Let’s Break the Silence
Dr Daud Shah Saba: “The Afghan economy is a man’s economy”
Dr Daud Shah Saba was the Governor of Herat from 2010 to 2013. He resigned in July 2013, citing rampant corruption and the failure of the central government to bring about promised reforms.
Wednesday 26 February 2014Khadija Ghaznawi: ”The key to peace lies within Afghanistan, not outside”
Khadija Ghaznawi was the only woman who presented as a candidate for the 2014 presidential elections. She was disqualified from running by the Independent Election Commission.
Wednesday 26 February 2014Mohieddin Mahdi: “You do not have the right to breathe the air of this country”
Mohieddin Mahdi is a well-known politician, and a Member of Parliament. He was a member of the Northern Alliance in the 1980s and later the Deputy Ambassador of Afghanistan to Tajikistan.
Tuesday 25 February 2014Maria Bashir: “He threw my documents back in my face, and shouted: ‘Go and stay at home!’”
Maria Bashir is the Chief Prosecutor General of Herat province. She was the first woman to be appointed Chief Prosecutor in Afghanistan, and is the only woman serving as Chief Prosecutor in any of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces.
Monday 24 February 2014Yassin Negah: “…. that she would give thanks a thousand times a day for being a woman”
Yassin Negah is the editor-in-chief of Porsesh [Question], a weekly magazine in Afghanistan, and the director of Writers Home, an association for young independent writers and poets.
Friday 21 February 2014Suraia Perlika: “We cannot trust our statesmen”
Suraia Perlika is an activist for human and women’s rights. She founded the Democratic Women’s Organization with five other women in 1965. In 1978, she was held as a political prisoner and tortured for her activities related to women’s rights.
Thursday 20 February 2014Sediqullah Towhidi: “We must guard vigilantly against a return to despotism”
Sediqullah Towhidi is the head of Nai [meaning: Flute], the leading non-government organization supporting open media in Afghanistan.
Wednesday 19 February 2014Khaleda Khorsand: “We should never be under the illusion that the Taliban’s return is impossible”
Khaleda Khorsand is a writer and human rights activist with the Civil Society and Human Rights Network in Herat
Tuesday 18 February 2014Farid Mazdak: “The process of building a modern state in Afghanistan has only just begun”
Farid Mazdak is a well-known left-wing political activist. He was the leader of the Democratic Youth Organization of Afghanistan in the early 1980s and a leadership member of the Vatan party in the late 1980s.
Monday 17 February 2014Aziza Khayrandish: “If the price of peace is sacrificing justice… it will be catastrophic for the women of Afghanistan”
Aziza Khayrandish is a human rights activist and the director of the Civil Society and Human Rights Network in Herat
Sunday 16 February 2014
