Regional Director of the Independent Human Rights Commission (HRC) on Saturday said the government has been incapable of preserving the rights of citizens escalating insecurity in the lives of the public.
Shamsullah Ahmadzai, head of the regional HRC office, said the condition of human rights in the country is very alarming. In just the past five years, the lives of 11,200 innocent civilians were taken by the government and anti-government forces.
“More than 11,200 guiltless civilians of this country were killed and lost because their human rights were infringed upon by government, government supporters and armed opposing groups,” Ahmadzai said. “In addition to that, 13,000 other citizens, including women, the youth and elderly have been affected by the violation of their rights injuring and/or disabling their physical and mental health.”
Civil society activists say that the politicization of human rights in the country has resulted in the abuse of the public’s right.
“Those against the values of human rights, especially civil and political rights are taking political advantage of the human rights,” civil society activist Malek Setez said. “Politicization of human rights will harm the value of each human being.”
In the Islamic view of constitutional and natural rights, the Head of the Sciences Academy of Afghanistan said that human rights holds a special place in Islam.
“Allah says that if someone kills a soul who has not killed anyone or was not involved in any corruption in the world means that humanity as a whole has been killed,” Muneer Marwat, head of the sciences academy, said. “That is the value and definition of a human life according to the holy Quran.”
Despite the constitution defending the rights of the public, in the current system these civil liberties, on many instances, have been violated and looked past on a daily basis.
Sunday, September 14, 2014
Afghanistan: Human Rights Commission Troubled Over Violation of Human Rights
Regional Director of the Independent Human Rights Commission (HRC) on Saturday said the government has been incapable of preserving the rights of citizens escalating insecurity in the lives of the public.
Shamsullah Ahmadzai, head of the regional HRC office, said the condition of human rights in the country is very alarming. In just the past five years, the lives of 11,200 innocent civilians were taken by the government and anti-government forces.
“More than 11,200 guiltless civilians of this country were killed and lost because their human rights were infringed upon by government, government supporters and armed opposing groups,” Ahmadzai said. “In addition to that, 13,000 other citizens, including women, the youth and elderly have been affected by the violation of their rights injuring and/or disabling their physical and mental health.”
Civil society activists say that the politicization of human rights in the country has resulted in the abuse of the public’s right.
“Those against the values of human rights, especially civil and political rights are taking political advantage of the human rights,” civil society activist Malek Setez said. “Politicization of human rights will harm the value of each human being.”
In the Islamic view of constitutional and natural rights, the Head of the Sciences Academy of Afghanistan said that human rights holds a special place in Islam.
“Allah says that if someone kills a soul who has not killed anyone or was not involved in any corruption in the world means that humanity as a whole has been killed,” Muneer Marwat, head of the sciences academy, said. “That is the value and definition of a human life according to the holy Quran.”
Despite the constitution defending the rights of the public, in the current system these civil liberties, on many instances, have been violated and looked past on a daily basis.
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