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Khaleda Khorsand: “We should never be under the illusion that the Taliban’s return is impossible”

Khaleda Khorsand is a writer and human rights activist with the Civil Society and Human Rights Network in Herat

Tuesday 18 February 2014

Afghanistan: No end to illegal abortions

Source: Kilid Group Read Media Release HERE By Khuja Basir Fetri and Zarghoona Salehi Desperate families are resorting to abortion in unsafe conditions, and abandoning new-borns, particularly female infants, in hospitals. It is not unusual […]

Monday 17 February 2014

Farid Mazdak: “The process of building a modern state in Afghanistan has only just begun”

Farid Mazdak is a well-known left-wing political activist. He was the leader of the Democratic Youth Organization of Afghanistan in the early 1980s and a leadership member of the Vatan party in the late 1980s.

Monday 17 February 2014

Media release: Breaking the Silence – No end to illegal abortions

Media release – Kabul, 14th February 2014 IMC PRODUCTIONS: A NEW MUST READ AND LISTEN INVESTIGATIVE REPORT Breaking the Silence – No end to illegal abortions By Khuja Basir Fetri and Zarghoona Salehi Desperate families […]

Monday 17 February 2014

WHO Multi-country Study on Women’s Health and Domestic Violence against Women

Initial results on prevalence, health outcomes and women’s responses Source: World Health Organization Donload and Read FULL Report HERE This report presents initial results based on interviews with 24 000 women by carefully trained interviewers. […]

Monday 17 February 2014

Aziza Khayrandish: “If the price of peace is sacrificing justice… it will be catastrophic for the women of Afghanistan”

Aziza Khayrandish is a human rights activist and the director of the Civil Society and Human Rights Network in Herat

Sunday 16 February 2014

FIDH Position note: Failed Promises in Bahrain: Human Rights Violations Linger On

Cairo, Paris, 13 February 2014 – On the occasion of the third anniversary of the popular uprising that started on February 14, 2011, FIDH urges the Bahraini authorities to take immediate measures to restore the […]

Thursday 13 February 2014

Mohammad Farid Hamidi: “Your children are the backbone of a strong and progressive Afghanistan”

A well-known lawyer in Afghanistan, Mohammad Farid Hamidi is Deputy Director of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, where he has been a Commissioner for the past 11 years.

Thursday 13 February 2014

Dr. Habiba Sarabi: “The existence of an independent Afghan identity fills me with joy”

Dr. Habiba Sarabi is the first and only woman to be appointed a provincial governor in Afghanistan: she served as the Governor of Bamiyan province from 2005 until 2013.

Wednesday 12 February 2014

Aman Pouyamak: “Everything is on loan”

Unveiling Afghanistan Campaign: Aman Pouyamak is a poet and a writer. He published a clandestine magazine, working in secret with Afghan women during the reign of the Taliban. After the Taliban’s departure, he established a literary society called Eshraq [Intuition].

Tuesday 11 February 2014