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Transitional Justice and Peace

197th Dialogue: Launch conference of the Campaign “Words matter: 61 words, 61 days to combat SGBV”

Launch conference of the “Words are important: 61 words, 61 days to combat SGBV” Campaign, with experts from Afghanistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kurdistan Region.

Thursday 4 March 2021

Killing of Human Rights Defenders and Media Professionals in Afghanistan – New UN Report

Press Release   KILLING OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AND MEDIA PROFESSIONALS IN AFGHANISTAN – NEW UN REPORT KABUL, 15 February 2021 – The period following the start of Afghanistan Peace Negotiations in September 2020 has […]

Monday 15 February 2021

OPEN ASIA|Armanshahr Foundation has joined an open letter by 55 NGOs to Biden: support access to justice for all by rescinding Trump-era executive order impeding ICC’s work

OPEN ASIA|Armanshahr Foundation has joined an open letter by 55 NGOs to Biden: support access to justice for all by rescinding Trump-era executive order impeding ICC’s work.   Dear Mr. President, The International Federation for Human […]

Thursday 28 January 2021

Biden’s Challenge: Redeeming a US Role for Human Rights

Human Rights Watch – World Report 2021 Introductory remark by Kenneth Roth.   After four years of a president who was indifferent and often hostile to human rights, the November 2020 election of Joe Biden […]

Wednesday 27 January 2021

Kabul Under Siege: Op-Ed

Tolo News By William Maley, Professor. Published 28 December 2020. Kabul is a city under siege. It may not be besieged in the way that Berlin was in April 1945, but the daily lives of its […]

Wednesday 27 January 2021

Afghan Peace: Illusion and Reality

Tolo News By Afrasiab Khattak, Former Member of Pakistan’s Senate, Analyst. Published on October 11 2020. A month after the beginning of the intra-Afghan talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government, there has been […]

Wednesday 27 January 2021

Joe Biden Will Have to Address the War in Afghanistan—Again

The New Yorker By Steve Coll January 20, 2021 When Joe Biden became Vice-President, in 2009, tens of thousands of American troops were fighting a spreading Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan, and the war loomed as one of […]

Friday 22 January 2021

Afghan Leaders Sideline Spokesmen in an Escalating Misinformation War

The New York Times By Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Fahim Abed and Najim Rahim Published Jan. 10, 2021Updated Jan. 15, 2021 The Ghani administration and the Taliban are fighting a public-relations battle, with the government taking more drastic measures to control the flow […]

Tuesday 19 January 2021

‘I Could Just Vanish’: In Kabul, Pocket Notes to Prevent Anonymous Death

The New York Times By David Zucchino and Fatima Faizi As violence engulfs them, some Afghans carry notes with their names, blood types and relatives’ phone numbers in case they are killed or severely wounded. KABUL, Afghanistan — […]

Monday 18 January 2021

Read & Watch International conference: Of War and Collective Memory

Read report/watch “Of War and Collective Memory”, 11 December 2020. OPEN ASIA|Armanshahr Foundation , 40Braids, Int. Simorgh Peace Prize, Armanshahr publishing 196th Conference held in 8th Edition of Human rights week collaboration with and supported by FIDH, UKRI, GCRF & ICAN.

Monday 21 December 2020