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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 2014Afghanistan: 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 2014Farid 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 2014Media 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 2014WHO 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 2014Aziza 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 2014FIDH 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 2014Mohammad 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 2014Dr. 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 2014Aman 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