Armanshahr: A Periodical on human rights and civil society

۴th Year, Issues 29-30 March – April 2013

In this issue:

First International Women’s Film Festival Afghanistan– Women’s Day

• International women’s Film Festival: «Women, most qualified ambassadors of peace»p.4

• Interview with Sadiq Barmak: Suffering creates the stories and the stories create cinema.p.7

• Women’s cinema in Tajikistan, before and after independence.p.9
• Women’s film festival in Herat, a city without a cinema.p.10
• FIDH supports the first-ever International Women’s Film Festival in Afghanistan.p.11
• Women’s Film Festival in Herat – Pictures gallery .p.14

Armanshahr Goftegu debates
• Human rights in deadlock in Afghanistan – Goftegu 103.p.17
• A critique of a decade of support for women – Goftegu 104.p.19

Human Rights
• FIDH & Armanshahr: The Afghan government and the whole UN system must reinvigorate
their engagement to protect human rights in Afghanistan.p..21
• HRW: Afghanistan: Rights at risk as military drawdown advances.p.22
• UNAMA report on treatment of conflict-related detainees in Afghan custody.p.24
• TJCG: Stop killing civilians and try those responsible!..26
• TJCG: The government should not violate the constitution through peace roadmap
and release of Taliban prisoners.p.28

* Other items in the Dari version.29
• «City and the War»- Politis asia 14-15 published.p.30
* Armanshahr/OPEN ASIA Publications.p.32