Hazara Rights

An Open Letter from the Poets World-wide to the Hazara, Civil and Human Rights Organizations, Immigration Authorities, and World Leaders

2017-03-21T00:00:00Z

We poets from around the world, proclaim to the Hazara people, that we are in full solidarity with your civic and cultural movements to protect your human rights. We are aware that you are victims of systematic crimes, including genocide, slavery, forced displacement, discrimination, and the invasion of your homeland, Hazaristan. However, like the movements that ended apartheid in South Africa, and the American civil rights movement, your movements such as the Hazara Enlightenment movement will also achieve success. We hear your voices, we reflect it in our poetry, and lift it into contemporary world literature.

Today, the systematic crimes against the Hazara in Afghanistan and Pakistan are proof that the Hazara are being deprived of their human rights. In Afghanistan, where the Hazara are its native people, the government ignores the crimes against the Hazara, and misleads the international community by granting the Hazara a few insignificant government posts.

Some of the most recent crimes against the Hazara are:
• Ignoring demands for their basic rights and equal treatment
• Attacks on peaceful Hazara protests, for example on July 23, 2016, a bloody attack on the peaceful protest of the Hazara Enlightenment movement killed and injured over 400 in Kabul.
• Oppressive actions by the government against the Hazara Enlightenment movement including refusal to provide security for its gatherings and protests, isolating and blocking roads at protests, censoring, threatening the movement's activists with detention, and firing on them from public institutions.
• Using terrorists to obstruct Hazara travel by abducting, torturing, killing, and beheading them, including children and women. This has made the secure passage of Hazara impossible on nearly all roads in Afghanistan.
• Organizing war crimes including bloody attacks on Hazara religious and non- religious gatherings in major cities like Kabul and Mazar i Sharif.
• Allowing attacks on Hazara villagers by armed Pashtun nomads who have full government and Taliban support.
• Allowing organized attacks on Hazara activists, artists and writers.
• Systematic discrimination against the Hazara in public institutions and governmental offices.
• Marginalization of the Hazara by depriving them of fulfilling careers, and allowing them only manual labor jobs. Hazara make up less than 5% of those employed in public institutions and governmental offices.
• Driving frustrated and hopeless young Hazara to drug addiction.
• Allocating less than 2% of the national budget to Hazara areas.
• Posting of Hazara soldiers and officers to the most dangerous parts of Afghanistan.
• Afghan government agreements with western countries for forced deportation targeting primarily Hazara asylum seekers. .

The attacks and systematic destruction of the Hazara are being carried out by the Afghan government and the terrorist groups including the Taliban and Daesh. There are many reports on the links between some high-ranking officials and terrorist groups.

In Pakistan, the Hazara are still under attack, and the government is not able or not willing to protect them.

Organized attacks and genocide of the Hazara in the 21th century continue the policies of Hazara ethnic cleansing and invasion of their lands.

In the 19th century, during the rule of Afghan Dost Mohammad Khan, The Hazara, made up about 67% of their country's population. However, many Hazara faced forced displacement during this period.

At the end of the century, Afghan king, Abdurrahman Khan, with British support, planned the genocide of the Hazara. More than 62% were killed, thousands were sold as slaves and many parts of the Hazara's lands had been invaded. After these crimes, in this area, the name Afghanistan appeared on maps.

Afghanistan's entire 20th century history has been marked by killings of Hazaras and systematic discrimination against them. On February 10 and 11, 1993 in the Afshar area of Kabul, the Mujahadeen government, and its allies exterminated and left injured thousands of Hazara men, women and children. In August 1998, the Taliban killed more than ten thousand Hazaras in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. Similar bloodbaths quickly spread to other parts of Afghanistan including Yakawlang. Destroying Hazara history and promoting an inaccurate, demeaning history of their culture have been further strategies, in addition to violent crimes. For example, in March 2001, the Taliban notoriously destroyed the ancient Buddha sculptures of Bamyan which were principal symbols of Hazara history and culture, and one of the most popular masterpieces of the oral and intangible heritage of humanity. Such is the history of two centuries of crimes against the Hazara, and from which they still suffer.

We, the poets world-wide address our letter to the civil and human rights activists and organizations, and ask them to monitor the Hazara rights situation, document the crimes against them, raise awareness in the world about the Hazara, and put pressure on the government to end the crimes. The crimes mentioned in the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination are the same as the crimes that the Hazara suffered and still suffer. Those conventions should be helpful to prevent the crimes against the Hazara.

We, the poets world-wide address our letter to the immigration directories, and ask them to grant Hazara asylum seekers political asylum. The condition of the Hazara fit the 1951 Refugee convention and related protocols. The agreement with the Afghan government on forced deportation is another crime in addition to those they suffer.

We ask the world's politicians to recognize the Hazara genocide in their national parliaments and in international communities, to use all legal methods to stop crimes against the Hazara permanently, and see that the victims are compensated.

We especially ask the British government to officially apologize to the Hazara for supporting the Afghan dictator at the end of 19th century. This support resulted in the genocide, slavery, forced displacement and systematic discrimination—much of which abides today. It merits compensation to the descendants of the wronged.

The international community should put pressure on the governments of Afghanistan and Pakistan, and make their aid conditional on the improvement of human rights including the Hazara rights.

Again, we the poets world-wide are with the Hazara.

Signatures:

