Citizens and Civil Society

We are living in a distinctive moment when neoliberal capitalism and neopatriarchy converge. Male dominance is no mere footnote to this new historic settlement. It is central. And feminism is decisive in the resistance.

A draft Iranian HR charter being consulted on this month by the Office of the President should be amended to address major gaps in the protection of human rights, Amnesty International urged.

On December 9th 2013, the third day of celebration Week for Human Rights Day, Armanshahr Foundation and the Institut français d’Afghanistan (IFA) in Kabul jointly held a round table on ‘the Fight against Corruption and […]

Global group of prominent writers have joined forces to speak out about widespread surveillance including NSA scandal, described as an attack on ‘basic pillar of democracy’.

On Monday December 9th, 2013, on the occasion of International Anti-Corruption Day, the third round table of Celebration Week for  Human rights day (7-11 December 2013) organised by Armanshahr/OPEN ASIA and the Institut français d’Afghanistan […]

Sima Samar, Head of AIHRC: the greatest achievement of the post-Taliban decade is the emergence of a new State system in Afghanistan.

The Human Rights Week programmes, organised by Armanshahr Foundation and the French Institute in Afghanistan (FIA), opened with a roundtable discussion on “Freedom of speech and the impact of social networks”, an artistic exhibition with the title of “UNSAID”, and educational workshops for civil society and human rights activists in the FIA in Kabul on 7 December 2013. A large number of activists, writers, students and citizens took part.

FIDH and its 178 member organizations throughout the world, including Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) in South Africa, pay tribute to Nelson Mandela.

“ Unveiling Afghanistan” Exhibition of 20 portraits and messages of prominent Afghans on women’s rights and achievements is part of a 100-day HR Campaign leading to the 2014 Presidential election.

The number of drug users in Afghanistan is estimated to be as high as 1.6 million, or about 5.3 percent of the population, among the highest rates in the world. Nationwide, one in 10 urban households has at least one drug user.