Shaharzad Akbar شهرزاد اکبر
@shaharzadakbar.bsky.social
Uprooted. Executive Director of Afghan Human Rights Org Rawadari (Rawadari.org). Honorary Fellow Wolfson College, Oxford. Afghanistan, human rights, social movements, literature.
دهمین سالیاد پدر. زبیده بریده ای از کتاب سرگذشت و چشم دیدها را در مورد زنان افسانه سرا و جایگاه زنان در افسانه های کودکی پدر می خواند. پدر در کودکی ما را با صدها کتاب، مجله و فیلم در مورد زنان تاثیرگذار آشنا کرد و بر سهم عظیم زنان در بشریت همواره تاکید می کرد.
سرگذشت و چشم دیدها.اسماعیل اکبر.
سرگذشت و چشم دیدها.اسماعیل اکبر.
December 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
دهمین سالیاد پدر. زبیده بریده ای از کتاب سرگذشت و چشم دیدها را در مورد زنان افسانه سرا و جایگاه زنان در افسانه های کودکی پدر می خواند. پدر در کودکی ما را با صدها کتاب، مجله و فیلم در مورد زنان تاثیرگذار آشنا کرد و بر سهم عظیم زنان در بشریت همواره تاکید می کرد.
سرگذشت و چشم دیدها.اسماعیل اکبر.
سرگذشت و چشم دیدها.اسماعیل اکبر.
دهمین سالیاد پدر. نورجهان بریده ای از کتاب راه آینده را در مورد عرفان و تصوف می خواند. پدر دریچه های جهان ها را به ما گشود. او ما را از کودکی با شعر، ادب و موسیقی صوفیانه آشنا کرد. ما همیشه بهره مند از این میراث عظیم زیبایی و مدارا خواهیم ماند.
راه آینده. محمد اسماعیل اکبر. ص ۵۷
راه آینده. محمد اسماعیل اکبر. ص ۵۷
November 30, 2025 at 10:09 PM
دهمین سالیاد پدر. نورجهان بریده ای از کتاب راه آینده را در مورد عرفان و تصوف می خواند. پدر دریچه های جهان ها را به ما گشود. او ما را از کودکی با شعر، ادب و موسیقی صوفیانه آشنا کرد. ما همیشه بهره مند از این میراث عظیم زیبایی و مدارا خواهیم ماند.
راه آینده. محمد اسماعیل اکبر. ص ۵۷
راه آینده. محمد اسماعیل اکبر. ص ۵۷
امروز دهمین سالیاد پدرم اسماعیل اکبر است. اینجا خواهرم فاطمه بریده ای از کتاب خاطرات پدر را می خواند. این بخش در مورد شهر کهنه آقچه، زادگاه من است.
November 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
امروز دهمین سالیاد پدرم اسماعیل اکبر است. اینجا خواهرم فاطمه بریده ای از کتاب خاطرات پدر را می خواند. این بخش در مورد شهر کهنه آقچه، زادگاه من است.
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#TransitionalJustice - “If the U.S. is serious about learning from Afghanistan, it must start by confronting the legacy of impunity it left behind.”
- Huma Saeed (human rights activist / transitional justice expert)
- Huma Saeed (human rights activist / transitional justice expert)
November 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
#TransitionalJustice - “If the U.S. is serious about learning from Afghanistan, it must start by confronting the legacy of impunity it left behind.”
- Huma Saeed (human rights activist / transitional justice expert)
- Huma Saeed (human rights activist / transitional justice expert)
A conversation about civilian protection, civilian harm, legacy of international forces, impunity and international law, drawing on Afghanistan's context with Katharine Fortin, Florian Weigand and Thomas Gregory
📢 Ep1 of S2 of #BeyondComplianceInConversation podcast out now - "Civilian Protection & the Legacies of the War in Afghanistan" #Afghanistan #Conflict #IHL
With hosts
@katharinefortin.bsky.social
&
@weigand.bsky.social
🎧 Listen on our website: bit.ly/48ng7Rx
Also on Spotify and ApplePodcasts.
