Afghanistan
Afghanistan releases 65 prisoners against objections from US
Source: The Guardian Group let out of Parwan detention centre by Hamid Karzai are accused by US military of killing Afghan and Nato forces. Afghanistan has released 65 accused militants from a former US prison […]
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، 2014Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 54 year VI
Armanshahr Human Rights and Civil Society bilingual newsletter is now published every week. Read issue 54, year VI
Monday، 10 February، 2014Seyyedeh Mojgan Mostafavi: “Women have always been the first victims of wars in Afghanistan”
Unveiling Afghanistan Campaign: Seyyedeh Mojgan Mostafavi is the Deputy Minister for Women’s Affairs, and a Professor in the School of Journalism at Kabul University.
Monday، 10 February، 2014133rd Goftegu Public Debate: Opening ceremony of Unveiling Afghanistan, The Unheard Voices of Progress, what we expect from election? – Report
On 3rd February 2014, the 133rd public Dialogue/GOFTEGU of Armanshahr/OPEN ASIA was held at the French Institute of Afghanistan (IFA) in Kabul.
Friday، 7 February، 2014New Afghanistan law to silence victims of violence against women
A new Afghan law will allow men to attack their wives, children and sisters without fear of judicial punishment, undoing years of slow progress in tackling violence in a country blighted by so-called “honour” killings, forced marriage and vicious domestic abuse.
Friday، 7 February، 20142nd International Women’s Film Festival Brochure 2014
The second International Women’s film festival kicked off in western Herat province of Afghanistan on Saturday. The three-day film festival will mainly focus on violence against women and women’s right in Afghanistan which will be attended by filmmakers both from Afghanistan and abroad.
Thursday، 6 February، 2014Shukria Haidar: “I was forced to leave my country”
Unveiling Afghanistan Campaign: Shukria Haidar is a human rights activist. She sought refuge in France following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and founded NEGAR, an association for the defence of women’s rights, after the Taliban seized control in 1996.
Thursday، 6 February، 2014
