FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 17, 2021 WASHINGTON D.C. — The Afghan Diaspora for Equality and Progress (ADEP) issues the following statement in response to the gruesome murders in Atlanta, Georgia: We are distraught and angered by the news coming out of Atlanta, Georgia, where at least 8 people were shot to death in a murdering spree that targeted women of…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 26, 2021 WASHINGTON D.C. — The Afghan Diaspora for Equality and Progress (ADEP) issued the following statement in response to an incident in Portland, Oregon: Various media reports describe a troubling incident from January 22 involving a man named Brian Christopher Miller, who brutally attacked and assaulted an Afghan American man in a Portland convenience store,…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 12th, 2020 WASHINGTON D.C. — The Afghan Diaspora for Equality and Progress (ADEP) issued the following statement in response to an incident in San Diego: Various media reports describe a troubling incident from February 26th involving a man named Robert Compton threatening to kill an Afghan refugee family, telling them “to go back to where you…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON D.C. March 15, 2019 – The Afghan Diaspora for Equality and Progress (ADEP) is devastated to learn of the terrorist attacks on Muslims that were congregated in two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. We fiercely condemn these unspeakable acts against New Zealand’s Muslim community. We call on all major media outlets and networks to completely halt airing…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Afghan-American Conference (AAC) The Samovar Network (TSN) The Afghan Diaspora for Equality and Progress (ADEP) Afghan-American Community Organizations Condemn Hate Crime in Indiana WASHINGTON, D.C. February 21, 2019 – On Saturday, February 16, 2019, the Afghan-American community learned that Mustafa Ayoubi, a 32-year-old Afghan-American, was murdered in a hate crime in Indianapolis, Indiana. The tragedy occurred…