With hosts
@katharinefortin.bsky.social
&
@weigand.bsky.social
🎧 Listen on our website: bit.ly/48ng7Rx
Also on Spotify and ApplePodcasts.
November 20, 2025 at 10:30 PM
A conversation about civilian protection, civilian harm, legacy of international forces, impunity and international law, drawing on Afghanistan's context with Katharine Fortin, Florian Weigand and Thomas Gregory
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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For Shabana Mahmood to attack some of the most cruelly treated people in the world as having won a "golden ticket" because they manage to get to and claim asylum in Britain is unforgiveable.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
November 16, 2025 at 11:11 AM
For Shabana Mahmood to attack some of the most cruelly treated people in the world as having won a "golden ticket" because they manage to get to and claim asylum in Britain is unforgiveable.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
“It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies”
"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." Malcolm X.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
“It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies”
“What was striking, however, was that throughout the hearings—a space so steeped in feminist praxis, solidarity, and scholarship—the word ‘feminism’ was rarely uttered. Yet, its absence only underscored its presence” @kalikamehta.bsky.social on People’s Tribunal for Women of Afghanistan
November 13, 2025 at 10:26 AM
“What was striking, however, was that throughout the hearings—a space so steeped in feminist praxis, solidarity, and scholarship—the word ‘feminism’ was rarely uttered. Yet, its absence only underscored its presence” @kalikamehta.bsky.social on People’s Tribunal for Women of Afghanistan
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#Sudan: UN experts horrified by scale & brutality of RSF crimes & sadistic levels of sexual violence in El Fasher.
RSF's ethnically targeted crimes clearly "done with intent of terrorizing, displacing & destroying them in whole or in part." 👇
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social
RSF's ethnically targeted crimes clearly "done with intent of terrorizing, displacing & destroying them in whole or in part." 👇
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
#Sudan: UN experts horrified by scale & brutality of RSF crimes & sadistic levels of sexual violence in El Fasher.
RSF's ethnically targeted crimes clearly "done with intent of terrorizing, displacing & destroying them in whole or in part." 👇
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social
RSF's ethnically targeted crimes clearly "done with intent of terrorizing, displacing & destroying them in whole or in part." 👇
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social
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UK rejected atrocity prevention plans for Sudan despite warning of possible genocide
UK rejected atrocity prevention plans for Sudan despite warning of possible genocide
Exclusive: British government adopted ‘least ambitious’ option months before RSF’s massacres in El Fasher
Britain rejected atrocity prevention plans for Sudan despite intelligence warnings that the city of El Fasher would fall amid a wave of ethnic cleansing and possible genocide, according to a report seen by the Guardian.
Government officials turned down the plans six months into the 18-month siege of El Fasher in favour of the “least ambitious” option of four presented. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:07 AM
UK rejected atrocity prevention plans for Sudan despite warning of possible genocide
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The BBC visits an IDF outpost on the eastern edge of Gaza City:
“The Gaza of maps and memories is gone, replaced by a monochrome landscape of rubble stretching flat and still for 180 degrees…there's almost nothing left to orient you here or identify the neighbourhoods.”
“The Gaza of maps and memories is gone, replaced by a monochrome landscape of rubble stretching flat and still for 180 degrees…there's almost nothing left to orient you here or identify the neighbourhoods.”
Inside Gaza, BBC sees total devastation after two years of war
With endless rubble and destroyed streets as far as the eye can see, any plans for Gaza's future are a far cry from where it is today, writes Lucy Williamson.
www.bbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The BBC visits an IDF outpost on the eastern edge of Gaza City:
“The Gaza of maps and memories is gone, replaced by a monochrome landscape of rubble stretching flat and still for 180 degrees…there's almost nothing left to orient you here or identify the neighbourhoods.”
“The Gaza of maps and memories is gone, replaced by a monochrome landscape of rubble stretching flat and still for 180 degrees…there's almost nothing left to orient you here or identify the neighbourhoods.”
