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If we did not protest, no one would punish those men”: A brutal murder, a sham trial, and justice denied in Kabul

After the killing of Farakhunda, women marched to the Afghan Supreme Court. Now, “We only feel secure in our homes” Elizabeth Schaeffer Brown and Jason Brooks Brown On March 19, 2015, 27-year-old female Islamic studies […]

Sunday 23 August 2015

Increasing Civilian Casualties and Insecurity or Fear

STATEMENT Afghan Women’s Network (AWN) 13th August 2015, Kabul, Afghanistan Afghan Women’s Network (AWN) strongly condemns the recent deadly terrorist attacks, which resulted in killings and injuries of large number innocent civilians, especially women and […]

Tuesday 18 August 2015

Remedies for Forced Marriage – A Handbook for Lawyers

Remedies for Forced Marriage brings together expert commentaries by lawyers and activists working on the issue of forced marriages and interference with choice in marriage in four different countries: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and the UK.

Tuesday 28 July 2015

Ensuring Women’s Place In The Work Force

For Habiba and the approximately 600 local women vying for public sector jobs, the route to employment has been fraught with disappointment: Officials have been known to demand bribes of 50,000 Afghani ($850), for hiring female teachers.

Tuesday 28 July 2015

Iran: “The economic sanctions must be lifted as completely and rapidly as possible”

Interview with Karim Lahidji, FIDH President, following the 14 July 2015 agreement between Iran and the “P 5 + 1” (United States, Russia, China, France, United Kingdom and Germany) on the Iranian nuclear programme.

Tuesday 28 July 2015

Politics and Governance in Afghanistan: the Case of Kandahar

In this newly published research, titled “Politics and Governance in Afghanistan: The case of Kandahar,” AREU’s Ashley Jackson provides an overview of sub-national governance in the southern province of Kandahar.

Saturday 11 July 2015

Will the Real Issues Be Discussed in 2016?

In the United States, campaigns for the presidential election of 2016 have already begun. This might be an occasion for a realistic discussion of the enormously important challenges which we now face, not only in the America, but also throughout the world. But will the central issues be discussed? Or will the campaigns focus on personalities and trivia?

Saturday 11 July 2015

Politis asia: Language and Identity in the Heart of Asia (Vols. 18-19)

This special issue of Politis asia includes nine original articles and interviews from specialists from Afghanistan, Iran and Tajikistan discussing the isssues of cultural identity and nation-building.

Saturday 11 July 2015

Bengali classic ‘Deshe Bideshe’, chronicles Afghan history and politics

Bengali classic ‘Deshe Bideshe’, which chronicles Afghan history and politics, translated into English. Written by Syed Mujtaba Ali in 1948, ‘Desh Bideshe’ is the only published eyewitness account of that tumultuous period by a non-Afghan.

Saturday 11 July 2015

Armanshahr/OPENASIA HR & Civil Society Newsletter no.124

Armanshahr Human rights and Civil Society, weekly newsletter

Saturday 11 July 2015