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Welcome to ASK Human Rights
ASK-HR began in Fall of 1999 in Iraqi Kurdistan. ASK-HR aims to establish a foundation for increasing public awareness on human rights issues through the following steps:
(A) Translation of UN Documents on Human Rights to Kurdish
and distributing them to the public;
(B) Organizing workshops and conferences on related topics;
(C) Training local organizations and human rights advocates on related topics;
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(D) Supporting activities conducted by the local organizations and human rights
advocates.
Therefore, ASK-HR is not a monitoring organization. This project, and future Projects, are part of ASK's objectives of building, collecting, and disseminating knowledge. ASK-HR involves only on educational activities.
Advisory Committee: ASK-HR sought to have a committee
with pluralism in their ideologies. The Committee will advise and cooperate
with the ASK-HR administrator on its projects and activities. The chosen members
for the term 2000-02 are:
(1) Mr. Rizgar Abdullah, Lawyer and democracy advocate;
(2) Ms. Bayan Issa Yousef, Lawyer;
(3) Mr. Abu Baker Hama Siddiq, Lawer and Journalist;
ASK-HR supports local initiatives to promote human rights
activities in the coming years.
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