Today, dozens of Hazara activists rallied against Iranian regime in Kabul.
Hazara People Rights: We have started two new poetry projects dedicated to the Hazara people. Our projects are a chain poem and a poetry anthology. So far the following 59 poets from 35 countries have joined us: Luisa Vicioso Sánchez, Dominican Republic John Curl, USA K. SATCHIDANANDAN, India Alina Beatrice Chesca, Romania Angelee Deodhar, India [...]
Continue reading …324 noted poets including Nobel, Pulitzer, continental and national literary prize winners as well as the presidents of the international poetry festivals, presidents of PEN clubs, and writers associations from 93 countries have chosen to release an open letter to world leaders, this March 21st . They have chosen to observe World Poetry Day by [...]
Continue reading …270 noted poets including Nobel, Pulitzer, continental and national literary prize winners as well as presidents of international poetry festivals, presidents of PEN clubs, and writers associations from 88 countries have signed an open letter to world leaders, declaring their solidarity with the Hazara people. For more than a century, the Hazara people of [...]
Continue reading …Dear Sirs, After more than a century of systematic crimes such as genocide, slavery, sexual abuse, war crimes, and discrimination, being a Hazara still appears to be a crime in Afghanistan and Pakistan. As recently as Thursday, January 10, 2013, more than one-hundred Hazara were killed in an organized terrorist attack on the city of [...]
Continue reading …QUETTA: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has announced imposition of governor rule in Balochistan under article 234 of the constitution, DawnNews reported. Addressing protesters at Alamdar Road, the prime minister said the governor would be the chief executive of the province from today. Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani’s government has been dismissed. Governor Balochistan Nawab Zulfiqar [...]
Continue reading …After over 48 hours since it started, the sit-in on Quetta’s Alamdar Road staged by hundreds of members from the Hazara Shia community continues on Sunday. The demonstrators, while refusing to bury their loved ones, began the protests shortly after a series of blasts rocked Quetta on Jan 10, 2012, killing over 100 people, mostly [...]
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