Fundamentalisms

Afghanistan's President, Hamid Karzai, has signed a law which "legalises" rape, women's groups and the United Nations warn.
Hassen Chalghoumi prône l'ouverture dans le dialogue entre islam et judaïsme; un engagement qui lui vaut le soutien de beaucoup, y compris celui du président de la République.
This is a report circulated by Azar Majedi, chairperson of the Organization for Women’s Liberation and a member of the Worker-Communist Party of Iran (WPI) leadership.
Some 200 secular, religious and media groups from around the world on Wednesday urged the United Nations Human Rights Council to reject a call from Islamic countries for a global fight against "defamation of religion."
« La laïcité se voit attaquée à la fois par tous les fanatismes religieux et par les fanatiques d’une dérégulation du monde qui, sous couvert de loi du marché, visent à asservir les plus faibles »
Marnie Pearce, 40, has not seen her sons – Laith, seven, and Ziad, four – since she was imprisoned in the Arab emirate last month.
The recommendation of Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, head of Iran’s judiciary, to grant amnesty to a woman sentenced to stoning was rejected by the Judicial Commission for Amnesty and Clemency.
There are indications that some Taliban groups fervently oppose the use of contraceptives and may start using the issue as a pretext to launch further attacks on health centres, experts say.
Une « interdiction par anticipation » que dénoncent des ONG féministes marocaines.
Human Rights Council concludes on 12 March interactive dialogue on freedom of religion or belief and on human rights defenders.
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