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The Telegraph After five years in Kabul, Ben Farmer reflects on the frightening reality of daily life in the city Ben Farmer in Kabul, where he lived for five years Photo: John Wendle By Ben […]

Campaigning lawyers challenge legal defence set out by RAF as six protesters await trial over mass trespass of UK drone HQl Owen Bowcott, legal affairs correspondent The Guardian, Saturday 8 June 2013 An RAF MQ-9 […]

Today Karim Lahidji was elected President of FIDH. He succeeds to Souhayr Belhassen who headed the Federation for six years. The vote was held during the 38th FIDH Congress in Istanbul where the FIDH member organisations were meeting to elect the new International Board and define the main FIDH orientations for the next three years.

A pesar de todos los sufrimientos que padecí, su constante campaña dirigida a mi liberación y a la de todos los prisioneros de consciencia me mantuvo con la moral en alto y con el espíritu fuerte e indomable ante la injusticia, la tiranía y la discriminación. Todos los demás prisioneros sienten lo mismo.

“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.

FIDH Update 5 March 2013 Launch of the Herat International Women’s Film Festival: International solidarity with the women of Afghanistan. On the eve of International Women’s Day, FIDH supports the first-ever International Women’s Film Festival […]