Calls and Statements

President Ghani’s recognition of sexual harassment in Afghanistan as ‘shocking’ is spot-on. The Afghan government should promptly enact a law against sexual harassment and ensure that every government institution develops and implements an anti-sexual harassment policy.

Source: FIDH 6 Spetmebre 2014 FIDH and its member organization Armanshahr/OPEN ASIA welcome the announcement that the physical audit of the 14 June Afghan Presidential run-off election has been completed, and call on the two […]

Year 2014 is historic for Afghanistan and it is people. The Afghan citizens through practice of democracy will once again have a new elected government. This in decades will be transfer of political power from one president to the other in a peaceful and democratic way

33 aid workers have been killed during the first eight months of 2014 in Afghanistan, in several security incidents with different causes and actors involved. ACBAR calls on all actors, government, opposition, and independent, to actively refrain from hostile acts that cause injuries or death of aid workers.

Source: Amnesty International In Afghanistan, being a doctor, teacher, working in the police force or politics puts you at huge risk – especially if you’re a woman. Our campaign calling on the UK government to […]

Afghan Women’s Network, its 117 member organizations and more than 3000 members has had visible contribution and accomplishments in awareness, mobilization and political participation of women during the last three election terms, Loya Jirga’s, Consultation Jirga’s.

24 aid workers have been killed in Afghanistan (21 Afghan colleagues and 3 International colleagues) in several security incidents. There are different causes and actors involved, but it caused as many fatalities among aid workers as during the first six months of 2014.

Source: ICG Afghanistan has reached a critical moment in the development of its democratic system. In the coming days, the behaviour of the two candidates in the presidential contest – and the conduct of the […]

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights and the Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights publish today a report detailing prison conditions in Bahrain. This report brings the voices of current and former detainees directly to […]

  Source: FIDH  FIDH would like to congratulate the Mothers of Kharavan (an Iranian movement for justice) and Adilur Rahman Khan (Secretary General of Odhikar, FIDH’s member organisation in Bangladesh) for being awarded the 2014 […]