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AustraliaMan admits handling money related to people-smuggling attempt
A 23-YEAR-OLD man has admitted handling money involved in an attempt to smuggle Afghan asylum seekers to Australia. Rahmatullah Bostan, formerly of Shepparton, received more than $50,000 as part of the people-smuggling operation and transferred...
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RefugeesGreens- a new beginning on asylum seekers?
Media release from the Greens: The Australian Greens have called for discussions with the new Immigration Minister, Chris Bowen, to work towards a more sensible approach to asylum-seekers, according to Senator Sarah Hanson-Young. Senator Hanson-Young,...
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AustraliaBehind the refugee break-out
By Niko LekaHazara refugee broke out of their detention centre on September 1 to hold a peaceful seven-hour protest. Photo from RAC Victoria. Hazara asylum seekers, who broke out of the Northern Immigration Detention Centre...
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RefugeesHuman rights falls off political priorities list
Greg Barns For all the talk by independents and Greens about the opportunity for a kinder and more considered political discourse to emerge from this inconclusive federal election, there is so far little to show...
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NewsTwo polling stations are closed in Uruzgan Khas
Afghanistan Independent Election Commission has taken decision to close six polling stations in Uruzgan Province. Two of the polling stations are located in Hazara populated areas of Uruzgan Khas District. Those two areas are Gandao...
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Pakistan and the rest of Asia PacificHazaras bury the suicide attack victims in a mass funeral ceremony in Quetta
Suicide bombings targeting Hazaras killed at least 70 people in Pakistan on Friday. Most of suicide bombers in Pakistan and Afghanistan are Pashtun fundamentalists. Copyright: Getty Images
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Pakistan and the rest of Asia PacificQuetta shuts down to mourn blast victims
* Shops, business centres, educational institutes remain closedQuetta shuts down to mourn blast victims/ Getty Images * Death toll from Al-Quds rally blast rises to 68 By Mohammad Zafar QUETTA: A complete shutter-down strike was...
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EuropeHIF STRONGLY CONDEMNS THE MIZAN CHOWK SUICIDE BOMBING
HAZARA INTERNATIONAL FORUM STRONGLY CONDEMNS THE MIZAN CHOWK SUICIDE BOMBING AND DEMANDS THE GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN TO APPREHEND THE PERPETRATORS. LONDON, September 04th, 2010: The HIF Central Committee denounced the insensitive suicide bombing of Mizan...
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Human RightsFUNERAL PRAYERS FOR THE MARTYRS OF MIZAN CHOWK SUICIDE BLAST OFFERED AMID GRIEF AND SORROW
Liaquat Ali Hazara, QUETTA, September 04th, 2010: 51 Martyrs of the yesterday’s suicide bombing were laid to rest in Hazara Graveyard on Saturday amid awe and shock as thousands of people attended the funeral procession...
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RefugeesUnrest in immigration jail
By Niko Leka Prisoners detained without trial at the Northern Immigration Detention Centre in Darwin have staged dramatic protests. On August 29 and 30, about 120 Indonesian detainees, accused of (but not charged with) people...
By Hazara International