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NewsHazara Diaspora Organizations’ Statement on the condition of Hazara Refugees and Asylum-Seekers
We, members of the Hazara civil society and diaspora organizations, are gravely concerned about the condition of Hazara refugees and asylum-seekers in the world especially Indonesia and Greece. According to publicly available figures, more than...
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AustraliaWhat price freedom? A Hazara refugee reflects on the sacrifices needed to feel safe
By Edith Bevin Najibeh Jafari fled Afghanistan as a refugee, but it was in Tasmania that she was forced to abandon an important part of her religion and culture to protect herself from persecution. Who are...
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GenocideHazaras Gripped by Religious Extremism in Balochistan
Pakistan’s Hazara community had peace for roughly one year before terror broke out again. On Friday, 55 Hazara vegetable vendors said a routine goodbye to their loved ones, not realizing the danger that would come...
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GenocidePakistan Chief Justice’s Notice Produces Some Hope for Hazara Protections
by Maisam Iltaf and Bismellah Alizada April was a particularly grim month for the besieged ethnic Hazara community in the Pakistani city of Quetta. It began with the targeted killing of Nazar Hussein, a taxi driver in the city. At the end...
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GenocideHazara Massacre in Quetta
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...
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ArtAmin Wahidi Receives The 24th Venice City Award 2017
The ceremony of Venice City Award 2017 was held on September 6th in Mestre -Venice where the winner of the award is officially announced. BEHIND VENICE LUXURY- a Hazara in Italy pictures the struggles of...
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ArtThe First Film Supported by HFF is Ready for World Premiere
BEHIND VENICE LUXURY- a Hazara in Italy is the first feature documentary supported by Hazara Film Fund. This documentary pictures the struggles of a Hazara refugee who has come to Italy ten years ago and...
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Pakistan and the rest of Asia PacificWhite for Peace: Mariabad gets a makeover in Quetta
People don’t know the talent and creativity that is hidden in the Hazara people! By R Umaima Ahmed A group of social activists from the Hazara community in Quetta have started an initiative to paint the...
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GenocideFour Hazaras Killed in a Terror Attack in Pakistan
Four Hazaras including a woman were killed and one other was injured in Mastung District of Balochistan on Wednesday, July 20, 2017. The incident happened early in the morning around 6:30 AM. A terrorist targeted...
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AustraliaA tougher language test would punish women like my mother, who have lost everything
by Abdul Karim Hekmat My mother studied Australian history and politics for months to pass the citizenship test. It was painful, to say the least. It’s easy for an English-speaking, white politician to legislate a language...
By Hazara International