Author: Sayed Hussain Hussainy

In the name of Almighty Allah Ms. Wazhma Frogh acquired the best award of USA and ranked among the eight brave women of the world Ms. Wazhma the cooperator of the Civil Society and Human Rights Network of Afghanistan, and one of the a defenders of women's rights in Afghanistan, was granted the best prize of the United States of America as a courageous woman. The award which was given to top eight brave women of the world was aimed encouraging and persuading human rights defender women. The ceremony which was conducted for the occasion, on the thirteenth of March, in Washington DC, capital of the United States of America, Mrs. Michelle Obama, the First Lady of the United States of America, talked about the importance of the awards, called it one of the best examples of commitments and appreciation of America's government toward the human rights values. Mrs. Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State of the United States of America also participated in this event. She spoke on the role of the United States , particularly the role of the new government of Barack Obama, in respect to women's rights. Ms. Wazhma Frogh and the other seven brave women of the world have gained much honors in this event. She also met with prominent political and social figures and told them about the difficulties of women in Afghanistan . Ms. Frogh, is the director of an organization by the name of (Global Rights) in Afghanistan , which functions in the field of promoting and generalizing the law in the country, the mentioned organization is a good partner of CSHRN since its foundation and has launched joint programs. Nowadays CSHRN and Global Rights have set up a teacher training program on Human rights for protecting the rights. The Civil…

In the name of Almighty Allah Mr. Mohammad Naim Nazari has been elected as the coordinator of CSHRN Mr. Mohammad Naim Nazari has been elected & introduced to this position on 02/07/2008, after consulting with the members of the board of directors of the Civil Society & Human Rights Network (CSHRN) of Afghanistan , by the board of directors of CSHRN. Before this, Mr. Azaryon Mateen was responsible for coordinating the programs of the Civil Society & Human Rights Network of Afghanistan. Mr. Azaryon Mateen has got other responsibility as a program manager with the (International Center of Transitional Justice in Afghanistan). The International Center of Transitional Justice, has been implementing its programs in Afghanistan since 2002, and continues its activities with close cooperation with the Civil Society & Human Rights Network of Afghanistan. Mr. Mohammad Naim Nazari has work experience of 15 years in the field of Human Rights & Civil Society. Mr. M Naim Nazari has worked on many positions such as, the managing editor of (Taawon) magazine, publication & information manager of CSHRN and the chief editor of (Angaara) magazine. Mr. M Naim Nazari has got great relationship and well fame among the Civil Institutions & media. The site of CSHRN, hopes its co-workers, Mr. Azaryon Mateen and M. Naim Nazari more and more success in their careers.

In the name of Almighty Allah Mr. Barry Salaam has been appointed as spokesman of CSHRN The board of directors of the Civil Society & Human Rights Network of Afghanistan (CSHRN) has elected Mr. Barry Salaam the president of (Good morning Afghanistan radio) and manager of (Ăwanama publication), as the speaker of the board of directors of the Civil Society & Human Rights Network of Afghanistan. Mr. Barry Salaam, who has the membership of the board of directors of CSHRN, is one of the leading and prominent personalities in the field of the media in Afghanistan. Mr. Barry Salaam, is responsible for contacting the national& international organizations and the local & international media via the name of the board of directors of CSHRN, means the position of the Civil Society & Human Rights Network (CSHRN) regarding the important issues in the country. The site of CSHRN congratulates this significant position to Mr. Barry Salaam and hopes him more success in this respect.

