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Human RightsWorld-renowned human and women’s rights activist to speak in Vancouver
By TIFFANY CRAWFORD, Vancouver Sun November 19, 2010 Dr. Sima Samar is a human rights activist who has risked her life to help women in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Photograph by: ED KAISER, Postmedia News ____________________________________________________________________...
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NewsSima Samar calls attention to Afghan women in crossfire
By Travis Lupick, November 18, 2010 Nine years after the overthrow of the Taliban, the women of Afghanistan continue to fight for basic human rights. Sima Samar, chair of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission,...
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NewsINTERVIEW: Top Afghan rights expert: No compromise on women’s rights
By Shabtai Gold Berlin – Afghanistan’s top human rights expert has said openly that her country is not where she wants it to be nine years after the Taliban was overthrown, and promises the long...
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Women RightsStoning of women and Islam
Our elder said, “On the Creator’s pen, passed no error” By: kawa gharaji Two days ago, a friend of mine sent me a film called “The Stoning of Soraya”. This film was created on the...
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NewsAfghan’s Women situations in the last ten years
Photograph: Ahmad Masood/REUTERSDecember 22, 2001 is marked as the new beginning and new chapter in the history of Afghanistan as the former president of Afghanistan while handing over the power to Mr Hameed Karzai said:...
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Human RightsAfghan women’s suicides on rise amid desperate search for justice
RT, 03 November, 2010 Women’s rights in Afghanistan continue to be violated despite international efforts to intervene. A shocking number of women face domestic violence and abuse. A growing number of women are committing suicide...
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SportInterview with Hazara girl Zahra Mahmoodi, captain of Afghanistan women soccer team
Hazara girl Zahra Mahmoodi is the Captain of Afghanistan women soccer team. Hazaras are the most persecuted ethnic group in Afghanistan. In recent years they showed that they are the most progressive ethnic group too....
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Human RightsSamar May Win Nobel Prize for Advocacy of Afghan Women’s Rights
Oct. 4 (Bloomberg) — Human rights advocate Sima Samar may become the first person from Afghanistan to Dr. Sima Samarwin the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to promote women’s health and education, according to...
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VideosShocking Video of Woman Being Stoned To Death by Taliban
The video was shot recently in Upper Orakzai in Northwest Pakistan by the Taliban itself.
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Women RightsThe Vote Comes to Afghanistan’s Peaceful Heartland
At the polls in Bamiyan, the anti-Taliban province that’s seeing a resurgence of female participation. BY E. BENJAMIN SKINNER AMIYAN, AFGHANISTAN — On the day before Afghanistan’s parliamentary elections, Razia Hussaini, 30, one of six...
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