Recent developments in Afghanistan indicate a significant deterioration in the human rights situation affecting Hazara and Shia communities, particularly women and girls. Reported incidents in Daykundi and Herat raise serious concerns regarding sexual violence, forced marriage, arbitrary detention, suppression of peaceful assembly, sectarian attacks, and land confiscation.¹ While these cases have received public attention, they are likely to represent only a small proportion of actual...

Access full report: The Hazara Genocide (1891–1893) under Amir Abdul Rahman Khan Afghanistan’s history has been marked by cycles of violence and conflict that have disproportionately harmed its most vulnerable groups. Among the darkest chapters is the Hazara genocide carried out during the reign of Amir Abdur Rahman Khan in the late nineteenth century (1891-1893). What began as an assertion of central authority over the semi-autonomous Hazara regions soon escalated into a systematic campaign...

The Hazara Council of Great Britain (HCGB) and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Hazaras (APPG), has released its August 2025 report,...