News

28/4/2002

Pakistan: Zina judgement quashed by court

Sindh High Court Hyderabad ordered the District and Sessions Judge Hyderabad to record the statement of a petitioner under section 164 Criminal Procedure Code (Cr. P.C.) and stopped her arrest under section 11/16 of Zina and Hudood Ordinance.

28/4/2002

Malaysia: No to Jakim attempt to silence writers

Sisters in Islam is shocked by a newspaper report (The Star, 19 April 2002) that JAKIM is planning to ban Muslims with no "in-depth knowledge on Islam" from expressing themselves in public on Islamic issues.

28/4/2002

Afghanistan: Just peace and national unity in Afghanistan by McMaster University (Canada) and Afghan Women's Council

More than 250 Afghan women participated in the seminar, from all walks of life, viz., NGOs, schools, educators, writers, scholars, media, teachers of Afghan schools were participated and every one expressed their wishes regarding peace and National unity.

28/4/2002

Palestine/Israel: Tutu calls US soft on Israel

Likening Israel's treatment of Palestinians to the oppression of blacks by the white apartheid government in South Africa, Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu yesterday chided the Bush administration for being too soft on prime minister Ariel Sharon.

28/4/2002

Pakistan: Women's Action Forum statement on Zafran Bibi case

25/4/2002

Palestine/Israel: Adalah - the Legal Centre for Arab Minority Rights in Israel

Established in November 1996, Adalah (Justice in Arabic) is the first non-profit, non-sectarian Palestinian-run legal center in Israel.

25/4/2002

Pakistan: Appeal filed against stoning sentence - local groups prioritise local pressure

24/4/2002

Former Yugoslavia/USA: US used Islamists to arm Bosnians

Official Dutch report says that Pentagon broke UN embargo.

24/4/2002

France: Right on rise across continent