Une journaliste et militante féministe iranienne, Nasrin Afzali, a été condamnée à une peine de six mois de prison et 10 coups de fouet avec sursis pour "trouble à l'ordre public".
According to a Human Rights Watch press release, people in Turkey who work on working on sexual orientation and gender identity issues, continue to be targeted.
La militante des droits des femmes Khadijeh Moghaddam a été arrêtée par les forces de sécurité le 8 avril alors qu’elle se trouvait chez elle, à Téhéran.
We are delighted to announce the release of Mokarrameh Ebrahimi and her son Ali from Choobin Prison, in Takistan, Qazvin, in Iran, where she has been awaiting execution by stoning for adultery for the past ten years.
Iranian feminist and journalist Parvin Ardalan was prevented from leaving Iran on Sunday to travel to Sweden where she was to receive the 2007 Olof Palme Prize in Stockholm.
Pakistan says it has lifted a ban on YouTube, after the website removed cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, adding that an earlier worldwide outage sparked by its actions was unintentional.
