Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances is a human rights organization working directly on the issue of involuntary disappearances in Asia.
Quezon City, Philippines
Joined July 2009
- Tweets7K
- Following1.1K
- Followers3.2K
- Likes1.1K
๐ง๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ผ, ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ: disappeared-asia.org/news?arโฆ
On 22 July 2026, our Chairperson Khurram Parvez and journalist Irfan Mehraj walked out of Rohini Jail โ after 1,703 and 1,219 days behind bars, without a single conviction. (1)
AFAD retweeted
Prominent #Kashmiri Human Rights Defender @KhurramParvez & Journalist @IrfanMeraj have been #released from Rohini Jail on Bail under harsher condions imposed by Delhi High Court and NIA Specisl Sessions Judges Court in politically motivated terrorism cases lodged under draconian #UAPA in the late night on Wednesday, 22 July 2026. Khurram was in pretrial #ArbitraryDetention for 1703 days while Irfan was for 1219 days prior to this release @DrAliceJEdwards @UNHumanRights @UN_SPExperts @volker_turk @UN_HRC
fidh.org/en/region/asia/indiโฆ
A public call to end Khurram Parvezโ arbitrary detention #FreeKhurram disappeared-asia.org/whats-hโฆ
28 Years of Resistance Against Enforced Disappearance. Our refusal to forget is our resistance against the state-led erasure of the crime of enforced disappearance. On our 28th year, AFAD commits to further pursuing truth and justice, all towards a world without desaparecidos.
DHR joins the commemoration of the International Week of the Disappeared 2026: Memory is Resistance. Amina Masood Janjua, DHR Chairperson, shares how the theme memory is resistance resonates with the families of victims of disappearances in Pakistan #IWD2026 #MemoryIsResistance
NKHR joins the commemoration of the International Week of the Disappeared 2026: Memory is Resistance. Jiyoon Lee, NKHR Senior Project Manager, shares the work of NKHR, NKHR: Citizens' Alliance for North Korean Human Rights. @NKHumanRights
โค๏ธ
#IWD2026 Statement, Part I:
โ
Ratify/implement the ICPPED
โ
Investigate and prosecute perpetrators
โ
Guarantee truth and reparations for families
โ
Ensure independent investigations
โ
Protect human rights defenders and end reprisals #๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ
AFAD Executive Director Christian Gultia reflects on this year's theme, Memory is Resistance, and what it truly means in the lives of families across Asia. To remember is to refuse erasure. To remember is to resist. #IWD2026 #MemoryIsResistance
Last Holy Wednesday, the Families of Victims of Involuntary Disappearance (FIND) gathered to commemorate the Kalbaryo ng Kawalan ng Katarungan (Calvary of Injustice) at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani, in Quezon City, Philippines. @FindPhilippines
Medical update regarding Human Rights Defender Andrie Yunus (Indonesia) @KontraSupdates @KontraS disappeared-asia.org/whats-hโฆ
AFAD Supports #Odhikarโs Call for Vigilance on Electoral Violence: #Bangladeshโs Continued Democratic Journey disappeared-asia.org/whats-hโฆ
Systematic Judicial Persecution and Erosion of Due Process in Pakistan: The Case of Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha disappeared-asia.org/whats-hโฆ
