Last weekend, the Taliban arrested between 20-60 fully covered women on the pretext of ‘hijab.’
Today people in Herat marched in protest.
The response - open fire on the crowd.
The Taliban are a terrorist regime. And must be stopped.
I’m currently working on a paper on education and resilience in Hazara communities. I’d love to hear from Hazara educators, teachers or students. Feel free to DM me.
Thank you!
#StopHazaraGenocide
"Recognition of the #HazaraGenocide grows more urgent every year. It will not bring back those who were killed, nor those who continue to be killed, but it can be the first act of justice."
#StopHazaraGenocide now and forever. https://t.co/Af1hS7cAgM
Testimonies on the deportation of Afghanistan's refugees from Iran, a process that has heavily affected Hazara communities. https://t.co/QCj3e4U8Zc
#StopHazaraGenocide#StopDeportation#Refugees
Dr Homira Rezai's speech at the the 59th United Nations Human Rights Meeting in Geneva.
Mr. Chair, Mr. Special Rapporteur, Minority Rights Group and Bolaq Analyst Network express alarm at the ongoing and systematic persecution of the Hazara religious minority in Afghanistan. Hazaras face total political exclusion under the de facto authorities. This marginalisation is coupled with policies that threaten their survival and dignity.
Across Hazara-populated districts, we are witnessing the forced displacement of families, the seizure of ancestral lands, and the resettlement of Taliban-affiliated individuals. In Khas Uruzgan alone, at least 14 Hazaras have been arbitrarily killed by Taliban-backed groups from neighbouring areas, forcing many families to flee, with their homes and lands subsequently confiscated.
The Law on Personal Affairs of Shi’a Muslims has been revoked, removing essential legal protections linked to Hazara religious identity. Equally alarming is the confiscation and redistribution of humanitarian aid. Aid collected by Hazara communities is diverted by local authorities and channelled to Taliban supporters.
In education, Hazara academics are being systematically removed and replaced with Taliban-aligned religious clerics. We are particularly concerned by rising reports of gender-based violence against Hazara women and girls, including sexual violence, forced disappearances, and arbitrary detention.
Those who formerly served in Afghanistan’s security forces are especially at risk, having been abandoned by the international community and left vulnerable to Taliban reprisals.
We urge this Council to establish an independent investigative mechanism with a comprehensive mandate, able to thoroughly investigate past and ongoing violations and crimes committed in Afghanistan, including against Hazaras.
We also call on all stakeholders to ensure the full and meaningful inclusion of Hazaras in all processes concerning Afghanistan. I thank you.
Heart felt gratitude to you Dr Homira!
Well done!
#StopHazaraGenocide
For more than a century, Hazaras have faced genocidal violence & cultural erasure.
19 May Hazara Culture Day is a powerful act of remembrance and pride—a celebration of identity, culture and heritage.
It’s celebration, resistance, healing. It’s reclaiming what has been denied.
Say his name!
Taliban tortured and killed young Mahdi and ordered his family to “bury him quietly in an unmarked grave”.
Hazaras in Afghanistan are murdered everyday, yet people like Zahid Safi writes parliamentary submissions denying these atrocities
#StopHazaraGenocide
Many congratulations also to Exo Art Lab, they did a great job and deserve a huge applause. I hope I have made even a small contribution and that I can do more and more. For those who can: go and see the exhibition, you have until 12 April! [3]
#StopHazaraGenocide
Yesterday I had the great honour of being part of the ‘Feroza Gul Festival’ in Turin. I was a guest of the friends of Feroza and had the opportunity to visit the exhibition ‘I Could See Flowers’, by Hazara artist Latifa Zafar Attaii, which was curated by the ‘Exo Art Lab’, [1]
at the Weber Gallery. Latifa is an extraordinary artist and her works moved and inspired me. The more time passes, the more I realise what an extraordinary people the Hazara are and that they are the perfect example of resistance and resilience. [2]
#StopHazaraGenocide
On monday, I had the privilege to speak about the Hazara Genocide at a middle school, IC GIovanni XXIII, Milan.Thanks especially to @FatimaHaidari19 ,who spoke about the reality of Hazara women in Afghanistan.Incredible interest and emotion from the students. #StopHazaraGenocide
On this #HazaraGenocideMemorialDay, we remember the brutal genocidal campaign launched by Afghan King in the late 1800s—a dark chapter of genocide against the Hazara people. Some 62% of Hazara population was wiped out. This horror still reverberates today. #StopHazaraGenocide
UP to 400K Hazara families annihilated, forcefuly uprooted from their ancestral homes by Abdur RK. (Faiz Seraj V4).
Hazaras were brought to a total subjugation throughout the last century, the same pattern of deliberate Hazara genocide continues to this date!
#StopHazaraGenocide