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Nepalese women trafficked to Syria and forced to work as maids

Source: The Guardian By Pete Pattisson While millions are fleeing the brutal conflict in Syria, hundreds of Nepalese women are being trafficked to the war-torn country and forced to work as domestic maids. The women, who […]

Saturday، 10 June، 2017

New issue of Armanshahr HR & Civil Society NEWSLETTER, Special Afghanistan, nos. 204-205 (Year VIII)

Read New issue of Armanshahr HR & Civil Society bilingual weekly NEWSLETTER, Special Afghanistan, nos. 204-205 (Year VIII), 7 JUNE 2017

Saturday، 10 June، 2017

Washington’s “Jihadi Express”: Indonesia – Afghanistan – Syria – Philippines

Source: 21st Century Wire By Andre Vltchek It was late at night but the new Terminal 3 at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport outside Jakarta was still bustling with families and friends waiting for their loved ones […]

Friday، 9 June، 2017

Will the ICC Launch a Full Investigation in Afghanistan?

Source: Lawfare By David Bosco Monday, May 8, 2017, 11:10 AM In mid-November, International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda announced that her office would make a decision “in the very near future” on whether to […]

Thursday، 1 June، 2017

Disappearance of Daughters!

Nobel Laureate, Economist Amartya Sen, in way back 1990’s introduced the term “missing women”, showing a deficit in the number of women relative to the expected number of women in a region.

Tuesday، 23 May، 2017

Going backwards: The death penalty in Southeast Asia

FIDH Over the past year, Southeast Asia has witnessed significant setbacks with regard to the abolition of the death penalty, FIDH said in a new report published today, on the occasion of the 14th World […]

Friday، 3 March، 2017

Resolution on the upcoming constitutional referendum in Kyrgyzstan

human rights and freedoms in Kyrgyzstan and consider that the upcoming Constitutional Refendum will negatively impact democratic principles of Kyrgyzstan, in particular the rule of law, the separation of powers, the independence of the judiciary, and human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Tuesday، 6 December، 2016

Perspectives Asia: The Gender Issue

Perspectives Asia is a publication series of the Asia Desk of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung published in cooperation with the offices of the foundation in Asia.

Thursday، 17 December، 2015

4th International Simorgh Peace Prize Awardees – 2015

This 4th round, women who are true protectors of peace in three countries located at the heart of Asia – Afghanistan, Iran and Tajikistan – were recipients of the awards; women who despise war-mongering and stand up to it by their civic and sustained initiatives; innovative women who resist the despotic and war-afflicted world and give us hope to continue the struggle to change the unjust relations and serve equality.

Thursday، 10 December، 2015

Wars killed 149,000 in Pakistan and Afghanistan since 2001: report

Source: Pakistan Today Wars in Pakistan and Afghanistan have killed at least 149,000 people between 2001 and 2014, says a recent report by a US think-tank. The Watson Institute’s Costs of War Project also reports […]

Monday، 31 August، 2015