Afghanistan

Photo Gallery – Human Rights Week 7-10 December 2014, Kabul

The UN reported more than 1,000 attacks on education in 2009-2012, including schools being set on fire, suicide bombings and remotely detonated bombs, killings of staff, threats to staff and abductions. Given the challenges in collecting and verifying reports in Afghanistan, the true number may well be significantly higher.

Armanshahr/OPENASIA HR & Civil Society Newsletter – issue 98 year VII

The Human Rights Week has been organized by Armanshahr/OPEN ASIA for two consecutive years, 2013 and 2014. The Human Rights Week is a 4-5 day public event that combines a variety of programmes centred on human rights

An audit of the hundreds of millions of dollars spent by the United States on programs designed to benefit Afghan women found the success of the efforts cannot be comprehensively assessed because the U.S. agencies involved could not track their spending

Armanshahr/OPENASIA HR & Civil Society Newsletter – issue 97 year VII

10th of December, was the fourth day of the Human Rights Week. University professors, HR activists, students and citizens of Kabul attended the Goftegu public debate titled “Defending human rights and women’s rights defenders against repression

Tuesday, 9 December, was the third day of the Human Rights Week. Civil society activists, students and citizens of Kabul attended the Goftegu public debate titled “What does Transitional Justice mean to Afghans? Going beyond intentions and acting practically to build peace at the national level”.

Kabul -Today, Armanshahr Foundation/OPEN ASIA announced the recipients of the 3rd International Simorgh Peace Prize awards. In the 3rd Festival, works of musicians in Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Iran were appreciated. The following artists are the recipients of the azure statute of Simorgh Peace Prize.

Monday, 8 December, was the second day of the Human Rights Week. A large number of civil society activists, visual, audio and print media journalists, intellectuals, university professors, students and citizens of Kabul attended the Goftegu public debate titled “The role of media and social networks in defending human rights and democratic processes”.