ASSOCIATION OF PARENTS OF
DISAPPEARED PERSONS- KASHMIR, INDIA
The
APDP was founded in 1994 when a large number of parents used to visit the
High Court to file or to pursue the Habeas Corpus petitions. The relatives
used to take the individual efforts in a disorganized manner. Finally, its
Patron, Parvez Imroz, a practicing lawyer and a human rights activist with
the help of its Chairperson Parveena Ahangar, herself a victim of enforced
disappearances, put them on collective forum for joint efforts.
The APDP is an association of sufferers wronged by the functioning of the
state. The members are campaigning for the truth about the whereabouts of
their missing relatives. Any person who is a victim of disappearances
could be member of the association. The association has no political
affiliations or political positions. It is an independent group seeking
justice from the state.
The APDP is one of the founding members of the Asian Federation Against
Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD).
The
APDP was founded in 1994 when a large number of parents used to visit the
High Court to file or to pursue the Habeas Corpus petitions. The relatives
used to take the individual efforts in a disorganized manner. Finally, its
Patron, Parvez Imroz, a practicing lawyer and a human rights activist with
the help of its Chairperson Parveena Ahangar, herself a victim of enforced
disappearances, put them on collective forum for joint efforts.