• Kamran Mir Hazar, poet, Hazaristan, Norway
• Fernando Rendón, poet, editor, and director of International Poetry Festival of Medellin (Colombia)
• Etnairis Ribera, poet, Puerto Rico
• Vyacheslav Kupriyanov, poet, Russia
• Berry Heart, poet, Botswana
• Alfredo Fressia, poet, Uruguay, Brazil
• Achour Fenni, poet, Algeria
• Carlos López Degregori, poet, Perú
• Winston Morales Chavarro, poet, Colombia
• Irena Matijašević , poet, Croatia
• Carla Christopher , poet, U.S.A.
• André Cruchaga, poet, El Salvador
• Iris Miranda, poet, Puerto Rico
• Rafael Patiño Góez , poet, Colombia
• Luz María López, poet and editor, Puerto Rico
• Dragana Evtimova, poet and translator, Macedonia
• Lee Kuei-shien, poet, Taiwan
• Laus Strandby Nielsen, poet, Denmark
• Sulma Montero, poet, Bolivia
• Neeli Cherkovski, poet, U.S.A.
• Beppe Costa, poet, Italy
• Bina Sarkar Ellias, poet, India
• Chen Hsiu-chen, poet, Taiwan
• Rati Saxena, poet, India
• Fadıl Oktay , poet, Turkey
• Metin Cengiz, poet, Turkey
• Fahredin Shehu, poet, Kosovo
• Debasmita Ganguly, poet, India
• Angelina Llongueras, poet, Catalonia
• Hussein Habasch, poet, Kurdistan
• A'zam Obidov , poet, Uzbekistan
• Attila F. Balázs, poet, editor, and translator, Slovakia
• Simón Zavala Guzmán, poet, Ecuador
• Bengt Berg, poet, Sweden
• Jalal El Hakmaoui , poet, Morroco, Marruecos
• William Perez Vega , poet, Puerto Rico
• Markus Barbarossa , poet, Austria
• Jean-Marc Desgent , poet, Quebec, Canada
• Marco Cinque, poet and musician, Italy
• Antonino Caponnetto, poet, Italy
• Gabriel Ánge, poet, Colombia
• Ahmad al shahawy, poet and journalist, Egypt
• Olivera Docevska, lawyer, poet, diplomat, human rights activist, translator and editor, Macedonia
• Eduardo Esparza, painter, Colombia
• Ricardo Rubio, poet, Argentina
• Elsa Tió, poet, Puerto Rico
• Carlos Barbarito, poet, Argentina
• Dan Taulapapa McMullin, poet and artist, American Samoa & U.S.A.
• Ioana Trica, poet, Romania
• Catherine Marchais, poet, France
• Peter Semolič, poet, Slovenia
• Alexander Zanches, poet, Panama
• Carolina Zamudio, poet, Argentina
• Annabell Manjarrés Freyle, poet, Colombia
• Manuel Pachon Freyle, poet, Colombia
• Antonella A. Rizzo, poet, Italy
• Carlos Ciro, poet, Colombia
• Stefania Di Lino, poet, Italy
• Franca Palmieri, poet, Italy
• Fabrizio Arrighi , poet, Italy
• Giovanna Iorio, poet, Italy
• Xibri Valbona, poet, Italy
• Lina María Trujillo, poet, Colombia
• Alfonso Rendon, poet, Panama
• Andrea Garbin, poet, Italy
• Iris Violeta Pujols, poet, Puerto Rico
• Alessandro Galli, poet, Italy
• Stefania Battistella, poet, Italy
• Jona Burghardt, poet, Argentina
• Jason Forbus, poet, Italy
• Maria Ostolaza , poet, Puerto Rico
• Carlos Andrés Jaramillo, poet, Colombia
• Althea Romeo-Mark , poet, Antigua
• Cristina Domenech, poet, Argentina
• Adriano Corrales Arias, poet, Costa Rica
• Aida Parraga , poet, EL Salvador
• Luis Fernando Osorno Giraldo , poet, Colombia
• Angela Tello, poet, Colombia
• George M Momogos, poet, South Africa
• Anthony L. Tan, poet, Philippines
• Alicia Minjarez Ramírez, poet, Mexico
• Gémino H. Abad, poet, Philippines
• Dušan Gojkov, poet, Serbia
• Dinah Roma, poet, Philippines
• Shailja Patel, poet, Kenya
• Keshab Sigdel, poet, Nepal
• Valeriano Forte, poet, Italy
• Marc Delouze, poet, France
• Hatto Fischer, poet, Germany
• Gerry Loose, poet, Scotland
• K. Satchidanandan, poet, India
• George Momogos, poet, South Africa
• Samir Delgado, poet, Canary Islands
• Tobias Burghardt, poet, Germany
• Daniel de Culla, poet, Spain
• Agneta Falk, poet, Sweden
• Jack Hirschman, poet, U.S.A.
• Heike Fiedler, author, performer, Switzerland
• Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen, poet, Norway
• Vladimir Marku, poet, Albania
• Aju Mukhopadhyay, poet, India
• Jüri Talvet, poet, Estonia
• Mario Castro, poet, Chile
• Ostap Slyvynsky, poet and translator, Ukraine
• Winston Farrell, poet, Barbados
• Senem Gokel, poet, Cyprus
• Cristian Avecillas, poet, Ecuador
• Erling Kittelsen, poet, Norway
• Daniel Freidemberg, poet, Argentina
• Robin S Ngangom, poet, India
• Erik Arellana Bautista, poet, Colombia, Germany
• Daniela Dante, poet, Italy
• Gabriel Rosenstock, poet, Ireland
• Jack Foley, poet, U.S.A.
• Mohammad Taghi Khavari, poet, Iran
• Rafiq Kathwari, poet, Kashmir, U.S.A.
• Waqas Khwaja, poet, Pakistan
• Ronnie Hawkins, poet, Colombia
• Marino Santalucia, poet, Italy
• Sonia Maioli, poet, Italy
• Maria Elena Mesa Mejia, poet, Cuba
• Rosario Napoli, poet, Italy
• Daniel Acevedo, poet, Colombia
• Basir Ahang, poet, Hazaristan, Italy
• Silvia Miguens, writer, Argentina
• Kala Ramesh, Poet, India
• Henry MBA Mellem, poet, Togo, Cameroon
• Synnøve Persen, Sami poet, Norway
• William Alfaro, poet, El Salvador
• William Allegrezza, poet, U.S.A.
• Anna Lombardo, poet, Italy
• Sergio Badilla Castillo, poet, academic and journalist, Chile
• Víctor Manuel Pinto, poet, Venezuela
• Robert Max, poet, Colombia
• Subodh Sarkar, Bengali poet, India
• Giuseppe Napolitano, poet, editor and organizer of international poetry meeting, Italy
• Alessandro Assiri, poet, Italy
• Diane Lefer, poet and fiction writer, U.S.A.
• Silvana Berki, poet, Finland
• Julio César Pavanetti Gutiérrez, poet, Uruguay,Spain
• Christopher Okemwa, poet, Kenya
• Alfredo Luna, poet, Argentina
• Enrica Borrini, poet, Italy
• Dimitar Anakiev, poet, filmmaker and activist, Slovenia
• Fabrizio Arrighi, poet, Italy
• Richard Krawiec, poet, U.S.A.
• Antanas A. Jonynas, poet, Lithuania
• Julio Salgado, poet, Argentina
• Juan Cameron, poet, Chile
• Alina Beatrice Chesca, poet, Romania
• Aubin Alongnifal, poet and researcher in public law, Cameroon
• Yiorgos Chouliaras, poet, Greece
• Claudio Amancio Suarez, poet, Argentina
• Ernesto P. Santiago, poet, Philippines
• Joy Harjo, poet, musician, writer, performer, U.S.A.
• Hilde Susan Jaegtnes, screenwriter and poet, Norway
• Rhyme Sonny, poet, Ghana
• Santiago B. Villafania, poet, Philippines
• Tamer Öncül, poet, Cyprus
• Ricardo Luis Plaul, poet, Argentina
• Marta Ortiz, poet, Argentina
• Gertrude Fester, poet, South Africa
• Phillippa Yaa de Villiers, poet, South Africa
• Lucía Revuelta, poet, Peru
• Carlos Manuel Rivera, poet-performer, Puerto Rico
• Karla Coreas, Poet, translator, and Director Latin American Poetry Festival in New York
• Teresa Orbegoso, poet, Peru
• Roberto Masiero, writer and poet, Italy
• Hashem Javadzadeh, poet, painter and photographer, Iran
• Marry Ailonieida Somby, Sami writer, Norway
• Jan Erik Vold, poet, Norway
• Adjei Agyei-Baah, poet, and founder of Poetry Foundation, Africa Haiku Network, Ghana
• Umar Timol, poet, Mauritius
• Hanan Awwad, poet and president of Palestine PEN, Palestine
• C.K. Stead, poet, New Zealand
• Ostap Nožak, poet, Ukraine, Poland
• Teresa Mei Chuc, poet, U.S.A.
• Marjorie Evasco, Philippines
• Hawad, poet, Amazigh Tuareg
• Benny Franklin , poet, Brazil
• Zeravan Silevani, poet, Kurdistan
• Daniel De Culla, poet, writer and photographer, Spain
• Omar Ardila, poet and essayist, Colombia
• Abdul Milazi, poet, author and musician, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Anandi Fernandez, poet, Argentina, India
• Eduardo Llanos Melussa, poet, Chile.
• Germain Droogenbroodt, poet, Belgium, Spain
• Birgitta Jonsdottir, Poetician/parliamentarian for the Pirate Party in the Icelandic Parliament
• Bernard Noël, poet and writer, France
• Helene Laprevotte, writer, France
• Ersi Sotiropoulos, poet and writer, Greece
• Fabio Barcellandi, poet, Italy
• Hernán Sánchez Barros, poet and writer, Argentina
• Ali-Tagba Tétérého, poet, Togo, West Africa
• Hugo Francisco Rivella, poet, Argentina
• Kozeta Zavalani, poet, journalist, writer and publisher, Albania
• Piccolo, poet and editor of the literary journal lamacchinasognante.com, U.S.A.
• Barbara Pogačnik, poet, translator and literary critic, Slovenia
• Shaip Emerllahu, poet and festival director, Macedonia

An Open Letter from the Poets World-wide to the Hazara, Civil and Human Rights Organizations, Immigration Authorities, and World Leaders

Hazara Rights
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My Name Is Fatima Of Hazaristan

2017-03-15T23:12:33Z

Our poet Etnairis Ribera reads her poem My Name Is Fatima Of Hazaristan. This poem was originally published in the book Poems for the Hazara: A Multilingual Poetry Anthology and Collaborative Poem by 125 Poets from 68 Countries.

