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Genocide
Supporters of Democracy and the Main Peace Builders of Afghanistan under Severe Attacks by Terrorists

Last Sunday was a shocking day for Afghanistan but the World Media talked about it very little; more than 90 innocent civilians were killed and dozens were injured when an electoral registration center for the...
By Amin Wahidi

7 years ago
Women Rights
Female Defense Lawyers Fight for Theirs and Their Client’s Rights in Kabul

[sgmb id=”1″]Decades of war and political instability in Afghanistan have left this country with malfunctioning institutions including the judicial system. The Afghan government with the support of the international community is pushing for an institutional...
By Hazara International

7 years ago
Genocide
The Holocaust of the Hazaras and Canada’s “right side of history” polic

The overwhelming question for the millions of Hazaras living in segregation and on borrowed time, is when will the peace-loving and human rights champion Canada actually place itself on the right side of history in Afghanistan, writes Ali Mirzad....
By Ali Mirzad

7 years ago
Genocide
Hazara Girls Never Give Up: A Story of Resilience and Strength

by Sakina Amani The “Vizier’s Daughter” is a book written by Lillias Hamilton, a court physician to Amir Abdur Rahman Khan in Afghanistan in the 1890s. Abdur Rahman Khan’s kingdom is one of the darkest...
By Hazara International

7 years ago
Genocide
Five Hazaras Killed in a Terror Attack in Quetta

Terrorists opened fire on Hazara passengers’ vehicle coming from Chaman in Kuchlak area of Quetta. The vehicle carried people from Hazara community, however, it is still unknown if they were local Hazaras or visiting from...
By Hazara International

7 years ago
Genocide
Four Hazaras Killed in a Terror Attack in Pakistan

Four Hazaras including a woman were killed and one other was injured in Mastung District of Balochistan on Wednesday, July 20, 2017. The incident happened early in the morning around 6:30 AM. A terrorist targeted...
By Shayan

7 years ago
Genocide
AIHRC: Attacks against Hazaras in Afghanistan

Note: this report is prepared at the official request of Afghanistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in response to UN Human Rights Rapporteurs on the situation of the Hazaras in Afghanistan. Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission...
By Shayan

8 years ago
Discrimination
Why is Canada still bankrolling the persecution of Afghanistan’s Hazaras?

by Ali Mirzad Given the Trump administration’s increasingly divisive policies aimed at Muslims and immigrants in general, Canada increasingly is being seen around the world as a safe haven and sanctuary. With its renewed commitment to...
By Ali Mirzad

8 years ago
Human Rights
An Open Letter from the Poets World-wide to the Hazara, Civil and Human Rights Organizations, Immigration Authorities, and World Leaders

We poets from around the world, proclaim to the Hazara people, that we are in full solidarity with your civic and cultural movements to protect your human rights. We are aware that you are victims...
By Hazara International

8 years ago
Discrimination
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2016: Afghanistan

by U.S. State Department Afghanistan is an Islamic Republic with a directly elected president, a bicameral legislative branch, and a judicial branch. Based on the electoral calendar specified in the constitution, parliamentary elections should have taken...
By Hazara International

8 years ago

Last Sunday was a shocking day for Afghanistan but the World Media talked about it very little; more than 90 innocent civilians were killed and dozens were injured when an electoral registration center for the...

[sgmb id=”1″]Decades of war and political instability in Afghanistan have left this country with malfunctioning institutions including the judicial system. The Afghan government with the support of the international community is pushing for an institutional...

The overwhelming question for the millions of Hazaras living in segregation and on borrowed time, is when will the peace-loving and human rights champion Canada actually place itself on the right side of history in Afghanistan, writes Ali Mirzad....

by Sakina Amani The “Vizier’s Daughter” is a book written by Lillias Hamilton, a court physician to Amir Abdur Rahman Khan in Afghanistan in the 1890s. Abdur Rahman Khan’s kingdom is one of the darkest...

Terrorists opened fire on Hazara passengers’ vehicle coming from Chaman in Kuchlak area of Quetta. The vehicle carried people from Hazara community, however, it is still unknown if they were local Hazaras or visiting from...

Four Hazaras including a woman were killed and one other was injured in Mastung District of Balochistan on Wednesday, July 20, 2017. The incident happened early in the morning around 6:30 AM. A terrorist targeted...

Note: this report is prepared at the official request of Afghanistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in response to UN Human Rights Rapporteurs on the situation of the Hazaras in Afghanistan. Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission...

by Ali Mirzad Given the Trump administration’s increasingly divisive policies aimed at Muslims and immigrants in general, Canada increasingly is being seen around the world as a safe haven and sanctuary. With its renewed commitment to...

We poets from around the world, proclaim to the Hazara people, that we are in full solidarity with your civic and cultural movements to protect your human rights. We are aware that you are victims...

by U.S. State Department Afghanistan is an Islamic Republic with a directly elected president, a bicameral legislative branch, and a judicial branch. Based on the electoral calendar specified in the constitution, parliamentary elections should have taken...