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NewsStories of struggling artists
Andy Parks Aris Prabawa with his work Born to Obey. The two current exhibitions being held at the Lismore Regional gallery deal with themes of struggle and survival in an environment where the military are...
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NewsSympathy From Bamiyan to the People of Japan
Youth in Bamiyan took out a sympathy rally for the victims of Japan quake today in Bamiyan, Afghanistan. Many youth marched to the top hill in front of the destroyed Buddha statues and held banners...
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NewsThe Afghan Patriarchy Does NOT Know Best
March 8, 2011 by Zareen Taj As the world celebrates International Women’s Day, Afghan women may have less to celebrate and more to fear–at least if a proposed law to bring women’s shelters under government...
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ArtAfghan regimes have had this policy to destroy all historic symbols of Hazaras
Ancient Buddhas Will Not Be Rebuilt – UNESCO By Andrea Lunt The smaller Buddha of Bamiyan before (left picture) and after destruction (right).UNITED NATIONS, Mar 11, 2011 (IPS) – Afghanistan’s historic Bamiyan Buddhas, destroyed by...
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DiscriminationSymbolic protest of Hazara People in Bamiyan: Donkeys have better service than Afghan officials
Why the international aid community and the Afghan government spend millions of dollars in provinces where poppies, the drug business, terrorists and the Taliban flourish. Why do they not help the peaceful Bamiyan or Daikondi...
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News2,777 civilians killed in Afghanistan in 2010
KABUL, March 9 (Xinhua) — Civilians killed in Afghanistan jumped 15 percent to 2,777 in 2010 from a year earlier, a joint report by Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) and UN Assistance Mission for...
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NewsHundreds of women activists in Dai Kundi urge UN to support their call for justice
Photo from Haji Oruzgani8 March 2011 – Hundreds of women carrying banners with “We Want Justice” written in Dari today urged provincial officials to make life better for women in Dai Kundi, where the United...
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NewsWomen need equal access to education
By Iris Almeida-Cèté, CNW Telbec MONTREAL – “You educate a girl (in Afghanistan), and you educate a whole society.” Dr. Sima Samar, Chairperson, Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission. March 8 is a day to remind...
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ArtInternational Campaign for reconstruction of Buddha’s Statues, in Bamiyan
Target: Government of Afghanistan, Parliament of Afghanistan, the UN, UNESCO Sponsored by: justicef.net In 2001 the world lost the internationally renowned Buddha statues of Bamiyan, when the Taliban bombed and destroyed them. However, we kept...
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NewsUN marks 10th anniversary of destruction of Buddha statues in Afghanistan
Archaeological remains of the Bamiyan Valley, Afghanistan 28 February 2011 – On the eve of the 10th anniversary of the destruction of the giant Buddha statues of Bamiyan, in Afghanistan, by the then-ruling fundamentalist Islamic...
By Omid Jafari