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#IWD2026 Statement, P III #MemoryIsResistance

#IWD2026 Statement, P II #MemoryIsResistance

#IWD2026 Statement, Part I: ✅ Ratify/implement the ICPPED ✅ Investigate and prosecute perpetrators ✅ Guarantee truth and reparations for families ✅ Ensure independent investigations ✅ Protect human rights defenders and end reprisals #𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝘆𝗶𝘀𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲

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

They reflect, not only on the passion of Jesus Christ on his way to Golgotha, but on the enduring suffering of the families of the disappeared and all those who continue to bear a cross yet to be lifted.

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-happenin…

@FindPhilippines PAHAYAG NG AFAD AT FIND PARA SA IKA-40 NA ANIBERSARYO NG EDSA PEOPLE POWER REVOLUTION disappeared-asia.org/whats-happenin…

AFAD Supports #Odhikar’s Call for Vigilance on Electoral Violence: #Bangladesh’s Continued Democratic Journey disappeared-asia.org/whats-happenin…

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-happenin…

#EnforcedDisappearances #Nepal #TransitionalJustice #HumanRights #AFAD #TruthAndJustice #GenZNepal See post here: disappeared-asia.org/whats-happenin…

Qurban Ali was forcibly disappeared on 2 January 2026 from his residence in B-17, Islamabad. Since the incident, his family has been desperately seeking answers, yet the police continue to refuse to register an FIR, denying even the most basic legal recourse. This silence and inaction further expose how enforced disappearance remains a tool of oppression, used with impunity while families are left in anguish and uncertainty. Every delay deepens the injustice and normalizes illegality. Defence of Human Rights (DHR) Pakistan demands the immediate release and safe recovery of Qurban Ali and calls upon the authorities to fulfill their legal obligations without further delay. #ReleaseQurbanAli #EndEnforcedDisappearances

As we step into the new year, we carry hope! Hope for answers. Hope for accountability. Hope for reunions long overdue. We remain committed to our mission of truth, justice, and human dignity. Until every forcibly disappeared person is released and every family receives justice, our work will continue. Here’s to a new year of strength, solidarity, and unwavering resolve. Wishing you all a very Happy New Year!

#WomenLeadingJustice #EnforcedDisappearances #GenderJustice #VictimFamilies #TruthAndJustice

The engagement culminated in the development and dissemination of a collective statement reflecting shared priorities, lived realities, and coordinated demands for truth, justice, accountability, and reparations.

Through a Workshop and Women’s Congress held in Sri Lanka, AFAD, in partnership with the Women’s World Day of Prayer (WWDP), engaged women from victim families to advance gender-responsive discourse on enforced disappearances.

@KontraS @KontraSupdates

Through a Workshop and Women’s Congress held in Indoneisa, AFAD, in partnership with the Women’s World Day of Prayer (WWDP), engaged women from victim families to advance gender-responsive discourse on enforced disappearances.

Through a Workshop and Women’s Congress held in Pakistan, AFAD, in partnership with the Women’s World Day of Prayer (WWDP), engaged women from victim families to advance gender-responsive discourse on enforced disappearances.