FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, DC May 11, 2020 – During the last nights of Ramadan, the people of Palestine have faced brutal police violence in occupied East Jerusalem. Israeli settlers using prejudicial courts are attempting to displace Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah from their homes. Israeli security and police forces have cracked down on protests violently storming one of the holiest…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 12, 2020 We are angry. We are grieving. We are praying, yet again, for the lives lost to senseless violence. Innocent lives lost at a funeral ceremony in Nangarhar. Innocent lives, including 2 newborn babies, lost at a maternity clinic in Kabul. During the sacred month of Ramadan, in the midst of a pandemic, and two…
On November 29, 2019 the popular Afghan comedy skit “Shabake Khanda” aired an episode on TOLO TV where actors were said to be imitating “construction workers rapping a song after work” – while donning blackface and Afro wigs. The Afghan Diaspora for Equality and Progress (ADEP) condemns such racist and offensive acts that demean Black and African communities worldwide. Blackface…