Mark Goudkamp On May 10, over 1000 Hazara-Australians converged on Canberra from across the country to protest the recent wave of killing of Hazaras in Quetta, Pakistan and the Australian government’s failure to publicly condemn the killings. Over 700 Hazara civilians have been killed in and around Quetta in the last ten years. But the [...]
By Abdul Hekmat Imagine if the targets of Sydney’s drive-by shootings were not members of feuding bikie gangs but people singled out by virtue of their appearance to be shot dead while travelling to work by bus or car, shopping, attending a medical appointment or visiting relatives. It is beyond comprehension to imagine such a [...]
By Mmrityunjay Nanda At some point of time in your life you will realize that you have been emotionally debating around issues being unaware of its deep and diverse roots.When we see an act of brutal discrimination against a poor race, we start feeling squeamish and yell around what we witnessed. But believe me, you [...]
QUETTA: Genocide continue in Quetta as two more Hazaras were killed and one passerby was injured when unidentified gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on them in the Joint Road area of Quetta on Tuesday, Express News reported. A police official said that the men were near the passport office on Joint Road when unidentified men [...]
Published on Independent Media Center Australia On Thursday May 10th thousands of men, women and children from the peaceful, deeply spiritual and ancient race of Hazaras; a minority of Afghanistan, gathered from across Australia in our nation’s capital to have their voices heard. They gathered to protest against the systematic and ever increasing genocide that [...]
Reported By Muhammad Younas LONDON: Government of Pakistan must make sure safety of Hazaras in Quetta and those involved in the killing of Hazaras must be brought to justice, says former Home Secretary and MP Hull Alan Johnson here while addressing to Hazaras protestors in front of Pakistan Embassy London. I’m here to express my [...]
By Refugee Action Coalition Sydney Three Hazara asylum seekers who were tortured and beaten unconscious by guards at the end of February after attempting to escape the Pontianak detention centre in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, have been refusing food since the night of Wednesday 18th April. Mark Goudkamp from the Refugee Action Coalition and Ridwan Bakar [...]
Peter Gotting reports on Hazara refugees using art to speak out. JIM MIDDLETON, PRESENTER: the Australian Government’s announcement during the week that it will start withdrawing troops from Afghanistan earlier than planned has raised many questions, among them whether it’s too early to do so. Afghanistan’s Hazara people, the country’s third largest ethnic group, have [...]
