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10/9/2009

Pakistan: Another Gojra case accused arrested

Gojra city police on Wednesday night arrested one of the accused for allegedly attacking and injuring 13 Muslims.

9/9/2009

South Africa: Semenya & Celebrating otherness

Long before the Caster Semenya sex-test row hit the headlines, South Africans in all their corners were questioning her identity.

8/9/2009

Iran: 72 victims of the recent protests are identified

The identity of 72 victims, killed in the recent uprising against dictatorship and religious regime in Iran has been published.

7/9/2009

UPDATE: Sudan: Lubna Hussein begins jail sentence

Flogging sentence dropped in trial of Lubna Hussein. However, the guilty verdict has not been overturned and rather than pay a fine of 500 Sudanese pounds Hussein has chosen to go to jail in protest at the guilty verdict.

7/9/2009

UPDATE: Sudan: Lubna Hussein released from jail after fine paid against her will

According to reports, the Sudanese Journalists Union paid the fine at the behest of the Sudanese government.

6/9/2009

Sudan: Over 50 women arrested outside Lubna Hussein trial

According to reports from a WLUML networker, several women's rights activists have been physically violated outside the Khartoum Court and during their transportation to a police station.

6/9/2009

UPDATE: Sudan: Activists arrested outside Lubna Hussein trial have been released

All 52 women's rights activists physically violated and arrested outside the Khartoum courtroom where the trial of Lubna Hussein for 'indecent' clothing was taking place, have been released and are safe.

6/9/2009

Palestine: Hamas imposes Dress Code for Girls in Gaza

Hamas’s Unofficial Orders for ‘Islamic’ Dress Curtail Personal Freedom. Hamas authorities in Gaza should suspend all orders that violate personal freedoms, including imposition of an Islamic dress code for female students, Human Rights Watch said today.

3/9/2009

Sri Lanka: Cabinet approves proposal of Reforms to Muslim matrimonial law

The Cabinet has approved a proposal by the Minister of Justice and Law Milinda Moragoda to bring in certain reforms to the Muslim personal law and to uplift the system of Quazi courts and enhances the knowledge of Quazis.

2/9/2009

Iran: Ahmadinejad's women ministers not representative

Since Iran's Ahmadinejad named the Islamic Republic's first women to cabinet-level posts, rights activists have denounced it as a cynical move. Leila Mouri explains why the nominees now facing Parliament don't represent her.