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In Study of Social Media in Afghanistan, Women Report Mixed Feelings
Internews By Laura Stein Lindamood. Download and Read the Full Report Here The power of still-nascent social media to affect social change, distribute information, and affect traditional roles are among findings of a new wide-ranging […]
Wednesday 3 March 2021Biden said ‘Diplomacy is back!’ Then he started dropping bombs
The Guardian, originally published on Friday 26 February 2021. By Trita Parsi . Biden may inadvertently achieve what Trump couldn’t: destroying the Iran deal, Obama’s main foreign policy achievement. Diplomacy is back!” President Joe […]
Wednesday 3 March 2021A Syrian Asylum-Seeker’s Case Reframes Migrant Abuses as Enforced Disappearances
The Intercept, originally published on February 28 2021. By John Washington. Fady roamed the bus depot in Didymoteicho, Greece, in November 2016, holding up his phone to waiting strangers, showing them a photo of his […]
Monday 1 March 2021On Migrant Rights, Joe Biden Still Has a Long Way to Go
Jacobin, originally published on 02.28.2021. An interview with ADAM GOODMAN. By Luke Savage. The Biden administration has made some encouraging noises on immigration policy. But activists are tired of talk — they want to see […]
Monday 1 March 2021Killing of Human Rights Defenders and Media Professionals in Afghanistan – New UN Report
Press Release KILLING OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AND MEDIA PROFESSIONALS IN AFGHANISTAN – NEW UN REPORT KABUL, 15 February 2021 – The period following the start of Afghanistan Peace Negotiations in September 2020 has […]
Monday 15 February 2021OPEN ASIA|Armanshahr Foundation has joined an open letter by 55 NGOs to Biden: support access to justice for all by rescinding Trump-era executive order impeding ICC’s work
OPEN ASIA|Armanshahr Foundation has joined an open letter by 55 NGOs to Biden: support access to justice for all by rescinding Trump-era executive order impeding ICC’s work. Dear Mr. President, The International Federation for Human […]
Thursday 28 January 2021Biden’s Challenge: Redeeming a US Role for Human Rights
Human Rights Watch – World Report 2021 Introductory remark by Kenneth Roth. After four years of a president who was indifferent and often hostile to human rights, the November 2020 election of Joe Biden […]
Wednesday 27 January 2021Kabul Under Siege: Op-Ed
Tolo News By William Maley, Professor. Published 28 December 2020. Kabul is a city under siege. It may not be besieged in the way that Berlin was in April 1945, but the daily lives of its […]
Wednesday 27 January 2021Afghan Peace: Illusion and Reality
Tolo News By Afrasiab Khattak, Former Member of Pakistan’s Senate, Analyst. Published on October 11 2020. A month after the beginning of the intra-Afghan talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government, there has been […]
Wednesday 27 January 2021“Words matter because they allow us to keep our eyes open” FIDH launch conference of the Glossary on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
The Glossary on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, from A-to Z was presented in a conference on the occasion of the International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women and the start of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence. The A-to Z sheds light on 61 essential terms on SGBV.
Thursday 26 November 2020
