Issues
Sotchi: widespread violations of freedoms in Russia
FIDH More than 200 people gathered on Saturady, February 1, in Paris, a week before the start of the Olympic Games in Sotchi, to denounce the violations of human rights in Russia. This event symbolized […]
Tuesday 4 February 201420 years after the Rwandan genocide : opening of the first trial in France against an accused of complicity in genocide
The first trial in France against a Rwandan national accused of complicity in genocide is opening at the Paris criminal court (Cour d’assises).
20 years after the Rwandan genocide : opening of the first trial in France against an accused of complicity in genocide
Afghanistan Detentions Working Group on Bagram detainee release
Statement by Afghanistan Detentions Working Group (DWG) expressing concerns regarding President Karzai’s proposed release of up to 86 detainees currently being held by the Afghan government at Bagram detention cente.
Tuesday 4 February 2014Azita Rafa’t: “It was the day when 10,000 rockets hit the city”
Unveiling Afghanistan Campaign: Azita Rafa’at is a human and women’s rights activist from Badghis province. She was a people’s representative in the Emergency Loya Jirga to elect the transitional administration in 2002
Tuesday 4 February 2014Kaweh Jobran: “Allow me not to wish for my daughter”
Unveiling Afghanistan Campaign: Kaweh Jobran is a professor in literature in the State University in Kapisa province and works as a journalist with national and international media based from Kabul. A published poet and essayist, he is an active blogger and influential young thinker.
Monday 3 February 2014Not a “Tailless Star”: an obituary for leading Afghan intellectual Muhammad Qasim Akhgar
On Tuesday night (28 January 2014), with the passing away of Muhammad Qasim Akhgar, Afghanistan lost one of its leading intellectuals. Ustad Akhgar died after a long illness, only 62 years old and he died […]
Saturday 1 February 2014Dr Sima Samar: “Human rights have a value now in Afghanistan”
Dr Sima Samar is the current Chairperson of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission. A doctor by training, Samar spent a decade in exile in Pakistan.
Friday 31 January 2014Rahnavard Zaryab: “We are not free to think here”
unveiling Afghanistan Campaign: Rahnavard Zaryab is an influential Afghan writer and scholar. He was imprisoned during the Taraki era in 1978/79. His work has brought him into extensive contact with democratic countries. He advocates for democracy and ideological freedom in Afghanistan.
Thursday 30 January 2014FIDH – Armanshahr/OPEN ASIA Joint press release: Launch of the Campaign “Unveiling Afghanistan”
Kabul, Paris, 28 January 2014. FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights – Armanshahr/OPEN ASIA; Joint press release. Launch of the Campaign “Unveiling Afghanistan: The Unheard Voices of Progress”
Wednesday 29 January 2014Humaira Qaderi: “When are you going to burn yourself?”
Dr Humaira Qaderi is a writer and women’s rights activist. She was a teenager during the years of the Taliban, when girls were forbidden from going to school and libraries were closed.
Wednesday 29 January 2014