I Remember What Means Hazara

2017-03-14T07:58:00Z

Our poet Erkut Tukmen reads his poem I Remember What Means Hazara. This poem was originally published in the book Poems for the Hazara: A Multilingual Poetry Anthology and Collaborative Poem by 125 Poets from 68 Countries.

Menneske-Hazara | Human- Hazara

2014-12-18T16:15:17Z

Well-known Norwegian Poet Erling Kittelsen reads his poem Human- Hazara.
This poem was originally published in the book Poems for the Hazara: A Multilingual Poetry Anthology and Collaborative Poem by 125 Poets from 68 Countries.

Flag of Hazaristan on the Cover of the Anthology Poems for the Hazara

2014-03-20T15:16:00Z

The Flag of Hazaristan was published officially for the first time on the cover of the book Poems for the Hazara, a poetry anthology contributed by 125 internationally recognized poets from 68 countries. The flag of Hazaristan, which is a combination of colores yellow, white and blue, is designed by the Hazara prominent poet Kamran Mir Hazar.

Updated:
Flag of Hazaristan in Hazaristan Charter:

Article 37: Flag

a) The flag of Hazaristan is a combination of three colors, yellow, white, and blue, in order from bottom to top.

b) Yellow is the root and descent of the Hazara and from the color family of the Hazaristan mountains.

c) White is purity and truth. It is in harmony with the winter of Hazaristan. Besides yellow and blue, it is one of the most used colors in the traditional Hazara dress.

d) Blue is a symbol of work, development, and prosperity. It is the talent, ability, desire, and national concurrence of the Hazara.

Poems for the Hazara: A Multilingual Poetry Anthology and Collaborative Poem by 125 Poets from 68 Countries

Kamran Mir Hazar — 2014-01-29T16:36:55Z

Available now (Hardcover and paperback) : Poems for the Hazara: A Multilingual Poetry Anthology and Collaborative Poem by 125 Poets from 68 Countries
دفتر شعر شاعران جهان برای مردم هزاره منتشر شد
Hardcover:
http://www.amazon.com/Poems-Hazara-Multilingual-Anthology-Collaborative/dp/0983770824/
Paperback:
http://www.amazon.com/Poems-Hazara-Multilingual-Anthology-Collaborative/dp/0983770867/

Our poets represent world poetry today: Etnairis Ribera, Puerto Rico/ Angelina Llongueras, Catalonia/ Aju Mukhopadhyay, Pondicherry, India/ Ban'ya Natsuishi, Japan/ Julio Pavanetti, Uruguay/Spain/ Gertrude Fester, Rwanda and South Africa / Jack Hirschman, USA / Iztok Osojnik, Slovenia/ Erling Kittelsen, Norway/ Obediah Michael Smith, Bahamas/ Bina Sarkar Ellias, India/ Raúl Henao, Colombia/ Anne Waldman, USA/ Nguyen Quang Thieu, Vietnam/ Timo Berger, Germany/ Elsa Tió, Puerto Rico/ Kamran Mir Hazar, Hazaristan/ Rodrigo Verdugo, Chile/ Mildred Kiconco Barya, Uganda/ Stefaan Van Den Bremt, Flanders, Belgium/ Winston Morales Chavarro, Colombia/ Esteban Valdés Arzate, Mexico/ Akwasi Aidoo, Ghana and USA/ Yolanda Pantin, Venezuela/ Yiorgos Chouliaras, Greece/ James O'hara, Mexico, USA and Ireland/ Raquel Chalfi, Israel/ Jim Byron, USA/ Luisa Vicioso Sánchez, Dominican Republic/ Andrea Garbin, Italy/ Luz Helena Cordero Villamizar, Colombia/ Peter Voelker, Germany/ Zoran Anchevski, Macedonia/ Naotaka Uematsu, Japan/ Paul Disnard, Colombia/ Vyacheslav Kupriyanov, Russia/ Gabriel Rosenstock, Ireland/ Maruja Vieira, Colombia/ Nyein Way, Myanmar/ Gaston Bellemare, Québec/ Zohra Hamid, South Africa/ Amir Or, Israel/ Ivan Djeparoski, Macedonia/ Attila F. Balázs, Slovakia/ Ioana Trica, Romania/ Michaël Glück, France/ Quito Nicolaas, The Netherlands/ Noria Adel, Algeria/ Francisco Sánchez Jiménez, Colombia/ Werewere Liking, Cameroon and Ivory Coast/ Beppe Costa, Italy/ William Pérez Vega, Puerto Rico/ Fanny Moreno, Colombia/ John Curl, USA/ Kevin Kiely, Ireland/ Azam Abidov, Uzbekistan/ Luis Galar (No Country)/ Santiago B. Villafania, Philippines/ Althea Romeo-Mark, Antigua/ Bengt Berg, Sweden/ Luz Lescure, Panama/ Lola Koundakjian, Armenia/ Zindzi Mandela, South Africa/ Edvino Ugolini, Italy/ Jean-Claude Awono, Cameroon/ Stefania Battistella, Italy/ Eugenia Sánchez Nieto, Colombia/ Alina Beatrice Chesca, Romania/ Simón Zavala Guzmán, Ecuador/ Ostap Nozhak, Ukraine/ Berry Heart, Botswana/ Gilma De Los Ríos, Colombia/ Laura Hernandez Muñoz, México/ Mamang Dai, India/ Erkut Tokman, Turkey/ Álvaro Miranda, Colombia/ Claus Ankersen, Denmark/ Mark Lipman, USA/ John Hegley, England/ Micere Githae Mugo, Kenya/ Germain Droogenbroodt, Belgium and Spain/ Fiyinfoluwa Onarinde, Nigeria/ Ataol Behramoğlu, Turkey/ Khal Torabully, Mauritius and France/ Jorge Boccanera, Argentina/ Kamanda Kama Sywor, Congo/ Bineesh Puthuppanam, India/ Iris Miranda, Puerto Rico/ Pamela Ateka, Kenya/ Fahredin Shehu, Kosovo/ Tamer Öncul, Cyprus/ Tânia Tomé, Mozambique/ Howard A. Fergus, Montserrat, West Indies/ Janak Sapkota, Nepal/ Károly Fellinger, Hungary/ Alfred Tembo, Zambia/ Emilce Strucchi, Argentina/ Juan Diego Tamayo, Colombia/ Manuel Silva Acevedo, Chile/ Elias Letelier, Chile/ Mohammed Bennis, Morocco / Károly Sándor Pallai, Hungary/ Edgardo Nieves-Mieles, Puerto Rico/ Fatoumata Ba, Mali/ Vupenyu Otis Zvoushe, Zimbabwe/ Santosh Alex, India/ Silvana Berki, Albania and Finland/ Hussein Habasch, Kurdistan, Syria/ Lucy Cristina Chau, Panamá/ Jessie Kleemann, Greenland/ Siki Dlanga, South Africa/ Irena Matijašević, Croatia/ Boel Schenlaer, Sweden/ Merlie M. Alunan, Philippines/ Ernesto P. Santiago, Philippines/ Rassool Snyman, South Africa/ Mary Smith, Scotland/ K. Satchidanandan, India/ Sukrita Paul Kumar, India/ Birgitta Jónsdóttir, Iceland/ Zelma White, Montserrat, BWI/ Navkirat Sodhi, India/ Gémino H. Abad, Philippines/ Mbizo Chirasha, Zimbabwe/ Joyce Ashuntantang, Cameroon and USA

