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Canberra’s mixed messages push people towards the boats

"Onshore processing provides powerful incentive for asylum seekers to take the risky voyage to Australia." Photo: James Brickwood

Tom Allard KHODADAD REZAIE has heard two bits of news this month that have left him utterly perplexed. The ethnic Hazara and recognised refugee was told two weeks ago by the Australian embassy in Jakarta that his application for an immigration visa was rejected. Yesterday morning, he learnt that the Malaysia plan was, once and [...]

October 14th, 2011 | Posted in Refugees & Asylum Seekers | Read More »

Ethnic cleansing of Hazara community

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THE recent wave of terrorism against the peaceful Hazara community in Quetta is a clear failure on the part of the provincial and federal governments to protect ethnic and religious minorities. The massacre of 40 ethnic Hazara community members in less than 10 days is a clear message for the Hazara community that terrorists are [...]

October 14th, 2011 | Posted in Asia Pacific | Read More »

Genève Protest Against Genocide of Hazara People

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Tuesday 11,Oct 2011 Genève Switzerland

October 13th, 2011 | Posted in Asia Pacific,Europe,Hazara News,Human Rights,Media | Read More »

Genocide of Hazaras in Balochistan forced dozens to flee

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Hazara People International Network: Local news and sources in Baluchistan say dozens of Hazara people forced to flee as the target killings have increased in this province. Some local sources have confirmed that more than 70 families moved to Peshawar and Islamabad. Target killing of Hazaras in Pakistan is a clear example of genocide. This [...]

October 10th, 2011 | Posted in Asia Pacific,Force Displacement,Human Rights | Read More »

Life Is a Painful Wait Until the Next Attack for One Minority Group in Pakistan

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Ahmad Shuja Writer, blogger, analyst Nestled along the eastern and western foothills of the mountains surrounding the Pakistani city of Quetta are the enclaves of Mariabad and Hazara Town, inhabited mainly by ethnic Hazaras. Once a vibrant community known locally for its hard work and dedication to education, it is now marked by a sense [...]

October 8th, 2011 | Posted in Asia Pacific,Human Rights | Read More »

Hazaras despair, home and away

Pakistanis at Quetta hospital mourn the shooting death of a relative this week as Sunni extremists opened fire on Hazaras on a bus, the second such attack in weeks. Picture: AP Source: AP

Amanda Hodge, South Asia correspondent | The Australian IN broad daylight on a bustling Quetta highway this week a white ute screeched to a halt in front of a bus carrying mostly poor Hazara fruit sellers to a market. Heavily-armed men, suspected members of the Punjab-based militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, spilled out of the vehicle and [...]

October 7th, 2011 | Posted in Asia Pacific,Australia,Hazara News,Human Rights,Refugees & Asylum Seekers | Read More »

Kabul Protest Against Genocide of Hazara People

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October 7th, 2011 | Posted in Afghanistan,Afghanistan News,Asia Pacific,Human Rights,Media | Read More »

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

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Hazara International Network: As the following convention has mentioned, the attack on Hazara people in Pakistan and Afghanistan is a clear example of GENOCIDE. Hazara people International Network believes that it the continuation of genocide of Hazara people in Afghanistan during Afghan regimes such as Abdurrahman Khan and the Taliban. We ask the international community, [...]

October 7th, 2011 | Posted in Genocide,Hazara News | Read More »

The Hague Protest Against Genocide of Hazara People

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October 7th, 2011 | Posted in Asia Pacific,Europe,Hazara News,Human Rights,Media | Read More »

Melbourne: Representative of Refugee Action Network among Hazara protestors

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October 6th, 2011 | Posted in Australia,Human Rights,Media | Read More »