Mark Dodd, December 20, 2010 FEARS are held for at least five asylum-seeker boats that have set sail from Indonesia for Christmas Island since 2008 but are missing. A sixth boat ferrying asylum-seekers from Malaysia to Indonesia in 2008 was believed to have sunk with the loss of 86 lives, said Afghan Hazara community spokesman [...]
Should we forget the treatment of women at the hands of the Taleban, should we forget the massacre of Hazara civilians in Mazar-e-Sharif and in the surrounding Hazarajats, should we also forget the execution of innocent civilians, the burning down of the villages and crops of opponents, the widespread beating of men and boys not [...]
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 highlight the racial, ethnic and religious persecution of the Hazaras living in Quetta and Karachi Pakistan and Central Afghanistan. Despite [...]
Mahtab Farid, Dec 18, 2010 Hazara People note: We do respect all ethnic groups, but Hazara People are not Afghan. Afghan or Pashtun is another ethnic group in Afghanistan. Afghan women continue to make progress in various fields. As I am visiting Bamyan province for a number meetings and trainings I noticed my colleague, Mary [...]
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 in Afghanistan since 1996. They have killed thousands of innocent people and forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homelands. [...]
Michelle Dimasi, December 17, 2010 This week, one of the saddest tragedies occurred on Christmas Island. As I write, bodies of asylum seekers are still missing in the Indian Ocean’s heavy swell. Twenty-seven bodies belonging to Kurdish and Iranian asylum seekers have been found, some women and children. Local residents are traumatised by this event [...]
Saturday, December 18, 2010 CANBERRA: The tragic sinking of a crowded refugee boat, which left 30 dead after it crashed into rocks on Australia’s remote Christmas Island on Wednesday, has renewed political pressure on Prime Minister Julia Gillard to change her refugee policy. Gillard yesterday said 42 people survived the accident and 30 bodies had [...]
Hazara People note: We do respect all ethnic groups, but Hazara People are not Afghan. Afghan or Pashtun is another ethnic group in Afghanistan. Once Oppressed, Afghan Minority Hazaras On The Rise By Quil Lawrence This week, Shiite Muslims around the world have been marking Ashura, commemorating the 7th century death of the Prophet Muhammad’s [...]
In the wake of yesterday’s Christmas Island deadly asylum seeker boat tragedy, Australia’s Catholic Bishops have questioned a reported deal to send more than 300 Hazara asylum seekers back to Afghanistan at a time when it is unclear if the country is safe. An Australian Catholic Bishops Conference statement, released after the boat tragedy which [...]
Cathnewsasia.com: 16-12-2010 Don’t send Hazaras back: Oz bishops In the wake of yesterday’s Christmas Island deadly asylum seeker boat tragedy, Australia’s Catholic Bishops have questioned a reported deal to send more than 300 Hazara asylum seekers back to Afghanistan at a time when it is unclear if the country is safe. An Australian Catholic Bishops [...]
