Marking the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances on 30 August 2026, SAHR highlighted the voices and experiences of families of the disappeared who continue to seek truth, justice, and accountability. SAHR sought to draw the attention of relevant authorities and the wider human rights community, both nationally and regionally, to the persistent gaps in justice, accountability and redress for victims and their families.
Monoram Polok, son of Bangladeshi photojournalist and newspaper editor Shafiqul Islam Kajol who was subjected to an enforced disappearance on 10 March 2020 for 53 days and found on 3 May 2020, shares his family’s journey in their search for truth and justice.
Moosa Rilwan, brother of Maldivian journalist Ahmed Rilwan Abdullah who went missing on 8 August 2014, shares his family’s long and ongoing pursuit of truth, accountability, and justice.
Amina Masood Janjua, founder of Defense of Human Rights Pakistan, shares her 21-year journey since her husband, Masood Ahmed Janjua, was forcibly disappeared on 30 July 2005 while travelling to Peshawar, Pakistan.
Nagma Mali, a resident of Lalitpur District in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, shares the story of her father, Nanda Gopal Mali, an artist and idol maker who went missing in 2004, towards the end of the armed conflict.
Sandya Ekneligoda, shares her search for justice following the enforced disappearance of her husband Prageeth Ekneligodain Sri Lanka on 24 January 2010, .