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Calls and Statements

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

Joint Open Letter pre-August 14 To International NGO’s, Media, Ally Governments and the UN

In the past few weeks, the human rights situation in Bahrain has rapidly deteriorated ahead of planned mass protests on August 14th. With many of the country’s most prominent Human Rights Defenders behind bars, local […]

Thursday 15 August 2013

Bahrain: Concern over Human Rights Defenders Prosecuted and Sentenced to Prison

Geneva-Manama-Paris, 21 June 2013. In Bahrain, human rights defenders are being harassed, arbitrarily detained for months and ill-treated or tortured for their human rights work. The Bahrain Center for Human Rights and the Observatory for […]

Friday 21 June 2013

Iran: Rising poverty, declining labour rights

    On the eve of the presidential election in Iran on 14 June, FIDH and the League for the Defence of Human Rights in Iran (LDDHI) publish a report entitled «Iran: Rising poverty, declining […]

Wednesday 12 June 2013

Call to musicians for submission of works to the 3rd Simorgh Peace Prize

Call to musicians for submission of works to the 3rd Simorgh Peace Prize

Tuesday 7 May 2013

Call for participation in Simorgh Literary Competition to Mark the International Day of Peace

“Simorgh” is a call for the citizenry to chant against war, militarism, torture and ill-treatment as well as all forms of violence and destructive interference in our home. It is a home for collating our calls on the path of peace and pride of the people of Afghanistan.

Thursday 11 April 2013

The Afghan government and the whole UN system must reinvigorate their engagement to protect human rights in Afghanistan

Last Update 22 March 2013 Last Tuesday, the UN Security Council renewed the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) until 19 March 2014. FIDH and Armanshahr Foundation/OPEN ASIA, in a joint paper […]

Friday 22 March 2013

Human Rights in Afghanistan: a call for greater commitment by the Afghan government and the UN system

Last Update 22 March 2013 Last Tuesday, the UN Security Council renewed the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) until 19 March 2014. FIDH and Armanshahr Foundation/OPEN ASIA, in a joint paper […]

Friday 22 March 2013

Mr. President! Justice must have the final say!

Justice must have the final say! Mr. President, we heard you! We have also been saying this for 10 years! Statement of a group of justice and truth seekers in Afghanistan 24 July 2012For the first […]

Tuesday 24 July 2012