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Mayer Dak, a platform for family members of the victims of enforced disappearance forms a human chain in front of National Press Club in the capital on Saturday on the eve of Human Rights Day.

Mayer Dak, a platform for family members of the victims of enforced disappearance forms a human chain in front of National Press Club in the capital on Saturday on the eve of Human Rights Day.
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