A letter from Poets and Writers Worldwide to Nelson Mandela honoring his struggle for human rights and freedom

2013-12-06T21:00:00Z

Poets and writers Worldwide wish to celebrate the life of Nelson Mandela as one of the greatest champions for human rights in the history of humanity . Mr. Mandela dedicated his life to organizing millions of people to create justice out of South African Apartheid. His road was to educate himself in an era of ultimate prejudice and recognize that justice could and should be done, no matter how great the obstacles. He faced unending physical violence, arrests, sham trials, imprisonment in disease-ridden prisons, and encouraged and inspired world leaders and ordinary citizens to bring truth and justice to the South African people.

Mr. Mandela is a supreme inspiration for those in the world who face accusations of treason and criminality because they expose the truth and work to set people free. He tirelessly confronted biased legal systems, media, and the ruling class, and defeated them by inspiring the hearts and minds of millions around the world. We express our greatest respect and honor to him, promise to reflect his inspiring message in our work, and pass it down from generation to generation.

Signatures with names, positions and countries

• Robert Maier, author, educator, filmmaker (USA)
• Kamran Mir Hazar, poet, journalist and webmaster (Norway/ Hazaristan)
• Gertrude Fester, educator, writer and poet (South Africa/Rwanda)
• Emdee David,- Writer, Producer and Director- Africa Entertainment Network (Nigeria)
• Fernando Rendon, poet, director of International Poetry Festival of Medellin, Alternative Nobel Prize 2006 (Colombia)
• Canéla A. Jaramillo, Ph.D. Publisher, editor, and author (USA)
• Santiago B. Villafania, poet (Philippines)
• Basir Ahang, human rights activist, poet and journalist (Italy)
• Gabriel Rosenstock, poet, translator (Éire/ Ireland)
• Arabella Salaverry -writer, poet and actress (Costa Rica)
• Kjell H. Mære, author (Norway)
• Hemant Divate, poet, editor, publisher and translator (Mumbai/ India)
• Jacobo Rauskin, poet (Paraguay)
• Jüri Talvet, poet, (Estonia)
• William Pérez Vega, poeta y educador (Puerto Rico)
• Luz Helena Cordero Villamizar, poet (Colombia)
• Michael Augustin, poet and broadcaster (Germany)
• Bengt Berg, poet (Sweden)
• Ulrich Schreiber, director of the International Literature Festival Berlin (Germany)
• Aju Mukhopadhyay, Poet, essayist, feature and fiction writer (India)
• Ioana Trica, poet and translator (Rumania)
• Siki Dlanga, writer and poet (South Africa)
• Maruja Vieira, poet and member of colombian and spanish academies (Colombia)
• Angelina Llongueras, poet, Barcelona (nowadays a member of the Revolutionary Poets Brigade in San Francisco, US)
• Eugene Skeef FRSA, poet; educator; composer (South Africa/UK)
• K. Satchidanandan, ooet (India)
• Werewere-Liking Gnepo, poet (Cameroon)
• Gilma de los Ríos, journalist and poet (Colombia)
• Fahredin Shehu, poet, author, painter- Prishtina (Kosovo)
• Jack Hirschman is a poet, translator and painted, member of the League of Revolutionaries for a New America (LRNA), the Revolutionary Poets Brigade (RPB) and the World Poetry Movement (WPM) ( USA)
• Agneta Falk, poet (Sweden)
• Tamer öncül Poet (Cyprus)
• Tânia Tomé, Singer, poet and economist (Mozambique)
• Janak Sapkota, poet (Nepal)
• Noria Adel, visual artist, photographer and poet (Algeria)
• Thór Stefánsson, Poet (Iceland)
• Gemino H. Abad, poet (Philippines)
• Zelma White; educator, preacher; poet (Montserrat BWI)
• Dileep Jhaveri, poet and playwright (India)
• Erkut Tokman, poet, actor and translator (Turkey)
• K. Ramesh, Educator, Poet, (India)
• Vicente Rodríguez Nietzsche, poet (Puerto Rico)
• Thomas Rain Crowe, poet & publisher of New Native Press, Tuckasegee, North Carolina (USA)
• Jared Angira, poet (Kenya)
• Yiorgos Chouliaras, poet & essayist (Greece)
• Merlie M. Alunan, poet, essayist, teacher of literature (Philippines)
• Mbizo Chirasha.International Perfomances Poet,Writer,Literary/Creative Projects Specialist ( Zimbabwe)
• Stefaan van den Bremt, poet and honorary chairman of PEN FLANDERS (Flanders, Belgium)
• Louis Esterhuizen, poet (South Africa)
• Bina Sarkar Ellias, poet, editor, designer, publisher, (India)
• Akwasi Aidoo, poet (USA)
• Yolanda Pantin, poet (Venezuela)
• Nana Nestoros, poet (Greece)
• Vyacheslav Kupriyanov, poet (Russia)
• Irena Matijašević, Poet (Croatia)
• Howard A. Fergus, University Professor, writer and poet (Montserrat , West Indies)
• Chiqui Vicioso Sánchez, poet (Dominican Republic)
• Navkirat Sodhi, poet (India)
• Howard Fergus, poet (Montserrat, West Indies)
• Dorothy Payne, poet, artist, international educator (USA)
• Jan Erik Vold, poet (Norway)
• Nguyen Quang Thieu, poet (Vietnam)
• Mĩcere Gĩthae Mũgo, Poet and Playwright (Kenya)
• Mark Lipman, poet and activist (USA)
• Andrea Garbin, poet (Italy)
• Simón Zavala Guzmán, poet, essayist and jurist (Ecuador)
• Lucy Cristina Chau, poet (Panama)
• Mona Bentzen, visual artist, video art curator and documentary filmmaker (Norway)
• Ershad Mazumder poet (Bangladesh)
• Laura Hernández Muñoz, poet, writer, essayist and President of the Association of Children´s Literature of Mexico. (México)
• Althea Romeo-Mark, poet (Antigua)
• Reza Baraheni, poet, novelist and literary critic (Iran)
• Raphael Urweider, writer and musician (Switzerland)
• Hanan Awwad, poet (Palestina)
• Demosthenes Davvetas poet, artist & professor of Philosophy of Art (France / Greece)

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An Open Letter From World-Wide Poets Addressed To World Political Leaders

2013-03-21T23:30:00Z

Dear Sirs and Madams,

After more than a century of systematic crimes such as genocide, slavery, sexual abuse, war crimes, and discrimination, being a Hazara still appears to be a crime in Afghanistan and Pakistan. As recently as Saturday February 16, 2013, more than 300 Hazara men, women, and children were killed or injured in a massive bomb blast in the Center of Quetta, Pakistan. This followed a similar attack a month earlier, on January 10, 2013, when more than one-hundred Hazaras were killed in another bomb blast in the same city.

In the past few years, more than a thousand Hazaras were killed in similar attacks in Pakistan alone.

