South Asia

Articles

• Support Free Press and Etilaat Roz Newspaper in Afghanistan
  30 September 2021, by siawi3

  For ten years, Etilaat Roz has been a torch bearer in the media revolution in Afghanistan. Free press and journalists are are under attack. The Taliban have detained and tortured Etilaat Roz journalists. We must band together to support Etilaat Roz journalists and help sustain their work.

• What’s At Stake For Women’s Lives In Afghanistan?
  1 October 2021, by siawi3

  We are not asking the Americans to stay. We don’t want the occupation. The problem is the way that they left everything, it’s the vacuum that they provided. They literally threw Afghans to the wolves. That is what they do. They get whatever they want and they leave you. At the moment, the panic is terrible for Afghans.

• Afghan Women Human Rights Defenders Demand Justice and Accountability
  1 October 2021, by siawi3

  Join us to hear from Afghan women human rights defenders on their demands for justice and accountability, particularly from powerful States that have been complicit in human rights abuses in Afghanistan and international institutions that have failed to meaningfully and concretely protect the rights of Afghan people.

• A Wish for Afghanistan
  1 October 2021, by siawi3

  Forced to flee the Taliban - human rights advocate, former government advisor, feminist, Shaharzad Akbar won’t give up pushing for what she believes in.

• Les anciennes juges afghanes sont traquées par les criminels qu’elles avaient condamnés
  1er octobre 2021, par siawi3

  Aujourd’hui, ces femmes qui hier condamnaient les criminels à des peines de prison se retrouvent à leur tour sur le banc des accusés, mais selon une justice relevant de la loi du talion.

• Female Afghan judges hunted by the murderers they convicted
  1 October 2021, by siawi3

  In the past 20 years, 270 women have sat as judges in Afghanistan. They were the trailblazers of women’s rights in Afghanistan. They were the staunch defenders of the law, seeking justice for their country’s most marginalised. But now, more than 220 female Afghan judges are in hiding due to fear of retribution under Taliban rule. Six former female judges spoke to the BBC from secret locations across Afghanistan. At least 220 former female judges are known to currently be in hiding across Afghanistan.

• À la frontière pakistanaise, les talibans bloquent l’exode des Afghans
  2 octobre 2021, par siawi3

  « L’émirat islamique demande aux familles de ne pas quitter le pays, parce qu’en faisant cela, elles ne respectent pas la culture afghane »

• The Taliban in Afghanistan: Political and Security Challenges
  2 October 2021, by siawi3

  Implications of Taliban Rule in Afghanistan - A conversation with Ahmed Rashid

• India: In Memory of Kamla Bhasin: Sept 24, 2021
  2 October 2021, by siawi3

  Doyenne of the women’s movement, passionate about peace with Pakistan and one of the most humane persons it has been my good fortune to meet.

• Afghanistan highlights link between religious soft power and Gulf security
  2 October 2021, by siawi3

  “The unsavoury reputation of Gulf regimes’ human rights practices has lessened the American public’s appetite for committing troops to their defence over the past decade. The Gulf states must come to grips with the possibility that the US willingness to fight Iran in their defence has significantly declined and may well disappear over the coming years…"

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