AFAD 25 Years Video Teaser

This AFAD video teaser is an opening salvo of the yearlong campaign and fight Against Enforced Disappearances and for the Protection, not Persecution, of Human Rights Defenders, across Asia.

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What's Happening

The Phruetsapha Thamin, or Black May, refers to the protest that erupted in Bangkok in 1992 against the government of General Suchinda Kraprayoon, and to the military crackdown that followed. At the height of the protest, between 17-20 May 1992, 200,000 people demonstrated in central Bangkok.

Maina was 15 when she was picked up and disappeared by Army Officers, to then be tortured to death. After more than a decade waiting for justice, 3 Army officers were finally convicted last month, but the commander was acquitted. Maina's mother appealed against this decision, but the case risks being close as due to political pressures, the district attorney decided not to bring forward the appeal.
AFAD stands firmly with Devi Sunuwar, joining her call for justice. Perpetrators must be held accountable for what they have done to Maina and to the many victims of human rights violations in Nepal. 
 
#JusticeForMaina  #WeStandWithDeviSunuwar
 

May 18 marks a central moment in the history of South Korea: the May 1980 Gwangju Democratic Uprising. The Gwangju Uprising was a wave of protests that took place in the southwestern city of Gwangju in May 18-27, 1980 that saw thousands of South Korean students, workers, mothers, teachers and farmers collectively deciding that they have had enough of the State’s violence and repression, and revolted against a tyrannical military dictatorship that controlled the country for more than 18 years.

AFAD condemns the imprisonment of two Bangladeshi journalists, Hasan Ali and Aslam Ali, due to charges under Section 57 of the repressive Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act. Both are also human rights defenders. Hasan Ali is associated with AFAD member organization, Odhikar, and has published several reports on human rights violations in Bangladesh, including extra-judicial killings, torture, rape and enforced disappearances.

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