ASIA: Weekly Roundup, Episode 51

This week’s episode of Weekly Roundup covers the issue of disappearance.

The episode begins with a recent development in Sri Lanka where posters are appearing that criticize the annual commemoration of victims of disappearance and the event’s organizers

Photo: Roshan Chathuranga

Next, Samia Islam of Odhikar describes how disappearances in Bangladesh differ from those many other countries

Later, Mary Aileen Diez-Bacalso, Founder and Secretary General of the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances talks about her organizations efforts to end disappearances, and their programs aimed to help survivors

The episode concludes with the International Commission of Jurists’ Legal Advisor for South East Asia, Emmerlynne Gil, who tackles some of the legal and political obstacles to the international fight to end disappearances

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Document Type : Announcement
Document ID : AHRC-ANM-047-2014
Countries : Asia,
Issues : ALL EPISODES, Corruption, Enforced disappearances and abductions, Impunity,