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AustraliaSuicide attempts in WA detention centre
Yuko Narushima | SMH | January 20, 2011 The Curtin Detention Centre, where asylum seekers are reportedly on a hunger strike. Picture: Nic Ellis Source: The Australian AN AFGHAN asylum seeker has been transferred to...
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AustraliaReturning asylum seekers to Afghanistan will place them in grave jeopardy
Back to the danger zone Phil Glendenning | January 19, 2011 Digital image: Judy Green IN HIS recent quarterly report on Afghanistan, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon began his discussion of the security situation there with...
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Human RightsMullah Omar Farman – 2001
Mullah Omar’s Farman to Taliban – A copy of this document (written in Pushto) was secured from Taliban’s Dept of Interior Ministry after US bombing in late 2001. The document is an order/policy by Mullah...
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DiscriminationEthnic discrimination infests Afghan army, soldiers say
“The commander tells us, ‘search your pockets’. If somebody gives him money, he can take vacation. I don’t have any money so I can’t go,” said one soldier, a 20-year-old ethnic Hazara man. Ethnic discrimination...
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Human RightsHazara Human Rights Activist Dr Sima Samar Wins Tipperary International Peace Prize
The Tipperary Peace Convention today in a statement announced that the 2010 Tipperary International Peace Prize is to be awarded to Afghan human rights activist, Dr. Sima Samar. The 53 year old Dr. Samar, OC....
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DiscriminationBlood and Smoke in Hazarajat
Danger for the Taliban’s Favorite Victims As the Taliban fights to make a comeback in Afghanistan, no group is in more danger than the Hazaras. The Taliban’s favorite victims, hundreds of Hazara families froze to...
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EuropeHIF celebrates international human rights day in front of 10 Downing Street, London
London: As per the previously circulated press release, Hazara International Forum of Great Britain held a Static Demonstration in front of the 10 Downing Street, London between 12:00 noon to 14:00 hours on 10-12-2010 to...
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Human RightsWhy you are silent about war crimes, massacres and crimes against humanity committed by the Taliban in Afghanistan?
An open letter to the world Islam intellectuals, scholars, mullahs, and leaders Click here and sign the letter The Taliban have committed war crimes, massacres, crimes against humanity, and other sorts of human rights violations...
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Human RightsComparing human rights, education and infrastructure in Afghanistan and Iran
Dec 14, 2010 Jerica Arents and Mary Dean are with Voices for Creative Non-violence. Jerica recently spent time in Afghanistan and Mary was in Iran. And they’re here to tell us about what they saw...
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Human RightsAfghanistan Still Unsafe For Asylum-Seekers
THE GREENS | Spokesperson Sarah Hanson-Young Tuesday 14th December 2010 Sarah Hanson-YoungAny agreement by the Federal Government to send asylum-seekers back to Afghanistan is another signal that the Prime Minister doesn’t understand the plight of...
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