Loved speaking to @janethanderson.bsky.social and @svdberg.bsky.social about accountability pathways for Afghanistan, opportunities and limitations. Thank you for having me on. Very excited to have been on @asymmetricalh.bsky.social. Was nervous tbh
Podcast produced in partnership with Asymmetrical Haircuts - @asymmetricalh.bsky.social
Hosts: @janethanderson.bsky.social and @svdberg.bsky.social
Guest : @shaharzadakbar.bsky.social / @rawadari.bsky.social
Hosts: @janethanderson.bsky.social and @svdberg.bsky.social
Guest : @shaharzadakbar.bsky.social / @rawadari.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Loved speaking to @janethanderson.bsky.social and @svdberg.bsky.social about accountability pathways for Afghanistan, opportunities and limitations. Thank you for having me on. Very excited to have been on @asymmetricalh.bsky.social. Was nervous tbh
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We ask whether gender justice getting more likely with all the new accountability processes for Afghanistan.
That's out tomorrow.
With @janethanderson.bsky.social @svdberg.bsky.social speaking with @shaharzadakbar.bsky.social or @rawadari.bsky.social with support from @justiceinfo.bsky.social
That's out tomorrow.
With @janethanderson.bsky.social @svdberg.bsky.social speaking with @shaharzadakbar.bsky.social or @rawadari.bsky.social with support from @justiceinfo.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM
We ask whether gender justice getting more likely with all the new accountability processes for Afghanistan.
That's out tomorrow.
With @janethanderson.bsky.social @svdberg.bsky.social speaking with @shaharzadakbar.bsky.social or @rawadari.bsky.social with support from @justiceinfo.bsky.social
That's out tomorrow.
With @janethanderson.bsky.social @svdberg.bsky.social speaking with @shaharzadakbar.bsky.social or @rawadari.bsky.social with support from @justiceinfo.bsky.social
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Terrible women's rights news from Iraq:
"The new Personal Status Code further institutionalizes discrimination against women, legally relegating them to second class citizens. It takes away women’s and girls’ agency over their lives and instead gives it to men. It should be repealed immediately."
"The new Personal Status Code further institutionalizes discrimination against women, legally relegating them to second class citizens. It takes away women’s and girls’ agency over their lives and instead gives it to men. It should be repealed immediately."
Iraq: New Personal Status Code Makes Women Second Class
Iraq’s new Ja’afari Personal Status Code, passed by parliament on August 27, discriminates against women by favoring men in matters of marriage, divorce, inheritance, and children’s guardianship and c...
www.hrw.org
October 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Terrible women's rights news from Iraq:
"The new Personal Status Code further institutionalizes discrimination against women, legally relegating them to second class citizens. It takes away women’s and girls’ agency over their lives and instead gives it to men. It should be repealed immediately."
"The new Personal Status Code further institutionalizes discrimination against women, legally relegating them to second class citizens. It takes away women’s and girls’ agency over their lives and instead gives it to men. It should be repealed immediately."
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‘Frightened to get out of their cars’: Britain’s toxic race debates threaten overseas care workers
‘Frightened to get out of their cars’: Britain’s toxic race debates threaten overseas care workers
Staff are being advised to travel in mixed groups and carry panic alarms as incidents of intimidation spread
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:44 AM
‘Frightened to get out of their cars’: Britain’s toxic race debates threaten overseas care workers
Organizing and being part of the People’s Tribunal for Women of Afghanistan has been among the most moving experiences in my professional life. Here on Women’s Hour, I spoke about the courage of survivors & what the tribunal hopes to achieve (at 17 minutes)
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Kemi Badenoch's leadership, Manon Garcia on Gisele Pelicot, Joy Gregory
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October 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Organizing and being part of the People’s Tribunal for Women of Afghanistan has been among the most moving experiences in my professional life. Here on Women’s Hour, I spoke about the courage of survivors & what the tribunal hopes to achieve (at 17 minutes)
open.spotify.com/episode/4iHx...
open.spotify.com/episode/4iHx...
There are very rare wins for survivors and activists in the current climate. Uplifting to see the establishment of an independent investigative mechanism for #Afghanistan following over 4.5 years of advocacy by Afghan & international civil society. Unsurprisingly, the US has always been opposed.
