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14/5/2007
Serbia: A Public Announcement from the HAOS (Urgent Antifascist Opposition—Serbia)
"Tomislav Nikolić’s threat to declare a state of emergency on his first day as Speaker of the Serbian National Assembly indicates a serious slide towards totalitarianism in Serbia."
13/5/2007
UPDATE: Iran: Wave of arrests: Court again refuses to accept bail posted for 'One Million Signatures' campaigner Zeinab Peyqambarzadeh
9/5/2007
Somalia: Somali armed forces ban and burn Muslim women's veils
Somali security forces are seizing and even burning Muslim women's veils to stop Islamist insurgents from disguising themselves for attacks, authorities and witnesses said on Wednesday.
9/5/2007
UK: Face veils can now be banned in the classroom
Face veils and jilbabs may now be prohibited as a violation of school uniform policies.
9/5/2007
UPDATE: Iran: Further arrests of women's rights activists working on the 'One Million Signatures Campaign'
8/5/2007
South Africa: Proceedings of women's workshop: “Know your rights, accept your responsibilities”
A participant's account of a gender workshop, hosted by the Muslim Youth Movement Cape Town in association with Positive Muslims on 24 February, 2007 at the Saartjie Baartman Centre on the Cape Flats.
8/5/2007
Iraq: An interview with Iraqi feminist Yanar Mohammed
In 2003, Mohammed founded the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq (OWFI), which shelters Iraqi women targeted in 'honor' killings and sectarian violence and speaks out for women’s legal rights and secular law in opposition to Iraq’s growing Islamism.
7/5/2007
Kurdistan: Teenager Du’a Khalil Aswad stoned to death on April 7th
Video released on the internet; sign the petition condemning her brutal murder.
7/5/2007
International: Muslim women in France 'regain' virginity in clinics
Sitting in a café near the Champs Elysees, the 26-year-old French-born woman of Algerian descent looks like any other Parisian. But two months ago, she did something none of her friends have done.
7/5/2007
Pakistan: Schoolgirls in Pakistan threatened for not wearing the burqa
National newspaper's editorial considers the imposition of the veil and responding to fundamentalisms.