Statement of the Coalition Against Enforced Disappearance on the International Day of the Disappeared

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We have RAGED!
(Run AGainst Enforced Disappearance)

We, the families of the disappeared and human rights advocates in the Philippines, gather today to commemorate the International Day of the Disappeared through our activity, Run Against Enforced Disappearance (RAGED). 

We have RAGED that this day should never have been commemorated if only States around the world including all their instrumentalities had respected the human rights of their citizens.

We have RAGED that enforced disappearance is still being used as a repressive tool to stifle dissent and to silence political opposition. It is one of the cruelest forms of human rights violations.  It violates practically all civil liberties and human rights including the right to life.