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Palestine: Palestinian attitudes towards the PLC election results

Responses on the elections held on January 25, 2006.

انتخابات " غرفة الشرقية" بالسعودية : النساء شاركن فقط بـ 5%

بيان: محاصرة مقر فرع الرابطة الرابطة التونسية للدفاع عن حقوق الإنسان ببنزرت

هل تدفع الجمعيات النسوية في سورية ثمن الغزل بين الحكومة والإسلاميين؟!

Lebanon: Discrimination against children of foreign fathers

While Lebanon acceded to CEDAW in 1997, it placed a reservation on the article that stipulates that "states parties shall grant women equal rights with respect to the nationality of their children".

International: Concern for the independence of CEDAW experts

The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) express their concern about a member of CEDAW, Krisztina Morvai, who alleges the Israeli government is preventing the continuation of her mandate.

سـلطنة عمـــان:اطلاق سراح الناشطة الحقوقية والبرلمانية العمانية طيبة المعولي

Algeria: Cartoon publishers jailed

Two Algerian editors who published some of the cartoons have been arrested. Both were critical of the cartoons and were asking readers to complain to the Danish authorities. Both journalists now face between 3-5 years in jail for "insulting the prophet."

International: The political uses of free speech

Mahmood Mamdani, Herbert Lehman Professor of Government, Columbia University on the cartoons and free speech.

الاعتراف بما ليس معترف به: صدور تقرير جديد حول القضايا بين- الدولتية والاعتراف القانوني بالزواج والطلاق في الجاليات المسلمة في بريطانيا (باللغة الإنكليزية)