Today, even in their homeland, Afghanistan, Hazaras are not safe. Every year, they are attacked by Afghan Kuchis who are backed by the Taliban and the Afghan government. Hazara roads are blocked by Taliban gunmen. Hazara cars are halted and its passengers are killed.

In the center of Afghanistan, where a huge population of Hazaras are marginalized, they do not have access to basic legal rights. They still suffer systematic discrimination and Taliban attacks. As a result, millions of Hazaras have fled to numerous countries as refugees or asylum seekers, frequently living in terrible conditions.
The Hazara indigenous people made up nearly 67 percent of the population of Afghanistan prior to the 19th century. In that century, they were subjected to genocide and enslavement twice. They were forced to flee most of their land, located in the south of modern Afghanistan. More than 60 percent of them were killed and thousands were sold as slaves.

Afghanistan's entire 20th century history has been marked by killings of Hazaras and systematic discrimination against them. On February 10 and 11, 1993 in the Afshar area of Kabul, the Mujahadeen government, and its allies exterminated and left injured thousands of Hazara men, women and children. In August 1998, the Taliban killed more than ten thousand Hazaras in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. Similar bloodbaths quickly spread to other parts of Afghanistan. Destroying Hazara history and promoting an inaccurate, demeaning history of their culture have been further strategies, in addition to violent crimes. For example, in March 2001, the Taliban notoriously destroyed the ancient Buddha sculptures of Bamiyan which were principal symbols of Hazara history and culture, and one of the most popular masterpieces of the oral and intangible heritage of humanity. Such is the history of two centuries of crimes against the Hazara, and from which they still suffer.
Therefore, we poets from around the world declare our solidarity with the Hazara people and ask you world leaders to take the following steps to properly insure the security and safety of the Hazara people and culture:

1: Declare a state of emergency regarding the Hazara state of affairs, as authorized by the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

2: Apply diplomatic pressure on both the Afghan and Pakistani governments to immediately cease acts of discrimination against the Hazara and to stop supporting terrorist groups who commit violent acts against them.

3: Ask the Refugee Convention's state parties to protect Hazara asylum seekers and grant them asylum.

4: Establish an international truth Commission to investigate crimes against the Hazara.

5: Open comprehensive cases concerning genocide and gross human rights violations in international courts such as the ICC.

6: Over 150,000 international troops are in Afghanistan. They must ensure the safety of the Hazaras before they leave Afghanistan.

7: Appeal to international media to investigate and report on activities against the Hazara, particularly in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Poets Around the World
Signatures with names, positions, and countries:

