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AustraliaRiz Wakil to discuss humanity with Tony Abbott during surfing lesson won at auction
AAP, June 17, 2010 8:44AM RIZ Wakil will use a surfing lesson from Tony Abbott to tell the federal opposition leader about the plight of refugees and his own success story. The Afghan refugee, who...
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Human RightsOppression of Hazara in Afghanistan
Ms. Zareen Taj Womens & Human Rights Activist Zareen is from the Hazara ethnic group, the most persecuted ethnic minority in Afghanistan. As a child, she witnessed the Soviet invasion and occupation of her country...
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GenocideMassacres of Hazaras in Afghanistan
Human Rights Watch I. SUMMARY This report documents two massacres committed by Taliban forces in the central highlands of Afghanistan, in January 2001 and May 2000. In both cases the victims were primarily Hazaras, a...
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GenocideThe Hazara carnage in Afghanistan
Sun, 27 Jun 2010 12:00:16 GMT After decades of war, the Afghan police have become somewhat immune to sights of carnage. However, a recent patrol in the Khas Uruzgan district of Uruzgan province, just north...
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Human RightsAfghan fears over a Taliban deal
By Lindsey Hilsum, Updated on 19 July 2010 As Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai moves to negotiate with the Taliban, International Editor Lindsey Hilsum travels to Bamiyan, to meet the female governor who fears that her...
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NewsHazaras Hustle to Head of Class in Afghanistan
By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. and ABDUL WAHEED WAFA Published: January 3, 2010 KABUL, Afghanistan — For much of this country’s history, the Hazara were typically servants, cleaners, porters and little else, a largely Shiite...
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Human RightsA message of peace by the Bamiyan youth
Colorful lights were lit tonight by the youth of Bamiyan province. These lights were hanging on the body of the giant Buddha to reveal their message to the world that the youth of Bamiyan are...
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DiscriminationDo we need guns to establish our rights?
Wednesday 29 April 2009, by Kamran Mir Hazar KabulPress.org: People in Daikondi have been demonstrating for several days, asking the government and international community to discharge the corrupt governor Orazgoni and a judge accused of...
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AustraliaUN queries Government on plunging number of accepted Aghan refugees
AAP July 19, 2010 12:52AM THE UN High Commissioner for Refugees has asked the Australian Government to explain why the number of Afghan asylum seekers it has accepted as refugees has plunged since 2009. In...
By Omid Jafari
