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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

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

International conference: Of War and Collective Memory

International conference: Of War and Collective Memory. In the shadow of amnesia:  the struggle with power is the struggle of memory with oblivion. 196th Conference/dialogue held in framework of OPEN ASIA’s 8th Edition of Human rights week marking 25th anniversary celebration year.

Wednesday 2 December 2020

Mark the days: OPEN ASIA|Armanshahr|40Braids celebrating 25th Anniversary with Human Rights Week 8th edition

OPEN ASIA To mark 25th Anniversary, Human Rights Week – 8th edition Of War and Collective Memory, 25 NOV-11 DEC. 5 Dialogues | 2 Workshops | 10 Films | 5 New Books | Photo Exhibition | Poetry evening | International Simorgh Peace Prize Call (7 th edition) Herat-Paris-Dushanbe-London

Friday 27 November 2020