BY SYED KASWAR GARDEZI Every morning, the Hazara community wakes up to a fear of the unknown. A fear that has crippled the community to the verge of giving up. Giving up on their right...
Last night once again the fully armed Kochis with Taliban’s heavy supports attacked on Hazara villagers in Ghazni and Maidan provinces. Every year in spring they attack the Hazara villages looting and burning the Hazara...
By Anushe Noor Faheem A hunger strike of Hazara women led by Jalila Haidar, a prominent lawyer and human rights activist who comes from the Hazara minority of Pakistan, successfully pressured the country’s army chief to speak...
by Irfan Husain I RECENTLY received an email from a reader that made me ashamed for not having written earlier about the Hazara ethnic/sectarian cleansing taking place in Balochistan. The young Hazara woman writes: “… in...
CHIEF Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar has taken suo motu notice of targeted killing of members of the Hazara community in Balochistan and fixed the case for hearing on May 11 in Quetta....
A suicide bombing that killed the relatives of an Ottawa man in Afghanistan highlights the ripple effects of the ongoing persecution of ethnic Hazaras in the war-torn nation. Right, Ottawa-based Yasir Mehrzad and family at...
by Laura Berger – Senior Editor at Women and Hollywood To Help Laila Haidari click here! lizabeth Mirzaei served as director and cinematographer on the BBC’s “The Killing of Farkhunda,” which was nominated for a Royal Television Society...
by: Saroop Ijaz | Human Rights Watch Unidentified assailants killed shopkeepers Jaffar and Muhammad Ali on Saturday in Quetta, Pakistan, apparently because they belonged to the Hazara community. This was the fourth attack this April...
The culture, language and traditions of the Hazara people were discussed and celebrated at a gathering of social activists, diplomats, intellectuals, and folklorists on Saturday. The event was held to launch a campaign for celebrating...
by Daily Times A genocide has been underway in this country of Shia Hazara community. Dozens have been killed, and countless displaced from their homes, forced into exile to ensure their safety. Our state institutions have...