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17/9/2008
Saudi Arabia: Religious leaders condemned by Reporters without Borders for fatwas declared against journalists
Reporters Without Borders today voiced its deep concern about an upsurge in fatwas (religious decrees) calling for the murder of journalists in the Arab and Muslim world.
16/9/2008
Pakistan: Letter-writing campaign for women buried alive
Human Rights groups express grave concern for the recent incident in a remote village of Balochistan where women were brutally shot and apparently buried alive, three for choosing whom to marry and the other two for supporting them. Click here for more!
15/9/2008
International: Five Activists Win Human Rights Defender Awards
Honored for Courage in Exposing Abuse and Seeking Justice
9/9/2008
Iran: Women successfully lobby government to reform family law
The Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) international solidarity network welcomes the news that Iranian lawmakers have amended a contentious new family law proposal, marking a major victory for Iranian women’s rights activists.
7/9/2008
Saudi Arabia: New Body to Monitor Domestic Violence in Saudi Arabia
The Committee of Social Protection has launched a drive to create awareness among health workers about domestic violence and child abuse.
3/9/2008
UPDATE: Pakistan: Activists respond to women buried alive; no cultural justifications for murder!
Burying of women alive defended in Pakistani Senate.
3/9/2008
Iran: Six-month prison sentences for four cyber-feminists in Iran
Four women who publish their information on the internet have been given prison sentences.
2/9/2008
Iran: Discriminatory Family Protection Bill returned for review after pressure from women's rights defenders
A new proposed Family Protection Bill has been returned to the judiciary commission of the Iranian parliament as a result of backlash against the bill's most discriminatory provisions.
1/9/2008
Iran: Threats against Shirin Ebadi escalate
Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi slandered by the Iranian government-controlled news agency; activists are concerned for her safety.
28/8/2008
Kurdistan: Polygamy: a violation of women's rights
Op-Ed: "Social ills are being created by the practice of multiple marriages."