Last Updated: March 11, 2018 | Quetta – March 8, 2018: Mar 8, 2018: In 3rd attack this week, Islamist Terrorists following #Saudi ideology gunned down 1 #Hazara named Ali Abbas while injuring Ali Bulbul on Arbab Karam Khan Rd in #Quetta #Pakistan pic.twitter.com/CQJMGk3naI — HOPEhazara (@HOPEhazara) March 9, 2018 2. #ISIS claimed responsibility for […]
Indonesia – March 6, 2018: Twenty-two year old young Hazara Refugee has committed suicide in Medan detention center in Sumatra, Indonesia. The Hazaras are facing the brunt of Islamist Terrorists (AlQaeda, ISIS, Taliban, Lashkar Jhangvi, Tehreek Taliban Pakistan, etc.) that are ideologically connected to Saudi and most all are financed by Saudi and GCC nations. […]
Australia: On December 16, the Federal Court ruled that delays by the Department of Immigration and Border Security (DIBS) in making decisions on citizenship were “unreasonable”, prompting hope for people with refugee backgrounds in a similar plight.
Vienna, Austria – Jan 20, 2016 | The Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation (VIDC) and the World Hazara Council (WHC), in cooperation with the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, the association „Afghan Youth – NEW START in Austria” and AKIS, held a panel discussion about the political situation in Afghanistan and of Afghan refugees […]
Afghanistan, Sept 29, 2014 | According to The Guardian, an Australian man of Hazara ethnicity has been captured and killed by Taliban in Afghanistan. Picutre courtesy: The Guardian Sayed Habib, 56, resident of Sydney Australia, was reportedly captured while travelling between Kabul and district Jaghori in Ghazni province (Hazarajat). According to locals in Jaghori, his […]
Afghan Hazara asylum seekers in Turkey are facing an uncertain future due to a shift in policy by UNHCR. Compelled by what they call the discriminatory policy of the UN refugee body, these asylum seekers in Turkey resorted to sit-in protest on April 14, 2014 in Ankara in front of the UNHCR office which is still in progress after a lapse of one and a half months. Some of the protestors including women have even sewn their lips and are staging hunger strike to press the UNHCR authorities to treat them fairly.
Australia – May 23, 2014| Australian government has been facing the issue of asylum seekers getting to the country via boats for the last over a decade. Unfortunately, the two major political parties, the Liberal and the Labour, have politicized the issue to the full extent on various occasions particularly on the eve of […]
Australia – May 18, 2014 | Australia is considered to be home to the fourth largest population of Hazaras in the world which is estimated to be over 50,000. Majority of these Hazaras have migrated from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran in pursuit of safe haven after fleeing persecution and discrimination in their homelands. […]
Canberra, Australia – May 18, 2014| Hundreds of asylum seekers suffered another wave of frustration and despondency Friday as the full bench of High Court of Australia reserved its judgment on a case filed against the decision of immigration minister to freeze the number of permanent protection visas at 2773 for the financial year […]
May 12, 2014 | Asylum seekers who have arrived in Australia by boat have been in a dilemma since the coalition government has taken over power last September. Immigration minister, Scott Morrison, has frequently been introducing new rules and regulations to deter asylum seekers intending to take refuge in Australia after fleeing persecution in their native […]