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92th Goftegu Public Debate : Justice and Rights: Ten Years experience and the roadmap – Balkh

The 92nd Goftegu public debate (6th year), a bridge between the elite and the citizens, of Armanshahr Foundation, entitled “Justice & rights in Balkh” was organised in Mazar-i-Sharif, on 6 September 2012. The discussions centred on the performance of human rights activists in the past 10 years to achieve justice in the country and ‘what should be done’ in the future. Human rights and civil society activists, women’s rights activists, journalists, and university professors attended the meeting.

Monday 12 August 2013

91st Goftegu Public Debate: Books & Freedom of Expression in Balkh

To mark the arrival of Caravan of 3,000 Armanshahr books in Mazar-i-Sharif, the 91st Goftegu debate (6th year), a bridge between the elite and the citizens, of Armanshahr Foundation, entitled “From Book to Freedom of Expression” was organised in Ibn-e Sina University of the city on 5 September 2012. More than 250 men and women, including university professors and students, attended.

Monday 12 August 2013

90th Goftegu Public Debate: Justice and Rights; Ten Years experience and the roadmap

The 90th Goftegu public debate (6th year), a bridge between the elite and the citizens, of Armanshahr Foundation, entitled “Justice & rights: 10-year experience; a way for the future” was organised in Fayzabad, provincial capital of Badakhshan, at the hall of Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission on 29 August 2012. Human rights and civil society activists, women’s rights activists and many young people attended the meeting to hear discussions based on human rights, victims and justice.

Monday 12 August 2013

88th Goftegu Public Debate: Justice and Rights: One decade of experience and planning for the future

Invitation to 88th Goftegu Public Debate: Justice and Rights: One decade of experience and planning for the future

Monday 12 August 2013

87th Goftegu Public Debate: From the Fairy of Arts to the Monster of War

“From the fairy of arts to the monster of war” was the title of the 87th Goftegu(6th year), a bridge between the elite and the citizens, of Armanshahr Foundation,which was held in cooperation with the French Cultural Institute of Kabul in the Institute on 25 April 2012.

Sunday 11 August 2013

86th Goftegu Public Debate: On the occasion of International Women’s Day – 8th of March

The 86th (6th year) Goftegu, a bridge between the elite and the citizens, of Armanshahr Foundation, marketing 8 March, women’s day, was held in cooperation with the French Cultural Institute of Kabul in the Institute on 11 March 2012 with the title of “Present and future of women in Afghanistan: challenges in safeguarding rights.” Most participants were women.

Sunday 11 August 2013

85th Goftegu Public Debate: Media and Freedom of Expression; Examination of a Decade of Work

Armanshahr Foundation*, in collaboration with French Institute of Afghanistan, Transitional Justice Coordination Group, Women’s 50% Campaign, Women’s Political Participation Committee, Writers House, 8-Sobh Daily, International Media Service (I.M.S) and supported by French Embassy, Swiss Cooperation Office Afghanistan, Open Society is pleased to invite you to its 85th (year VI) public debate GOFTEGU.

Sunday 11 August 2013

84th Goftegu Public Debate:‌ The Message of the People of Afghanistan to BONN II

The 84th (6th year) Goftegu, a bridge between the elite and the citizens, of Armanshahr Foundation, was held at the French Cultural Institute in Kabul on 24th November 2011 with the title of “People’s message to Bonn Conference.”[1] The meeting marked the approaching Human Rights Day, the National Day of Victims in Afghanistan and the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and it was organised in cooperation with the working group.[2] About 120 members of the civil society, students and human rights activists took part in the meeting.

Sunday 11 August 2013

83rd Goftegu Public Debate:‌ Melodies and variations

The 83rd (6th year) Goftegu, a bridge between the elite and the citizens, of Armanshahr Foundation, marking the 15th anniversary of Armanshahr/Open Asia, was held at the French Cultural Institute of Kabul on 27th October 2011, with a performance by Master Wahid Qasemi, singer, composer, musician and music researcher.

Sunday 11 August 2013

82nd Goftegu Public Debate: Against Oblivion (screening of Fahrenheit 451 by Francois Truffaut) – 2

The film had been chosen, because it portrayed methods of wiping out collective memory by burning books and controlling the public opinion on the one hand, and the people’s resistance and disobedience on the other, where the people burned among their own books but save them to defend the human experience and collective memory.

Saturday 10 August 2013