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Amnesty International Report: Global crisis on torture exposed by new worldwide campaign
Source: Amnesty International Amnesty International has accused governments around the world of betraying their commitments to stamp out torture, three decades after the ground-breaking Convention Against Torture was adopted by the UN in 1984. “Governments […]
Thursday 15 May 2014Adela Mohseni: “Any people who are not aware of their rights will not live in peace”
Adela Mohseni is a jurist, and activist for human and women’s rights. She migrated to Iran in 1978 with her family, aged just six years old, where she grew up and obtained her BA degree in judicial law from Tabriz University.
Thursday 15 May 2014The UN Security Council must refer Syria to the ICC
Source: FIDH Paris, 13 May 2014 – The UN Security Council is discussing a resolution proposed by France to refer the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court (ICC). A vote on the resolution […]
Wednesday 14 May 2014Aziz Rafiee: “We have not yet diagnosed the pathology of the problems that infect Afghanistan”
Aziz Rafiee was born in Kabul and obtained his Master of Engineering degree from Kabul University. He switched from the technical field to social issues in the 1990s and began working with civil institutions, in particular human rights groups.
Wednesday 14 May 2014Afghanistan’s Insurgency after the Transition – ICC Media Release and Report
Source: International Crisis Group To contain a growing, increasingly confident insurgency as NATO troops withdraw, Afghanistan needs continued international support, including military, and the new government in Kabul will need to reinvigorate the state’s commitment […]
Tuesday 13 May 2014Mohammad Ismail Qassemyar: “Poverty and unemployment have paralysed the lives of most Afghans”
Mohammad Ismail Qassemyar is a jurist who formerly headed the Public Security and Public Rights Courts of the Supreme Court and taught constitutional rights at university for seven years.
Tuesday 13 May 2014Massoud Hassanzada: “The biggest challenge facing Afghanistan is absence of true progressive forces to combat ignorance, corruption and fanaticism”
Massoud Hassanzada is a poet, journalist, musician, and literary critic from Herat. He has co-founded Morcha [the Ants] the first rock band in Afghanistan.
Monday 12 May 2014Interview with Nawal El Saadawi: “They don’t want any really courageous people!”
Source. Quantara.de The spirited Egyptian author and feminist Nawal El Saadawi is not afraid of castigating the hypocrisy of the political system and the continued violations of women’s rights in her country. Arian Fariborz spoke […]
Saturday 10 May 2014Abortion in Afghanistan: Trying to break a major societal taboo
Source: Quantara.de Birth control is a taboo topic in Afghanistan, the country with the highest birth rate in Asia. Many women resort to having illegal abortions in order to avoid social exclusion and to prevent […]
Saturday 10 May 2014Abdul Hamid Mobarez: “Democracy is the choice of the people and it is up to them to protect it”
Abdul Hamid Mobarez is a former chief of the official Bakhtar news agency, three-times governor and a founding member of the Federation and Chairman of Afghanistan National Journalists’ Union (ANJU). He was named Deputy Minister of Culture upon his return from exile.
Friday 9 May 2014
