforced disappearance and their families across the globe, including Bangladesh. Like many countries in Asia, enforced disappearances have almost become a regular phenomenon in Bangladesh, and a highly visible and worrying number of enforced disappearances have been committed. A large number of victims of enforced disappearance are political activists belonging to the opposition parties. Some are student activists, non-partisan critical voices, intellectual figures, academics, and journalists. Some return alive, many never at all.
- Category: IDD-AFAD-MO
May 27-31, 2018 - The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances commemorates the International Week of the Disappeared and expresses solidarity with the families whose loved ones have been forcibly disappeared.