1. Fernando Rendón, Poet, editor, and director of International Poetry Festival of Medellin (Colombia)
2. Kamran Mir Hazar, Poet, journalist and webmaster (Hazaristan)
3. Lello Voce, Poet (Italy)
4. Gabriel Rosenstock, Poet (Éire/ Ireland)
5. Irena Matijašević, Poet (Zagreb/ Croatia)
6. Pitika Ntuli, Poet, writer and sculptor (South Africa)
7. Dean Hapeta aka Te Kupu, poet, and musician (Aotearoa, NZ)
8. Dairena Ní Chinnéide, Poet (Ireland)
9. Jack Hirschman, Poet (San Francisco in the United States)
10. Agneta Falk, Poet (San Francisco in the United States)
11. Janak Sapkota, Poet (Nepal)
12. Boel Schenlaer, Poet (Sweden)
13. Ershad Mazumder, Poet (Bangladesh)
14. Alexander Gorsky, Poet, writer, journalist (Ukraine)
15. William Masore, Poet (Kenya)
16. K. Satchidanandan, Poet (India)
17. Thór Stefánsson, Poet (Iceland)
18. Hemant Divate, Poet, Editor, Publisher and Translator (Mumbai, India)
19. Attila F. Balázs, Poet, editor, Publisher and Translator (Slovakia)
20. AB-ART Publishing house (Bratislava, Slovakia)
21. Enikoe Thiele, Poet, translator (Austria)
22. Alireza Behnam, Poet and journalist (Iran)
23. Mohammad Sharif Saiidi, Poet and journalist (Afghanistan/Sweden)
24. Jüri Talvet, Poet (Estonia)
25. Maggie Cleveland, Poet (Massachusetts, US)
26. Julio Pavanetti, Poet, President of Liceo Poético de Benidorm (Uruguay/Spain)
27. Angelina Llongueras, Poet, Barcelona (nowadays a member of the Revolutionary Poets Brigade in San Francisco, US)
28. Amir Or, Poet and editor (Israel)
29. Fahredin Shehu, Poet and Writer(Prishtina, Kosovo)
30. Andrea Garbin, Poet (Mantova, Italy)
31. Jean-Claude Awono, Teacher, editor and President of La Ronde des Poètes, Cameroon and Festival international de Poésie des Sept Collines de Yaoundé, Festi7 (Cameroun)
32. George Grigore, Poet (Bucharest, Romania)
33. Neeli Cherkovski, Poet (USA)
34. J. K. Ihalainen, Poet and publisher (Finland)
35. Hooman Azizi, Poet (Iran)
36. Maryam Hooleh, Poet (Iran)
37. Philip Hammial, Poet and sculptor (Australia)
38. Rati Saxena- Poet, kritya international poetry festival (India)
39. Bina Sarkar Ellias, Poet, editor, designer and publisher (Bombay/India)
40. Mahmoud Abuhashhash , Poet (Palestine)
41. Julia Kissina , Writer (Germany/Russia)
42. Zelma White, Poet (Montserrat, B.W.I)
43. Merlie Alunan, Poet, Essayist, Teacher of Literature (Philippines)
44. Stanka Hrastelj, Poet and writer (Slovenia)
45. Zingonia Zingone Poet (Italy)
46. Erling Kittelsen, Poet (Norway)
47. Tânia Tomé, Singer, Composer, Poet and Economist (Mozambique)
48. Rashid Boudjedra, Poet, novelist, playwright and critic (Algeria)
49. Ersi Sotiropoulos, Poet and novelist (Greece)
50. Mohammad Azizi, Poet and journalist (Afghanistan)
51. Emad Fouad, Poet and journalist (Egypt/ Belgium)
52. Dr.Arif Ali Albayrak, Poet, Cartoonist, Painter and Music Composer (Cyprus/Turkey)
53. Arturo Vázquez Sánchez, Poet (México)
54. José Manuel Solá Gómez, Poet, Writer (Puerto Rico)
55. Annabel Villar, Poet (Uruguay/Spain)
56. Stephanos Stephanides, Poet, professor of literature (Cyprus)
57. Peter Völker,Poet (Germany)
58. José Francisco Mejía Ramírez, Poet and Writer (Honduras)
59. Reza Heyrani, Poet (Iran)
60. Hadi Hazara, Poet (Afghanistan)
61. Nelly Elías de Benavente, Poet, Delegada de IALAYA – Instituto del libro Argentino y Americano (Argentina)
62. Rahela Yar, Poet (Afghanistan)
63. Werewere-Liking Gnepo, Poet and playwright and performer (Ivory Coast)
64. Marjorie Evasco, Poet and Teacher of Literature (Philippines)
65. Robert Max Steenkist, Poet, photographer and entrepeneur (Netherland/ Colombia)
66. Joseph Mwantuali, Poet (Clinton, New York, USA)
67. François Szabo, Poet (France)
68. Gaston Bellemare D.h.c., C.M., O.Q. Président Festival International de la Poésie/ Fédération des festivals internationaux de poésie (Québec, Canada)
69. Santiago B. Villafania, Poet (Philippines)
70. Jacobo Rauskin, Poet (Asunción, Paraguay)
71. Gertrude Fester, Poet and writer (South Africa)
72. Howard Fergus, Poet (Montserrat West Indies)
73. Prof.Dr.Sc. Ivan Djeparoski, Poet and philosopher (Skopje, R. Macedonia)
74. Nancy Huston, Novelist and essayist (Canada)
75. Elfriede Jelinek, Writer (Austria)
76. Tozan Alkan, Poet and translator (Istanbul/Turkey)
77. Euphrase Kezilahabi, Poet and novelist (Tanzania)
78. Fernando Sabido Sánchez, Poet (Spain)
79. Elyas Alavi, Poet (Afghanistan)
80. Parwiz Kawa, Poet (Afghanistan)
81. Dr.Homaira Nakhat Dastgirzada, Poet (Afghanistan)
82. Dawood Hakimi, Poet (Afghanistan)
83. Julieta Valero, Poet (Spain)
84. Hatto Fischer, Philosopher, Poet und Co-ordinator of Poiein kai Prattein (Germany)
85. Winston Morales Chavarro, Poet (Colombia)
86. Al Hunter, Poet(Anishinaabe Nation, Canada)
87. Siki Dlanga, Writer and poet (South Africa)
88. Carey Lenehan, Poet and Writer for Peace (London, UK)
89. Ernesto Carrión Poeta (Ecuador)
90. Rira Abbasi, Poet, writer and director of International peace poetry festival (Iran)
91. Mindy Zhang, Poet and translator (China-USA)
92. Haroon Rahoon, Poet (Afghanistan)
93. Samay Hamed, Poet (Afghanistan)
94. S.Asrar Hamed Muqtader "Vesta",Poet and Reporter (Afghanestan, presently Refugee in Turkey)
95. Raihan Yousef ,Poet and Reporter (Afghanestan, presently Refugee in Turkey)
96. Akwasi Aidoo, Poet (USA)
97. Robin Ngangom, Poet, translator, teacher (India)
98. Rafael Patiño Góez, Poet and translator (Colombia)
99. Sonja Harter, Poet (Vienna, Austria)
100. Parvaneh Torkamani, Poet and Social Worker (United States of America)
101. Fathieh Saudi, Poet (Jordan/UK)
102. Bengt Bertg, Poet and publisher (Sweden)
103. Sigurdur Pálsson, poet, (Iceland)
104. Tamer Öncül, Poet (Nicosia/Cyprus)
105. Partaw Naderi, Poet (Afghanistan)
106. Zeki Ali, Poet (Cyprus)
107. Leopoldo Castilla, Poeta (Argentina)
108. Rachel Tzvia Back, Poet (Israel)
109. Michael Augustin, Poet & Festival Director (Germany)
110. Mildred K Barya, Poet (Uganda)
111. Nicole Cage, Poet (Martinique)
112. Hafizullah Shariati, Poet (Afghanistan)
113. Abotalib Mozaffari, Poet (Afghanistan)
114. Saburullah Siasang, Poet (Afghanistan)
115. Nawzar Ilyas, Poet (Afghanistan)
116. Sam Hamill, Poet (USA)
117. Galvarino Orellana, Poet, writer and Secretary General of "Frente Cultural Bolivariano Internacional" (Chile)
118. Regina Dyck, Festival Director (Bremen, Germany)
119. David Huerta, Poet (Mexico)
120. Veronica Murguia, novelist (Mexico)
121. Gahston Saint-Fleur,Poet, Writter and Executive Director of Foundation PROCULTURA/PROKILTI (Haiti)
122. Miguel Aníbal Perdomo, Poet (Dominican Republic)
123. Amiri Baraka, Poet (USA)
124. Amina Baraka, Poet (USA)
125. Charl-Pierre Naude, Poet (South Africa)
126. Dunya Mikhail, Poet (Iraq)
127. Bei Dao, Poet (China)
128. Agus R. Sarjono, Poet & Editor in Chief Journal of Criticism (Indonesia)
129. Nuno Júdice, Poet (Portugal)
130. Birgitta Jonsdottir, Poetician, Member of the Icelandic Parliament for the Movement & chairperson of the International Modern Media Institution (Iceland)
131. Reza Baraheni, Novelist, poet, critic, and political activist (Iran)
132. Peter Curman, Poet (Sweden)
133. Lyerka Bonanno, Poeta (Venezuela)
134. Grace R. Monte de Ramos, Poet (Philippines)
135. Geoffrey Philp, Poet, novelist, and playwright (Jamaica, West Indies)
136. BINYOU-BI-HOMB Marius Yannick, Poet (Cameroon)
137. Noria Adel, Poet, writer and visual artist (Algiers, Algeria)
138. Shakor Nazari, Poet, Editor, Head of Afghanistan Literature House In Kabul and Member of Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) (Afghanistan)
139. Tsead Bruinja, Poet (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
140. Bernard Noël, Poet (France)
141. Lic. Gerardo Paz Delgado, Poet, Secretario Nacional por Uruguay del Movimiento Internacional Poetas del Mundo. (Uruguay)
142. Christian Salmon, essayist and ex director of the International Parliament of Writers, (France)
143. Mark Lipman, Poet (USA)
144. Chirag Bangdel, Poet, artist and writer (Nepal)
145. Zolani Mkiva, Poet (South Africa)
146. Elena Armenescu, Poet (Romania)
147. D.M. Reyes, Poet and Literature Teacher (Philippines)
148. Tom Egeland, Author and critic (Norway)
149. Hildebrando Pérez Grande, Poet, Premio de Poesía Casa de las Américas (Peru)
150. Rodolfo Dada, Poet (Costa Rica)
151. Jean Portante, Novelist, poet, translator, journalist (Luxembourg/France)
152. Gonzalo Márquez Cristo, Poeta (Colombia)
153. Antonio Correa Losada, Poeta (Colombia)
154. Amparo Osorio, Poeta (Colombia)
155. Héctor Rosales, Poet (Uruguay/España)
156. Anthony L. Tan, Poet, fictionist, essayist, and teacher of literature (Philippines)
157. Myriam Montoya, Poet (Colombia/ France)
158. Jim Byron, musician (USA)
159. Carlos Piera, Writer (Spain)
160. Camila Charry Noriega, Poet (Colombia)
161. Harold Trujillo Torres, Caricaturista de opinión periódico El Espectador (Colombia)
162. Lucia Ortiz Corredor, Poet (Colombia)
163. Julio César Goyes Narváez, Poet (Colombia)
164. Julio César Goyes Narváez, Poet/ IECO-Instituto de Estudios en Comunicación y Cultura/ Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Colombia)
165. Alonso Sáenz M., Promotor de Lectura (Colombia)
166. Carmen Calatayud, Poet and nonfiction writer (USA)
167. Eduardo Emilio Esparza, Artista Plastico (Colombia)
168. Canéla A. Jaramillo, Poet, Author, Editor (United States)
169. Claribel Alegría, Poet, essayist, novelist, and journalist (Nicaragua)
170. Jill Schoolman, Publisher (USA)
171. Marco Antonio Campos, Poet (Mexico)
172. Marion Bethel, Poet (Bahamas)
173. Eleonora Parachini, Artista, (Colombia)
174. Juan Carlos Mestre, Poet and writer (Spain)
175. Ostap Nožak, writer and translator (Ukraine)
176. Stephane Chaumet, Poet (France)
