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Photo by Darwin Mendiola/AFAD

More than a hundred advocates gathered in Quezon City Circle to commemorate the International Day of the Disappeared.  Led by the Families of Victims of Involuntary Disappearance (FIND) and Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearance (AFAD) together with members of the Coalition Against Enforced Disappearance (CAED), the group held a Run Against Enforced Disappearance tagged as “We have RAGED!”.

Photo by Darwin Mendiola / AFAD

The run started in front of the National Housing Authority and ended in the Bantayog ng mga Bayani.

Photo by Darwin Mendiola / AFAD

The run was also participated in by the running priest Fr. Robert Reyes and children of desaparecidos or Samahan ng mga Anak ng Desaparecidos (SAD).

Photo by Sonny Resuena/FIND

The group are pushing for the enactment of the Anti-Enforced Disappearance Law and the Philippine ratification of the International Convention for the protection of all persons from Enforced Disappearance.

Photo by Sonny Resuena/FIND

Photo by AFAD

After the run, the group attended the mass celebrated by Fr. Robert Reyes in Bantayog ng mga Bayani.

Photo by AFAD

Photo by AFAD

For more photos please look for FIND and AFAD in Facebook.

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