In the name of Almighty Allah CSHRN statement about the report of the UN High commissioner regarding the unpleasant condition of Human Rights in Afghanistan 11 th Mar, 2009 Kabul-Afghanistan The report has criticized the high level of violence against women, women and children rape and non-ethnic parallelism. The report has considered the high level of corruption and other organized crimes, executive and professional weaknesses of justice system in Afghanistan, poverty and unemployment, as the weak points in the field of generalizing the Human Rights in Afghanistan. The report, however mentioned some success and achievements in the field of human rights in recent years after the Taliban and named the roles of the government, Human Rights independent commission and civil society institutions, but called the Human Rights situation daunting and unpleasant in Afghanistan. The general assembly of CSHRN was held on 11 th March this year, and discussed the UN high commissioner report on human rights and approved this statement. Civil society and Human Rights Network of Afghanistan, appreciates the UN high commissioner's report for human rights and consider it as UN commitment for human rights in Afghanistan. Civilian casualties during military operations of the international forces and on the other side, anti-government oppositions operation on civilian area have induced these wide violations against the international humanitarian law and human rights norms in Afghanistan. On behalf of the civil institutions of Afghanistan and on behalf of the human rights activists & human rights defenders, the Civil Society & Human Rights Network of Afghanistan, urge the UN Human rights Council to assign its special reporter for monitoring the international humanitarian law for Afghanistan. The Civil Society & Human Rights Network of Afghanistan, want the government as well the national assembly to support the request for the special representative of…

In the name of Almighty Allah Civil Institution's conference in Mazar-e-Sharif regarding the problems of the displaced persons of Alburz region in Balk province The coordinating office of CSHRN in North of the country, has expressed its deepest concerns about the condition of displaced persons of Alburz region, and for not addressing their most basic problems, through holding meeting in Mazar-e-Sharif. This meeting was attended by the representative of Civil Society, local media, a number of intellectuals, governmental organizations, head of Balkh provincial council, representatives of the Independent Human Rights Commission (IHRC) and the representatives of the international community. In the session, the participants have initiated a comprehensive discussion for solving the problem and drawing the attention of the international community, media and civil institutions, and expressed how to get out of those problems. Mr. Sorosh Kazimy, coordinator of the Civil Society & Human Rights Network of Afghanistan (CSHRN) in North zone, told the site of CSHRN: the participants of this session stated different views and opinion not only about the difficulties of Alburz residents, but all the social problems which exist in that region. Kazimy added: the main points of the discussions were political, social, cultural, economical and citizen's security. Some of the participants asked the civil society institutions to release a joint statement regarding the overall problems covering the northern part of the country, and attract attention of the local and international media for resolving the problems. Sohrab Samanyan, one of the participants of the conference says: «due to the recent difficulties of the displaced persons in North of the country, civil institutions which cooperate with the Civil Society in North region of Afghanistan, have decided that they should have a clear message regarding this problem and draw international and local institution's attention to it. That's…

In the name of Almighty Allah Suggestions of Civil Society Institutions to the Paris Conference Hashmatullah Raadfar A number of Civil Society organizations have issued a seven articled statement in respect to the Paris conference and asked the government of Afghanistan and the international community to consider their proposals in this conference. The Civil Society Organizations have also considered coordination among the political, economical and Civil Society sectors, as one of the most essential needs of Afghanistan for creating citizenship's values, in the statement. Generating citizenship values is one the foreground of the Civil Society Institutionalization and the continuance of democratic norms in the society, which undoubtedly this process had faced great challenges in post-conflicts countries and the efforts in this field also requires to pave the way for durability and stability of manners and procedures free of prejudices and dependencies that are against the citizenships values. Although, it is stated that working for the creation of citizenships values in Afghanistan has been started long ago, but the institutionalization of such values in traditional and social structures of the country has always been faced with many challenges that one of the major cause of such challenges was the ruptures which were made on the way of this process because of the different reasons. Although, there have been optimisms toward the institutionalization of Afghanistan on democratic norms and values since six years, but there always have been challenges regarding the incomplete efforts and movements of Afghanistan in this way and also, the transformation of citizenship's values because of the slogans and purposes of conservative political groups and event semi-intellectual circles in the country. With the worsening of security situation in some parts of the country, increasing of economical problems of people and exposure of cultural, ethnic and ideological differences…

