[state] state, gender, identity

Une piscine municiple de Göteborg s’est rendue coupable de discrimination envers deux musulmanes lorsque des maîtres-nageurs leur ont demandé d’ôter leur voile et de changer les vêtements qui couvraient leur corps, a jugé mardi une Cour d’appel suédoise.

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has pardoned a female rape victim who had been sentenced to 200 lashes for being alone with a man at the time of the attack who was not related to her. Saudi Justice Minister Abdullah bin Muhammed al-Sheik told al-Jazirah newspaper that the pardon does not mean the king doubted the country's judges, but instead acted in the ''interests of the people.''

Par Gisèle Halimi, avocate et écrivaine.