Rawadari welcomes the establishment of the independent investigative mechanism on Afghanistan that will collect evidence of international crimes and most serious violations of international law.
October 6, 2025 at 11:35 AM
There are very rare wins for survivors and activists in the current climate. Uplifting to see the establishment of an independent investigative mechanism for #Afghanistan following over 4.5 years of advocacy by Afghan & international civil society. Unsurprisingly, the US has always been opposed.
My country is made offline and for tens of thousands of young women who connected to learning, to hope, to community, to aspirations through Internet, all of that is gone by the orders of a small group of tyrannical, fearful men. #Afghanistan
September 30, 2025 at 9:59 PM
My country is made offline and for tens of thousands of young women who connected to learning, to hope, to community, to aspirations through Internet, all of that is gone by the orders of a small group of tyrannical, fearful men. #Afghanistan
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10 Days to People's Tribunal for Women of Afghanistan
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#AfghanistanPT #AFGPT #AfghanistanTribunal
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#AfghanistanPT #AFGPT #AfghanistanTribunal
September 27, 2025 at 7:46 AM
10 Days to People's Tribunal for Women of Afghanistan
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#AfghanistanPT #AFGPT #AfghanistanTribunal
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#AfghanistanPT #AFGPT #AfghanistanTribunal
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Joint Civil Society Statement Marking the One Year Anniversary of the Announcement of a Legal Initiative to Hold Afghanistan Accountable Under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
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September 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Joint Civil Society Statement Marking the One Year Anniversary of the Announcement of a Legal Initiative to Hold Afghanistan Accountable Under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
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Four years after the Taliban’s return, Afghan women live under what many call gender apartheid.
As the crackdown deepens, SHAHARZAD AKBAR (@shaharzadakbar.bsky.social) argues that international accountability is essential.
Our weekly editorial:
verfassungsblog.de/editorial-af...
As the crackdown deepens, SHAHARZAD AKBAR (@shaharzadakbar.bsky.social) argues that international accountability is essential.
Our weekly editorial:
verfassungsblog.de/editorial-af...
September 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Four years after the Taliban’s return, Afghan women live under what many call gender apartheid.
As the crackdown deepens, SHAHARZAD AKBAR (@shaharzadakbar.bsky.social) argues that international accountability is essential.
Our weekly editorial:
verfassungsblog.de/editorial-af...
As the crackdown deepens, SHAHARZAD AKBAR (@shaharzadakbar.bsky.social) argues that international accountability is essential.
Our weekly editorial:
verfassungsblog.de/editorial-af...
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The story of three young women in Afghanistan, who are so different in many ways, but also share the same real challenges, and uncertainties that all women in Afghanistan do! Such a powerful podcast.
www.economist.com/podcasts/202...
www.economist.com/podcasts/202...
Studying in the shadows
How the Taliban transformed women’s education from a path forward into a path out
www.economist.com
September 15, 2025 at 7:22 AM
The story of three young women in Afghanistan, who are so different in many ways, but also share the same real challenges, and uncertainties that all women in Afghanistan do! Such a powerful podcast.
www.economist.com/podcasts/202...
www.economist.com/podcasts/202...
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Today the United Nations commission that I lead is publishing its legal analysis of Israel’s conduct in the Gaza Strip,” Navi Pillay writes in a guest essay. “Our conclusion is stark: Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.”
“Today the United Nations commission that I lead is publishing its legal analysis of Israel’s conduct in the Gaza Strip,” Navi Pillay writes in a guest essay. “Our conclusion is stark: Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.”
Opinion | My U.N. Commission’s Finding: Israel Is Committing Genocide
The chief judge of the Rwandan genocide tribunal has concluded that Israel is guilty of the “crime of crimes” in Gaza.
nyti.ms
September 17, 2025 at 12:10 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Today the United Nations commission that I lead is publishing its legal analysis of Israel’s conduct in the Gaza Strip,” Navi Pillay writes in a guest essay. “Our conclusion is stark: Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.”
“Today the United Nations commission that I lead is publishing its legal analysis of Israel’s conduct in the Gaza Strip,” Navi Pillay writes in a guest essay. “Our conclusion is stark: Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.”