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19/8/2009
Saudi Arabia: Op-Ed: "Saudi Women Can Drive, Just Let Them"
Wajeha Al-Huwaider writes, "Who is that woman who returns day after day to the border crossing, seeking to pass from Saudi Arabia to Bahrain, only to be turned away? She is me."
19/8/2009
Bangladesh: Gang rape of a Dalit girl
The International Secretariat of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) has received information and requests your URGENT intervention in the following situation in Bangladesh.
19/8/2009
Zimbabwe: Women rise against sexual violence
In 2008, political violence erupted throughout Zimbabwe as a result of highly contested national elections.
19/8/2009
Iran: Woman at risk of execution by stoning
Iranian woman, Sakineh Mohammadi is at risk of execution by stoning in Tabriz Prison, western Iran. She was convicted in 2006 or 2007 of “adultery while being married”. She was previously flogged for “having an illicit relationship”.
19/8/2009
India: Human rights defenders detained for protesting state vioelnce
On 4 and 5 August 2009, human rights defenders were detained by police in Manipur following a protest against the summary execution of an unarmed former militant by security forces.
18/8/2009
Pakistan: Introduction of the Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Bill
The bill outlawing domestic violence passed by the National Assembly on August 4 is a step in the right direction.
18/8/2009
UPDATE: Malaysia: Warrant of arrest issued for woman drinking alcohol
The part-time model from Singapore, who is to be caned for having a beer in a nightclub last year, is one step closer to receiving her punishment.
18/8/2009
Palestine: Young woman killed by father in the name of honour
The International Secretariat of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) requests your URGENT intervention in the following situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT).
17/8/2009
Kenya: Doctors Asked To Stop FGM In Clinics
Doctors and nurses have been asked to desist from carrying out female genital mutilation in their clinics.
17/8/2009
Iraq: Report: "‘They Want Us Exterminated': Murder, Torture, Sexual Orientation and Gender in Iraq"
The report "‘They Want Us Exterminated': Murder, Torture, Sexual Orientation and Gender in Iraq", published by Human Rights Watch August 2009, documents a wide-reaching campaign of extrajudicial executions, kidnappings, and torture of gay men in Iraq.