The New South Wales parliament in Australia has passed a motion formally recording the Hazara genocide in the state’s official records and designating September 25 as Hazara Black Day.<\/p>\n
The motion was introduced by Anthony D’Adam, a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council, and was approved with broad support after being considered in the upper house of parliament.<\/p>\n
The text of the motion refers to campaigns of repression against the Hazaras during the rule of Amir Abdul Rahman Khan, between 1888 and 1893. Anthony D’Adam said that more than 60% of the Hazara population was killed during these events, while many others were displaced or enslaved.<\/p>\n
The motion also records instances of systematic repression, killings, sexual violence, slavery, religious discrimination and the forced displacement of Hazaras in later periods. It also includes attacks by the Islamic State Khorasan Province group against Hazaras in recent years.<\/p>\n
The aim of adopting the motion was said to be to commemorate the victims, record the historical suffering of the Hazara people and prevent the organized violence against this community from being forgotten. D’Adam has also called on the Australian federal government to recognise the Hazara genocide at the national level and condemn it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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