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24/12/2008
Iran: United Nations General Assembly “Deeply Concerned” about Human Rights Conditions
By a vote of 69 to 54 the United Nations General Assembly has repudiated and expressed “deep concern” for Iran’s human rights record.
23/12/2008
Iran: Closure of Human Rights Defenders Center led by Nobel Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi
Iranian authorities on Sunday closed the office of the country's main human rights organization, headed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi.
23/12/2008
Serbia: Attacks against the Dah Theater
Dah Theater, which has crafted street performances and theatrical plays protesting militarism, nationalism, gender inequality, and the clericalization of Serbian society for over 15 years, has had their offices ransacked and property stolen.
23/12/2008
Saudi Arabia: Saudi girl, eight, married off to 58-year-old is denied divorce
An eight-year old Saudi Arabian girl who was married off by her father to a 58-year-old man has been told she cannot divorce her husband until she reaches puberty.
20/12/2008
Syria: Growing Pressure to Tackle Domestic Abuse
"Throughout her 25 years of marriage, Olfat, was regularly beaten and humiliated by her husband. Yet she never complained to anyone for fear of tarnishing her family’s reputation."
18/12/2008
Bahrain: WPC Statement on International Human Rights Day
A Statement by Women's Petition Committee (Bahrain) on the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
18/12/2008
South Korea: Korean actress sentenced for adultery
One of South Korea's best-known actresses, Ok So-ri, has been given a suspended prison sentence of eight months for adultery.
18/12/2008
Morocco: Morocco withdraws reservations to CEDAW
The women's movement welcomed a move by Morocco to withdraw its reservations regarding the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women.
17/12/2008
Egypt: Speaking Out Against Sexual Harassment
In a society where police are indifferent and relatives fear scandal, the abused have suffered the taunting and groping in silence. A landmark court case may change that.
16/12/2008
France: European Court of Human Rights upholds secularism in veil court case
Presently aged 21 and 22, two young women were expelled at the beginning of 1999 from the school of Flers, in l’Orne, France after having refused to remove their headscarves during physical education class, despite repeated requests by their professor. The European Court of Human Rights observed that the purpose of the restriction on the applicants’ right to manifest their religious convictions was to adhere to the requirements of secularism in state schools.