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Montly Archive August 2013

115th Goftegu Public Debate: We Do Not Want To Wash Blood With Blood, We Want JUSTICE!

115th Goftegu Public Debate: We Do Not Want To Wash Blood With Blood, We Want JUSTICE!

Friday، 16 August، 2013

113-114th Goftegu Public Debate: Simorgh; Two years of critique meetings – 3rd round of peace prize

The 113th Goftegu (Year VII) public debate of Armanshahr concentrated on the presentation of the call for participation of musicians in the 3rd Simorgh peace prize competition. The meeting was held at Ibn Sina Hall in Herat on Tuesday 7 May 2013, where a sizeable number of poets, cultural activists and musicians took part.

Friday، 16 August، 2013

Afghanistan’s Parties in Transition

International Crisis Group Asia Briefing N°141, Kabul/Brussels, 26 June 2013 Afghanistan’s political parties must exercise restraint as they jostle for power in the final months of President Karzai’s mandate. For its part, the outgoing administration […]

Friday، 16 August، 2013

In Afghan Schools, Black is the New Black; Girls complain about dark uniforms

Friday، 16 August، 2013

112th Goftegu Public Debate: Commemorating International Book and Children’s Book Days

The 112th Goftegu (Year VII) public debate of Armanshahr was held with the title of “Commemorating International Book and Children’s Book Days” at the Esteghlal High School’s hall, in cooperation with the French Institute Afghanistan, PEN Afghanistan, and Zaryab Publishing House on 18 April 2013. The first part of the programme was a book fair for publishers where Armanshahr Publications, Ghalam, Saeed and Zaryab displayed their books. Subsequently, Fahrenheit 451, directed by François Truffaut (the famous French director and a pioneer of the new wave of the French cinema) was screened.

Thursday، 15 August، 2013

Members of FIDH Movement in prison

In various parts of the world human rights defenders brave legal harassment, arbitrary detention, ill treatment, torture and sometimes death, in seeking to secure freedom and dignity for all. In challenging serious abuses of State […]

Thursday، 15 August، 2013

Afghanistan is the ‘Saudi Arabia of lithium’

Thursday، 15 August، 2013

The government should not violate the Constitution through peace roadmap and release of Taliban prisoners

Press Release Transitional Justice Coordination Group (TJCG) 14 January 2013 Conference Hall of Afghan Civil Society Forum (ACSF) Afghanistan is passing through one of the most critical juncture of its history and it is located […]

Thursday، 15 August، 2013

Truth Seeking Elements of Creating an Effective Truth – International Center for Transitional Justice -ICTJ

ICTJ/ This publication provides an overview of the essential best practices guiding the main aspects of a truth commission, answering basic questions relating to its goals, powers, operations, framework, protections for commissioners and witnesses, and […]

Thursday، 15 August، 2013

WHO WILL BE ACCOUNTABLE? HUMAN RIGHTS & THE POST-2015 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA

OHCHR Report Calls for Integrating Human Rights Standards in Post-2015 Development Goals 22 May 2013: A report from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) calls for integrating human rights standards […]

Thursday، 15 August، 2013