Expert Narratives

A quarter of a century ago, in the summer of 1988, thousands of Iranian political prisoners who had already been tried and were serving prison sentences, stood show summary re-trials and were executed.

We waited for my uncle for 35 years. Now I finally know what happened  In Afghanistan, the names of 5,000 killed by the regime between 1978 and 1979 have been revealed. Baqir was on the […]

A popular national Afghan newspaper, 8 sobh(8 AM), published on 18 September 2013, a list of at least 5,000 victims of mass killing, who were executed during the late 1970′s in Afghanistan. According to the […]

UN NEWS CENTER: Opening remarks by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay at a press conference during her visit to Afghanistan Kabul, 17 September 2013 Good morning, and thank you for coming. This […]

Deniz Kandiyoti 2 November 2009 opendemocracy.net War and mismanagement have produced a breakdown of trust, decency and reciprocity in Afghan society. Gender activism needs to be understood in that context, and not be tempted by […]

Press Release Transitional Justice Coordination Group (TJCG) 14 January 2013 Conference Hall of Afghan Civil Society Forum (ACSF) Afghanistan is passing through one of the most critical juncture of its history and it is located […]

ICTJ/ This publication provides an overview of the essential best practices guiding the main aspects of a truth commission, answering basic questions relating to its goals, powers, operations, framework, protections for commissioners and witnesses, and […]

No one knows who killed Islam Bibi. The 37-year old police lieutenant, the most senior female officer in southern Afghanistan’s dangerous Helmand province, was riding a motorcycle to work in early July with her son-in-law, when she was shot and killed.

The 15th anniversary of the establishment of Armanshahr Foundation/Open Asia was celebrated in its 100th Goftegu meeting during which the winners of the first and second Simorgh peace prize were announced.

The 79th (Year V) Goftegu public debate, a bridge between the elites and the citizens, of Armanshahr Foundation was held in cooperation with the French Institute Afghanistan and Physicians for Human Rights at the Institute’s amphitheatre on 21 July 2011 under the title of “In search of truth and justice, a study of half a century of crisis in Afghanistan” and to introduce to newly published books: ‘A Review of War Ruins’, and ‘A selection of Simorgh Stories’. The speakers were: Messers Stefan Schmidt (from Physicians for Human Rights), Alireza Rohani (Senior adviser at the AIHRC and Director of Law faculty Ibn Sina University), Rafigh Shaheer (Member of Parliament), Aziz Rafiee (Managing Director of Afghanistan Civil Society Forum.( About 60 human rights activists, students, academics and media representatives were present at the meeting.