In the name of Almighty Allah International conference of " Civil Society " in Paris for Afghanistan Malek Sitez Afghan Researcher The international convention of the Civil Society and the private sector for supporting Afghanistan which was chaired by Bernard Kouchner, foreign minister of France, was held On May 24 in Paris. The gathering which had been initiated by the participation of the representatives of Afghanistan's supportive countries, representatives from; Civil Society, private sector and the government of Afghanistan considered as a foreground for the upcoming international conference of Afghanistan's supportive countries that is to be held on June 12 in France. The convention has launched some useful debates in separate sessions regarding the role of the Civil Society, international supports programs and its implementation strategies, how to involve & encourage the private sector in the economical development of Afghanistan and effectiveness and quality of the international aids to Afghanistan. But, the important question which was raised; is that; did the Civil Society develop that much in Afghanistan that could be able to play an important role in specifying and explaining the government and its programs? Democratization of Afghanistan needs Civil Society's reliable and useful role. Value system needs Legal legitimacy. The Civil Society which is a connecting bridge between the people and the government creates such legitimacies. Civil Societies are citizenships or civil centers that form democratic system under the rule of law. Civil society organizations are centers that activate citizen's role in political, economical, social and cultural systems, thus citizens as the essence of civil society's value system can be created and activated by the Civil Society. But, it seems as in the last six years great attention has not been paid to the role of the Civil Society in Afghanistan. The role of the citizen…

In the name of Almighty Allah Civil Society and Human Rights Network (CSHRN), West Coordination Center Statement regarding bombardment of civilians in Azizabad village of Herat province in Afghanistan 28. 08. 2008, Herat Province of Afghanistan The bombardment by international military forces of Aziz Abad village in Shindand district of Herat province has upset the whole Afghan community, in particular the residents of the western provinces. The bombardment caused the death of 91 civilians, injured a large number of civilian persons and put the residents of that village into very difficult psychological and physical conditions and threatening their personal, social and economic security. The residents of Herat province want to understand why the military forces, who came to bring peace and stability, killed innocent persons. With deep concern we have to state that this incident has greatly put into danger the mission of the international military forces as well as the international community in general. Poverty, hunger, harsh environmental conditions, and social problems such as corruption and organized crime pose important threats to the Afghan government in the western region. Three decades of war have in addition caused severe psychological problems for the residents. Such an environment is a fertile soil for adversaries of human rights to create opposition towards human rights values. The presence of the international community is legitimate according to Afghan and international law. That is why all the Afghans know that the international community came to work with Afghans to rehabilitate their ruined and poor country into a peaceful and legitimate state. However, the killing of innocent civilians significantly strengthens the enemies of human rights values. The UN declaration of the Security Council stipulates that the international military forces are in Afghanistan for ensuring peace, stability of the state and to build the capacities…

In the name of Almighty Allah Statement of CSHRN in relation to the limitation of freedom of media in Afghanistan Kabul, Afghanistan / 23. April 2008 Since a long time, a debate is going on about banning Indian series from Afghan private TV channels what in fact has to be regarded as an excuse to start limiting the freedom of media. Such an untimely debate creates big concerns amongst civil society organizations and Afghan citizens about their civil freedoms. They are scared that Afghanistan once again becomes a victim of extremism, a development which would be very difficult and economically as well as humanly very costly to correct. Afghanistan has taken first steps towards cultural freedoms, which make Afghanistan a positive example among countries affected by conflict. Cultural and civil freedoms are essential to the Afghan people and therefore any limitation of them would put obstacles in the way of reconstruction and development. The Afghan Constitution guaranties human rights; promotes civil rights, freedom of media and freedom of culture. These rights and freedoms are also guaranteed by media law derived from the constitution. Therefore, there is no legal reason to limit the freedom of media in Afghanistan. The state of Afghanistan ratified the International Conventions on Civil and Political Rights, and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights which constitute the main instruments of the United Nations in the field of international human rights protection. For this reason, there is international legal support for Afghanistan and Afghan citizens. The Afghan state as member of the UN has committed itself also to the Charta of the UN. The UN Charta, which promotes international peace and security, requests its member states to respect human rights and democracy. The Civil Society and Human Rights Network (CSHRN), who is coordinating civil society organizations active…