Source: The Guardian, UK – June 3, 2013 | At-a-glance: This news is regarding boat capsizing tragedy on June 21, 2012 It is believed there were 214 men on the boat – 210 were from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran and four were Indonesian crew members. T here were 110 men rescued, 17 bodies were recovered and […]
Source: The News – June 1, 2013 | LONDON: All Parliamentary Human Rights Group in the British Parliament has submitted to the United Nations what is believed by many to be the largest application the Special Rapporteurs may have dealt with about the targeted assassinations of Shia Muslims in Pakistan. Lord Eric Avebury, vice […]
Perth, Australia – May 22, 2013 | Marco Tedeschi, a barrister based in Perth, is seeking information relating to the inquest into the deaths of people on a boat which sank between Indonesia and north-west Australia on 21 June 2012. Mr Tedeschi is counsel assisting the coroner for the inquest. A direction hearing will […]
courtesy: The Atlantic/Peter Andrews/Reuters Jeffery Stern – May 22, 2013 | You are a Hazara, and you’ve been on the run for centuries. Now you’re in Syria, and things aren’t looking up. Imagine that you live in Afghanistan. Your ancestors have lived there for hundreds of years, but you are a minority. In fact, you […]
Chaman/Gulistan near Quetta – May 21, 2013 | Ewaz Ali Hazara, Sub-Inspector in charge of police station Gulistan (SHO) in District Kila Abdullah, was shot and killed by his guard and police driver, Nematullah. victim: Police officer, Ewaz Ali Gulistan police station Shaheed Ewaz Ali with colleagues at Police […]
Last Updated: May 30, 2013 – Kabul, Afghanistan – May 21, 2013 | Hundreds of Hazara students and civil activists are on hunger strike for third day in front of Afghanistan parliament asking the government to stop racial discrimination at Kabul University. courtesy: Urozgan.org More information: Afghanistan Analysts Network [AAN] – About Discrimination and […]
Quetta – Sat, May 18, 2013 | Two Lashkar-e Jhangvi terrorists have reportedly “escaped” from Cantt police station in Quetta, Pakistan. File photo: Hudda Jail Quetta According to sources from Quetta, the terrorists are M. Umar and Mir Ahmad Cast Lehri, resident of Mastung. They were arrested under F.I.R No. 110/13 U/S 324 Q.D 186, […]
Michael Bachelard – May 17, 2013 | Note to the reader: There are between 1.5 to 2.5 million Hazaras that live in Iran. At times it is difficult to ascertain the identity of the individuals. Two more would-be asylum seekers have died on the ocean trying to get to Australia while their 46 shipmates survived […]
Election campaign of major Hazara candidates in Quetta, Pakistan – May 1, 2013 | Updated – May 12, 2013 In PB-2 seat for Provincial Assembly of Balochistan, the Election Commission of Pakistan has declared Syed Muhammad Raza (MWM) – the extreme right Shia party – a winner over the heavy Hazara favorite, Abdul Khaliq Hazara, […]
Afghanistan – May 10, 2013 | Update – July 7, 2013 Three Hazaras reportedly killed in Behsood by Taliban Kuchis – July 7 Hazara sources from Afghanistan have reported the “annual ritual” of attacks by Pashtun nomads, known as Kuchis, on the Hazara inhabited regions of Afghanistan (historically known as Hazarajat or Hazaristan). In the […]