Montly Archive November 2014

Authorities’ Ability to Monitor Online Communications Will Increase Internet in Chains November 19, 2014—The Rouhani administration should use all its authority to end the government’s initiatives to restrict Iranians’ access to the Internet, immediately cease […]

Nearly 36 million men, women and children are living in modern slavery worldwide in 2014, according to the second edition of Walk Free’s Global Slavery Index (GSI). This estimate includes 5.4 million people in modern slavery identified through Gallup surveys in seven high-risk countries including Brazil, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan and Russia.

Re “Give the Taliban a chance” (Opinion, Nov. 12) by Jack Fairweather: We absolutely cannot “give the Taliban a chance.” The return of the Taliban to government would be detrimental to women’s rights, global security and […]

Source: RFERL ongovernmental organizations in Tajikistan are concerned over new legislation that restricts their access to foreign grants. Participants at an international conference in Dushanbe said on November 18 that according to legal amendments recently […]

Armanshahr/OPENASIA HR & Civil Society Newsletter – issue 94 year VII

UNHCR is today launching a global “I Belong” campaign aimed at ending within 10 years the problem of statelessness – a devastating legal limbo for the millions of people worldwide who lack any nationality and the human rights protections that go with it.

To: Member States of the UN General Assembly Your Excellency: We, the undersigned human rights and civil society organizations, write to urge your government to vote in favor of Resolution A/C.3/69/L.33 on the promotion and […]

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women, Rashida Manjoo, spoke to members of the media at a Kabul press conference, detailing her assessment of the situation of Afghan women following a weeklong investigative trip to the country.

The second International Women’s film festival kicked off in western Herat province of Afghanistan on Saturday. The three-day film festival will mainly focus on violence against women and women’s right in Afghanistan which will be attended by filmmakers both from Afghanistan and abroad.