By Jordan Humphreys Occasionally the government begrudgingly informs us about its “removals”. Beneath this sanitised word lies the horror of deportations. The Edmund Rice Centre, a Sydney-based social research and advocacy organisation, recently reported on...
By Pamela Medlen Activists have been campaigning at Perth International Airport to try to prevent a man from the minority Hazara community in Afghanistan being deported. The Refugee Rights Action Network said the 20-year-old man, who has...
Hazara People International Network www.hazarapeople.com www.facebook.com/mardomehazara www.twitter.com/hazarapeople October 1st Worldwide Hazara Solidarity Day from Hazara People on Vimeo.
The Hazaras of Afghanistan The Hazara people, one of the largest ethnic groups, live mostly in the countryside of the central highlands of Afghanistan, which are called Hazaristan or Hazarajat. “The Hazara indigenous people made...
Hazara People International Network invites Hazaras and their supporters from all over the world, to participate vastly in October 1st Worldwide Hazara Solidarity Day gatherings in their city of residence so that their voices would...
Hazara People International Network On Friday, 25 July 2014, Afghanistan’s Hazaras were once again the victim of terror and persecution because of their ethnicity and religion. The suspected Taliban fighters stopped the three vans –...
By Besmellah Rezaee Refugees are the most vulnerable class of people in the world. They lack the protection of any state until and unless they are afforded it. Their desperate situation should oblige others to...
By Besmellah Rezaee In the past three months, the Coalition government has been busy implementing its pre-election policies that effectively violate the human rights of asylum seekers in this country. Accompanying the policy changes, we...
By Julian Burnside AO QC. Since about 1998, a significant proportion of boat people coming to Australia have been Hazaras from Afghanistan or Pakistan. On 26 August 2001, the Norwegian cargo ship MV Tampa rescued...
A Hazara refugee says he fears for the lives of his young brothers in Pakistan after hearing it could be 10 years before they can join him in Australia. Zaman Nasiry, 22, was born in...