CESR Op Ed: Stifled in the Loya Jirga, by Omar Zakhilwal (The Washington Post)
Kabul, Afghanistan - I am a member of the loya jirga'ssilent majority -- or rather, silenced majority -- who came here toAfghanistan's capital expecting to shape our nation's future butinstead find ourselves being dragged back into the past.
Human Rights Assessment Mission to Afghanistan
Human Rights Conditions
Over twenty years of successive armed conflicts and massive humanrights violations have killed at least 1.5 million Afghans and rendered6 million homeless. Even prior to 11 September and 7 October, theAfghan population suffered severe destitution and hardship: a ruinedinfrastructure, abysmal socio-economic indicators, the world???s largestpopulation of refugees and internally displaced persons, the world???shighest concentration of land mines, three years of worsening drought,a repressive government and international isolation marked by economicsanctions.
AIDS & the Human Right to Housing: Local and International Movements
The New York City AIDS Housing Network & the Center for Economic and Social Rights present "Alternative Voices".
AIDS & the Human Right to Housing: Local and International Movements
The New York City AIDS Housing Network & the Center for Economic and Social Rights present "Alternative Voices"