177. Lic. Gerardo Paz Delgado, Poet, Secretario Nacional por Uruguay del Movimiento Internacional Poetas del Mundo. (Uruguay)
178. Julian Hector Gutierrez, Poet and writer (Colombia)
179. Francisco Sánchez Jiménez, Writer (Colombia)
180. Fredy Yezzed, Writer (Colombia/ Argentina)
181. Eusebio Sánchez Clavijo, Writer (Colombia)
182. Jose Yezid Morales, Poet and Painter (Colombia)
183. Helena Iriarte, Novelista y profesora universitaria de literatura (Colombia)
184. Paul Disnrad, Poet (Colombia/ Serbia)
185. Paul Dutton, Poet, Fiction Writer, Essayist and Musician (Canada)
186. Coral Bracho, Poeta (México)
187. Fanny Moreno Ospina, poeta (colombiana)
188. Martha Ennix, Artista plástica (colombiana)
189. Víctor López Rache Poeta y ensayista (Colombia)
190. María LeMarie, Writer and painter (Colombia)
191. Bassem Al Meraiby, Poet (Iraq- Sweden)
192. Manuel Pachón, Poeta y Maestro (Colombiano)
193. Maruja Vieira, Poet and journalist (Colombia)
194. Juan Carlos Acevedo Ramos, Poet (Colombia)
195. Roberta J. Hill, poet and writer, (Oneida) (Madison, Wisconsin in the U. S.)
196. Dieudonné Ewomsan, Poet (Togo)
197. Carlos Fajardo Fajardo, Poet (Colombia)
198. Qassim Haddad, Poet (Bahrain)
199. Neeli Cherkovski, Poet (USA)
200. Fabio Martinez, Escritor (Colombia)
201. Morela Maneiro, Poet (Venezuela)
202. Sayed Hegab, Poet (Egypt)
203. Zoran Anchevski, poet, translator, professor of literature (Macedonia)
204. Liv Lundberg, Poet, Writer, Professor (Norway)
205. Pia Tafdrup, Poet and Writer (Denmark)
206. Micere Githae Mugo , Poet, Playwright, Scholar and Activist (Kenya)
207. Angye Gaona, Poeta (Colombia)
208. Allison Hedge Coke, Poet and writer (US)
209. Matthew Shenoda, Poet (USA/Egypt)
210. Chiqui Vicioso, Poet (Dominican Republic)
211. Aref Pejman, Poet, Author, and Associate Professor (Afghanistan)
212. Fredy Chikangana, Poeta y Escritor Quechua Yanakuna Mitmak (Colombia)
213. Ramiz Rovshan, Poet and writer (Azerbaijan)
214. Liam Ó Muirthile, Poet (Ireland)
215. Nguyen Quang Thieu, Poet (Vietnam)
216. Andrei Khadanovich, Poet (Belarus)
217. Alberto Nessi, poeta e scrittore (Switzerland)
218. Hermes Vargas. Poeta (Spain)
219. Chris Abani, Poet and writer (Nigeria/USA)
220. Abdourahman WABERI, Poet (Djibouti)
221. Beppe Costa, poet, novelist and publisher (Italy)
222. Stefania Battistella, Poet (Italy)
223. Senem Gökel, Poet, researcher, instructor (Cyprus)
224. Ingrid Wickström, Poet and translater (Sweden)
225. Priya Sarukkai Chabria, Poet, writer and translator (India)
226. Homero Aridjis, Poet and novelist, President Emeritus of PEN International (Mexico)
227. Gemino H. Abad, Poet, professor emeritus of literature and creative writing (Philippines)
228. Vasyl Makhno, Poet (Ukraine/USA)
229. Vincent O'Sullivan, Poet (New Zealand)
230. Joy Harjo, Poet and musician (Mvskoke Nation, USA)
231. Gioconda Belli, Poet and novelist (Nicaragua)
232. Francisco de Asís Fernández, Poet and President of the International Poetry Festival, Nicaragua (Nicaragua)
233. Gloria Gabuardi, Poet (Nicaragua)
234. Alexandra Büchler, Director of Literature Across Frontiers (Czech Republic/UK)
235. Nora Atalla, poète, romancière et nouvelliste (Québec, Canada)
236. Moya Cannon, Poet (Irland)
237. Michèle Blanchet, poète de Québec (Canada)
238. Nyein Way, Poet, Performance artist and educator (Myanmar)
239. Max.N.RIPPON poet (Marie-Galante, Guadeloupe)
240. Omar Pérez, Poet, writer and translator (Cuba)
241. Jared Angira, Poet (Kenya)
242. Rashidah Ismaili, Poet (Benin)
243. Raquel Chalfi, Poet and writer (Israel)
244. Blanca Andreu, Poet (Spain)
245. Michaël Glück, Poet (France)
246. Stefaan van den Bremt, Poet and Honorary chairman of PEN FLANDERS (Flanders, Belgium)
247. Jan Owen, Writer (Australia)
248. Vyacheslav Kupriyanov, Poet (Russia)
249. Geneviève Morin, Poet (Québec, Canada)
250. Yiorgos Chouliaras, Poet (Greece)
251. Quito Nicolaas, Writer/Poet (The Netherlands)
252. Simón Zavala Guzmán, Poeta y ensayista (Ecuador)
253. Timo Berger, Poet and publisher (Germany)
254. Ceaití Ní Bheildiúin, Poet (Ireland)
255. Jean Clarence Lambert, Poet, translator, essayist and art critic (France)
256. Antonio Preciado, Poet (Ecuador)
257. Manal Al-Sheikh, Poet and writer (Iraq/ Norway)
258. Yasin Khamosh, Poet and journalist (Afghanistan)
259. Valeriu Stancu, Poet, novelist and translator (Romania)
260. Aju Mukhopadhyay, Poet, essayist, feature and fiction writer (India)
261. GILMA DE LOS RÍOS TOBÓN, Poeta y periodista (Colombia)
262. Breyten Breytenbach, Poet (South Africa / France)
263. John Hegley, Poet (England)
264. Latif Nazemi, Poet (Afghanistan)
265. Carolina Escobar Sarti, Poet (Guatemala)
266. Raphael Urweider, Poet and President of the Swiss writers association (AdS)
267. Andrei Khadanovich, Poet (Belarus)
268. Igor Ursenco, Escritor, Ensayista, Traductor Freelance (Republica de Moldavia / Rumania)
269. Henry Braun, Poet (Weld, Maine, USA)
270. Edvino Ugolini, Poet and activist for human rights net of artists against war and President of associazione interculturale penombre (Trieste, Italy)
271. Mairym Cruz-Bernal, Poet (Puerto Rico)
272. Len Anderson, Poet (Santa Cruz, California, USA)
273. Rassool Jibraeel Snyman, Poet (South Africa)
274. Madeline Millán, poet (Puerto Rico/New York City)
275. Hilde Susan Jaegtnes, poet and screenwriter (Norway)
276. Ngwatilo Mawiyoo, Poet & Performing Artist (Kenya)
277. David Howard, Poet (Aotearoa/New Zealand)
278. Juan Cameron, Poet (Chile)
279. Salim REGAMI, Poet (Algeria)
280. Maya Trace Borhani, Poet & Educator (USA/Canada)
281. Iryna Vikyrchak, poet, director of the International Poetry Festival Meridian (Czernowitz, Ukraine)
282. Séamas Cain, Poet and playwright (Northern Ireland/ USA)
283. Jan Erik Vold, Poet , writer, translator (Norway)
284. Qanbarali Tabesh, Poet (Afghanistan)
285. Shirin Aitmatova, Poet and Member of Kyrgyz Parliament (Kyrgyzstan)
286. Roza Aitmatova, Journalist, writer and political analyzer (Kyrgyzstan)
287. Cholpon Jakupova, Wrtiter and women defender (Kyrgyzstan)
288. Djumanaliev Tuncholot Dadyevich, writer, dean of “ National University Of Kyrgyzstan” Philosophy Professor (Kyrgyzstan)
289. Selbi Jumayeva, Writer, Poet and Women rights defender (Kyrgyzstan)
290. Marat Usmanov, Poet, Philosophy Professor at AUCA (Kyrgyzstan)
291. Adamkulova Chinara, “Dean of Kyrgyz-European faculty of Kyrgyz National University” Women Rights defender and Poet (Kyrgyzstan)
292. Andrew Wachtel, Poet, Writer, Dean of AUCA in Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyzstan)
293. Isabel Gómez, Poeta (Chile)
294. Magda Carneci, Poet and president of the Romanian PEN (poet, Romania)
295. Áine Moynihan, poet and actor (Ireland)
296. Thomas Harris, Writer (USA)
297. Luisa Vicioso Sánchez, Poet and women and children rights activist (Dominican Republic)
298. Muhsin Al-Ramli, Poet and writer (Iraq)
299. Heiko Strunk, Poet and poetry website co-ordinator (Germany)
300. Carmen Berenguer, Poet (Chile)
301. Enrique Hernández-D'Jesús, Poeta y fotógrafo (Venezuela)
302. Vicente Rodríguez Nietzsche, Poet (Puerto Rico)
303. Ban'ya Natsuishi, Haiku poet (Japan)
304. Joe Richey, Poet (USA)
305. Teresa Colom, Poet (Andorra)
306. Christina Pacosz, Poet (USA)
307. Francesca Randazzo, Poet and Sociologist (Honduras/Spain)
308. Sainkho Namtchylak, Singer and poet (Siberia/ Austria)
309. Menna Elfyn, Poet, playwright and Director of Creative Writing University of Wales Trinity Saint David (Wales/ United Kingdom)
310. Jack Mapanje, Poet and linguist (Malawi/UK)
311. Mohammad Vaezi, Poet and journalist (Afghanistan)
312. Jessie Kleemann, Poet, performance artist, writer, cultural consultant (Greenland/Denmark)
313. Sunita Zade, Poet and journalist (India)
314. Khalid Albudoor, Poet (United Arab Emirates)
315. Sadegh Dehghan, Poet (Afghanistan)
316. Reza Talebi, Poet (Azerbaijan/ Turkey)
317. James O'Hara, Poet (USA)
318. Sayed Zia Qasemi, Poet (Afghanistan)
319. Braňo Hochel,Poet, Editor-in-Chief of RAK (Slovakia)
320. Eugenia Sánchez Nieto, Poeta (Colombia)
321. Mary Smith, Poet, writer, and journalist (Scotland)
322. Ernesto P. Santiago, Poet and writer (Philippines)
323. Jorge Boccanera, Poeta (Argentino)
324. Farzana Marie, Poet (USA)
325. David Meltzer, Poet and musician (USA)
326. Raks Morakabe Seakhoa, Poet and activist (South Africa)
327. Jaime García Pulido, Poet and writer (Colombia)
328. Mahnaz Badihian, Poet (Iran/ USA)
329. John Curl, Poet (San Francisco, United States)
330. William Pérez Vega, Poet (Puerto Rico)
331. Gemino H. Abad, Poet (Philippines)
332. Phillippa Yaa De Villiers, Poet (South Africa)
333. Simón Zavala Guzmán, Poet and journalist (Ecuador)
334. Ali Abdollahi, Poet and translator (Iran)
335. Juan Diego Velásquez, Poet (Colombia)
336. Yolanda Pantin, Poet (Venezuela)
337. Erkut Tokman, Poet, actor, visual artist and translator (Turkey)
Unpublished poets:
338. Mir Hussain Mahdavi, Exiled freelance writer and poet (Afghanistan)
339. Basi Gol Sharifi, Poet (Afghanistan)
340. Leila Malekmohammadi, Poet and journalist (Iran/ Norway)
341. Sultan Haidari, Journalist and poet (Afghanistan)
342. Ali Hazara, Poet and movie maker (Afghanistan)
343. Hossein Pooya, Poet (Afghanistan)
344. Sakhi dad Hatef, Poet (Afghanistan)
345. Maryam Turkmani, Poet (Afghanistan)
346. Razi Mohebi, Poet and movie maker (Afghanistan)
347. Fereshta Ziai, Poet, pedagog and youth mentor (Afghanistan/Sweden)
348. Laila Haidari, Poet and director of Life is Beautiful Organization (Afghanistan)
349. Zalmay Kave, Poet (Afghanistan)
350. Ruhullah Vaezi, Poet (Afghanistan)
351. Ali Jafari, Poet (Afghanistan)
352. Rayhana Akhondzada, Poet (Afghanistan)
353. Zakia Askarzadah, Poet (Afghanistan)

