AFAD Commemorates the International Day for the Right to Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims

24 March 2018 - The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) commemorates the International Day for the Right to Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims. We are witness to a world where violation of human rights in the form of summary executions, enforced disappearances and torture occur routinely and those who seek justice are persecuted, threatened and executed. Yet, there are countless number of people who raise their voice to seek justice and to protect the rights of others.

AFAD's message to KontraS' 20th Anniversary

20 March 2018

To our friends and colleagues in KontraS,

Warm greetings on your 20th Anniversary!

On this occasion, the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) salutes the women and men of KontraS who worked ard to establish the organization and to develop it to full maturity as the most spected human rights organization in Indonesia. The human rights activism of our sisters and brothers in KontraS is making a huge difference in the lives of victims of human rights violations in this vast Southeast Asian archipelago, whose dark history is marred with the blood of innumerable victims.

March 2018 Issue: The Voice

Strengthening AFAD as it Completes its Second Decade of Struggle Towards a More Effective and Enduring Response to Disappearances in Asia

AFAD Commemorates the International Women’s Day, 2018

As the world celebrates the International Women’s Day, the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) pays tribute to all women who have been relentlessly struggling for truth and justice. AFAD remembers the women victims of enforced disappearance – those who have been forcibly disappeared as well as those whose lives have been gravely affected by the phenomenon of enforced disappearance even as they continue to fight bravely against it.