Source Released by the Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Washington, DC, September 9, 1999 Section I. Freedom of Religion Freedom of religion is restricted severely. Due to the absence of a constitution and the ongoing civil war, religious freedom is determined primarily by unofficial, unwritten, and evolving policies of the warring factions. In… Continue reading U.S. Department of State – Annual Report on International Religious Freedom for 1999: Afghanistan
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Human Rights Report by US Department of State – 1994
Released by the Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Washington, DC, September 9, 1999 Afghanistan in 1994 continued to experience civil war and widespread lawlessness. The nominal nine-party coalition Government failed to function effectively, and armed factions opposed or supported President Burhanuddin Rabbani. Several provincial administrations maintained limited functions, but banditry was prevalent in… Continue reading Human Rights Report by US Department of State – 1994
An Assessment – Afghan Hindus and Sikhs
Source 2.6 In addition, since 1978 a multitude of languages, used by the ethnic minorities such as the Uzbeks, Turkomans, Baluchis, Nuristanis and Pashai have been officially recognized. [11a] Afghan Sikhs retain the use of Punjabi amongst themselves; given their involvement in trade, Dari/Farsi is probably the most important additional language for them. [15c] 5.3.2… Continue reading An Assessment – Afghan Hindus and Sikhs
No Place to Turn: Afghan Refugees in New Delhi
HUMAN RIGHTS FEATURES A joint initiative of SAHRDC and HRDC -6/6 Safdarjung Enclave Extension, New Delhi -110 029, India. HRF/4/99 Embargoed for 26 July 1999 Approximately 60,000 Afghan refugees are estimated to be living in New Delhi, but since the beginning of 1999, the Indian Government’s Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) has refused to renew… Continue reading No Place to Turn: Afghan Refugees in New Delhi
Bleak future faces Afghan Hindus in Germany
Author: Manik Mehta Publication: The Observer Source Hindu refugees from Afghanistan, who first fled the Soviet invasion of that country in 1980 and later the turmoils of the ensuing civil war, face a bleak future in Germany. Germany has an Afghan population of 60,000 consisting largely of Muslim refugees. Some 6,000 are Hindu and have… Continue reading Bleak future faces Afghan Hindus in Germany
Afghan Refugees Seek Indian citizenship
From D.N. Chaturvedi Tribune News Service Tuesday, July 21, 1998 FARIDABAD, July 20 — Thousands of Afghans, mostly Hindus and Sikhs who had taken refuge in India after fundamentalists came to power in Kabul in 1992, have been seeking Indian citizenship since then, but of no avail. More than 1,500 of them have settled in… Continue reading Afghan Refugees Seek Indian citizenship
5TH ANNUAL EUROPEAN SHIBIR
Report by Pratish Sthankiya The fifth annual European Shibir was held in Rurberg Germany from the 28th to the 31st March 1997. A parallel Hindu Sevika Samiti Shibir was also held. The camp site was a youth hostel situated on a hill overlooking the lake in Simmerath (near Bonn, western Germany). 193 swayamsevaks and sevikas… Continue reading 5TH ANNUAL EUROPEAN SHIBIR