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AustraliaA letter from Australia: I fear for my own people
Aziza Zafari I am a young woman from Afghanistan who came to Australia with my family ten years ago. After experiencing much danger and hardship, this country seemed like Paradise to us. For the first...
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AustraliaPakistan to Pakenham
From death threats to a new home to the United Nations, knowledge has shaped Zakia Baig’s life. She spoke to CASEY NEILL about its value. “We could not stay in our country, in our home....
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ArtHazara Artist Khadim Ali Joins the Board of the Art Gallery of NSW
By Elizabeth Fortescue A Hazara artist from Doonside who grew up in the shadow of Taliban persecution will join some of Sydney’s wealthiest movers and shakers on the board of the Art Gallery of NSW....
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AustraliaRough Crossing
Rough Crossing ———————- Fleeing persecution, a group of ethnic Hazaras set out for Australia by sea. One of them documented the harrowing voyage with a camera.By Lynne Minion As he stepped onto a boat on...
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AustraliaFrom Persia to Parade College – an unlikely refugee journey
By Laurie Nowell Elnaz Tavancheh, an ethnic Hazara who fled her home in Iran to avoid persecution and threats, completed her VCE at the school this year and is hoping to study at university. After...
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AustraliaHazara Refugees Sent Back To Afghanistan By The Government Are Being Tortured By The Taliban
By Alex McKinnon The news that more than 130 children were murdered by the Pakistani Taliban in an attack on a Peshawar school last night is a horrific reminder that the region is still often at the mercy...
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AustraliaAn 18-Year-Old Hazara Refugee In Indonesia Is Making Documentaries On His Smartphone
By Alex McKinnon The debate around asylum seekers in Australia is an old and frequently vicious one that does an excellent job of silencing some of the most important voices: the asylum seekers and refugees...
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AustraliaHazara asylum seeker fears for life if forceably returned, say refugee advocates
By Chloe Booker Protesters say a Hazara asylum seeker faces death if returned. Refugee advocates say they fear a Victorian Hazara asylum seeker will be killed when the Federal Government sends him back to Afghanistan on Wednesday....
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AustraliaAsylum seekers on the doorstep of UN office in Jakarta with nowhere to turn
By Michael Bachelard Jakarta: For Sardar “Sammy” Hussein, barely more than a boy, the words he’s whispering under his breath have become almost a mantra: “What should I do? What should I do?” We’re sitting...
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Australia2nd Hazara Man Deported
Reported by Stephanie March CHRIS UHLMANN: The second Hazara man to be deported by the Australian Government against his will says he fears for his life in Kabul. The Immigration Department rejected the man’s claim...
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