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Legal opinion on the “defence of honour” when honour crimes are committed against women
Source: Feminijtidad
Monday 5 May 2014Aziz Deldar: “My greatest fear is a day when I may not be able to express what I think”
Aziz Deldar is a professor at the Fine Arts School of Kabul University. He is also a filmmaker and actor.
Monday 5 May 2014Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 67 year VI
Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 67 year VI
Saturday 3 May 2014Sonia Iqbal: “We have not planned for economic recession, but it is sitting on our doorstep”
Sonia Iqbal is the executive director and a shareholder of PAHNA Group (a Kabul-based communications and management firm) as well as the president of Afghanistan 1400 Party, a civic-political youth organisation.
Friday 2 May 2014IRAN: International Workers’ Day: Release all trade unionists arbitrarily detained in the country
Source: FIDH Paris-Geneva, April 30, 2014 – On the eve of May 1, 2014, International Workers’ Day, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, an FIDH-OMCT joint programme, is drawing attention to the […]
Thursday 1 May 2014Bakht Mohammad Bakhtiar: “We will return to the dark days of the past if we are not careful”
Bakht Mohammad Bakhtiar is the Director of the Social Sciences Centre of Afghanistan. He studied for his master’s degree in law in Kiev under the Soviet rule and became a member of the Academy of Sciences.
Thursday 1 May 2014Peaceful Protest against the passing of the weak draft of mineral law by the Wolusi Jirga
Source: Heinrich Boll Stiftung The Wolusi Jirga of Afghanistan is about to vote on the mineral law of the country inside parliament, while Afghan civil society specially the Natural Resources Monitoring Network (NRMN) has been […]
Wednesday 30 April 2014Hasina Safi: “One new phenomenon is the men who believe in women and their power”
Hasina Safi is the Director of the Afghan Women’s Network, an organization of women boasting 5,000 members and 65 member organizations. Safi was featured in the 2011 documentary about the role of women in the war and post-conflict process in Afghanistan.
Wednesday 30 April 2014FIDH LDDHI Open Letter to Navi Pillay on Evin Prison
25 April 2014 Paris, France To: Ms. Navanethem Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights CC: Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran Re: Attacks in Evin Prison […]
Tuesday 29 April 2014FIDH LDDHI Information Note on Evin Prison
Outline of Events that took place on 17 April and the days following in Evin Prison (based on prisoners’ testimonies) • 17 April attacks o At 9:30 am on 17 April, now dubbed by prisoners […]
Tuesday 29 April 2014
