Afghanistan
Yassin Negah: “…. that she would give thanks a thousand times a day for being a woman”
Yassin Negah is the editor-in-chief of Porsesh [Question], a weekly magazine in Afghanistan, and the director of Writers Home, an association for young independent writers and poets.
Friday، 21 February، 2014Peace Watch Committee Afghanistan (PWC): Corruption and torture delay and jeopardize the peace process.
The government Fact-Finding Commission assigned in connection with the UAMA report on torture and ill treatment of prisoners by Afghan security officials, once again, highlighted massive torture, degrading and inhuman treatment of the prisoners
Thursday، 20 February، 2014Suraia Perlika: “We cannot trust our statesmen”
Suraia Perlika is an activist for human and women’s rights. She founded the Democratic Women’s Organization with five other women in 1965. In 1978, she was held as a political prisoner and tortured for her activities related to women’s rights.
Thursday، 20 February، 2014Sediqullah Towhidi: “We must guard vigilantly against a return to despotism”
Sediqullah Towhidi is the head of Nai [meaning: Flute], the leading non-government organization supporting open media in Afghanistan.
Wednesday، 19 February، 2014Khaleda 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، 2014Congress Cuts US Military and Development Aid for Afghanistan
Source: Washington Post With no perceptible opposition from the Obama administration, Congress has quietly downscaled Washington’s ambitions for the final year of the Afghan war, substantially curtailing development aid and military assistance plans ahead of […]
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، 2014