SUPPORTERS
1. Jette Ní Mhaolcatha, Translator and anthropologist (Denmark)
2. Robert Maier, M.A., Producer, Author, Professor of Broadcasting, Gaston College (USA)
3. Basir Ahang, Journalist and human rights activist (Afghanistan, Italy)
4. Akbar Khurasani, Painter (Ukraine, Afghanistan)
5. Bashir Bakhtiari, Journalist, cartoonist and documentary maker (Afghanistan, Australia)
6. Akbar Danesh, Radio Paywand Owner and director (Bamiyan, Afghanistan)
7. Dr. Yar Sana, Publisher of Andisha-e-Nau monthly magazine (Afghanistan/ Canada)
8. Abdullah Khodada, Social activist and president of Afghanistan Reformists
9. Sultan Haidari, Director of Bokhdi News Agency (Afghanistan)
10. Dr. S. Ashrafzai, Economist” and writer (Afghanistan)
11. Mona Bentzen, Visual artist, video art curator and documentary filmmaker (Norway)
12. Mohammd Ishaq Fayyaz, Writer and journalist (Afghanistan/ Turkey)
13. Khaliq Ebrahimi, Interpreter (Afghanistan)
14. Jawad Hamdard Kia, Photographer and freelance journalist (Afghansitan)
15. Hassina Burgan, Actress. visual artist (United Kingdom)
16. Laura Bursh, Writer, musician and artist (USA)
17. Xuebin Burican, Journalist and artist ( Romania)
18. John Burgan, Senior Lecturer and Documentary Filmmaker (United Kingdom)
19. Wais Orozgani, Director of Sobhi Nawin Association (Mazar i Sharif, Afghanistan)
20. Besmellah Rezaee, lawyer/solicitor and freelance writer (Australia/ Afghanistan)
21. Jan Evans, community advocate (Brisbane Australia)
22. Mary Estcourt, Community Advocate (Hobart, Australia)
23. Kjell H. Maere, Writer (Norway)
24. Evy Ellingvag, Human rights activist and writer (Norway)
25. Beret Werner, Activist (Norway)
26. Anna Da Silva Santos, Activist (Australia)
27. Muhammad Ali Sultani, Professor at Polytechnical University of Kabul (Afghanistan)
28. Frederika Steen, Human rights activist and former immigration officer (Australia)
29. Harold Trujillo Torres, Cartoonist (Colombia)
30. Rosemary Stanfield-Johnson, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Minnesota Duluth (USA)
31. Mohammad Mostafaei, Lawyer (Iran/ Norway)
32. Hussain Zahedi, Journalist and activist (Afghanistan/Canada)
33. Nicole Valentini, Activist (Italy)
34. Davood Mousavi, Photographer and blogger (Iran/ Sweden)
35. Kawa Gharj, Activist and blogger (Afghanistan)
36. M. Kazim wahidi, Activist and blogger (Afghanistan)
37. Rahmatullah Alizadah, Journalist (Afghanistan)
38. Mortaza Rahimi, Journalist (Afghanistan)
39. Lou Dingle, Activist (Australia)
40. Ali Payam, Writer (Afghanistan)