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10/8/2008
Pakistan: WAF Statement on Dr. Afia Siddiqui’s disappearance
All chapters of Women’s Action Forum (WAF) express their deepest shock and concern in the case of Dr. Afia Siddiqui, a Pakistani citizen who disappeared from Karachi in 2003 along with her 3 children, one only month old.
10/8/2008
Malaysia: Statement from Sisters in Islam
SIS statement against the disruption of Bar Council Forum on "Conversion to Islam : Article 121 (1A) of the Federal Constitution: Subashini and Shamala Revisited" held on 9 August 2008.
7/8/2008
Mauritania: Women's group condemns the coup d'état
L'Association des Femmes Chefs de Famille (AFCF) and calls for the restoration of constitutional government in Mauritania.
7/8/2008
Turkey: Gay man murdered in the name of 'honour'
The body of Ahmet Yildiz, Turkey's first suspected victim of a gay "honour killing," has been removed from the city morgue.
7/8/2008
Saudi Arabia: Can women become muftis?
A debate is opening up in Saudi Arabia as to whether or not women can become muftis, following a recent announcement made by the Grand Mufti of Syria Sheikh Ahmad Badr Al Din Hassoun.
7/8/2008
Saudi Arabia: Saudi man 'wins' 10-yr-old bride; marriage postponed
The marriage between a 60-year-old man and a 10-year-old girl he 'won' in a bet has been postponed after protests from human rights groups.
7/8/2008
Nigeria: Polygamist man warns against having 86 wives
Nigerian Mohammed Bello Abubakar, 84, has advised other men not to follow his example and marry 86 women.
7/8/2008
Afghanistan: Two women executed by the Taliban
Two Afghan women have been reported murdered by Taliban militants in the country's central Ghazni province.
7/8/2008
Iran: Press Release: Stoning is suspended...Not yet outlawed!
The Global Campaign to Stop Killing and Stoning Women! (SKSW Campaign) welcome the news that the sentence of four Iranians to die by stoning has recently been commuted by the Iranian judiciary. However, the SKSW Campaign could not celebrate quite yet...
6/8/2008
Iran: Death by stoning suspended, cases under review
Iran has suspended the punishment of death by stoning; Activists remain concerned