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Iran: Arrestation de Khadijeh Moghaddam
La militante des droits des femmes Khadijeh Moghaddam a été arrêtée par les forces de sécurité le 8 avril alors qu’elle se trouvait chez elle, à Téhéran. Accusée de « propagande contre l’État, perturbation de l’opinion publique et agissements contre la sécurité nationale », elle est détenue au centre de détention de Vozara à Téhéran.
Mise à jour: Iran: Mokarrameh Ebrahimi a été libéré de la prison
La campagne mondiale « Arrêtons de tuer et de lapider les femmes ! » (SKSW !) est ravie d’apprendre les nouvelles de la libération de Mokarrameh Ebrahimi et son fils Ali de prison de Choobin, dans Takistan, Qazvin, en Iran, où elle attendait depuis dix ans d’être exécutée par lapidation.
UPDATE: Iran: Mokarrameh Ebrahimi released from prison!
We are delighted to announce the release of Mokarrameh Ebrahimi and her son Ali from Choobin Prison, in Takistan, Qazvin, in Iran, where she has been awaiting execution by stoning for adultery for the past ten years.
Kenya: Protest the death threats against human rights defenders
Women Living Under Muslim Laws is gravely concerned to learn of death threats brought against our friend and colleague, Lynne Muthoni Wanyeki. She and her colleagues have been receiving death threats because of their human rights work and statements during the current crisis in Kenya.
Iran: Protest the closure of Zanan women's magazine
Zanan Magazine, a reform-minded feminist magazine has been active in promoting women's rights for the last 16 years. Authorities revoked its license and friends in Tehran worry there will be no avenue for appeal. Read the petition and sign on!
Iran: La Cour suprême confirme des peines de lapidation pour deux sœurs
La Cour suprême iranienne a confirmé des peines capitales par lapidation pour deux soeurs reconnues coupables d'adultère, a rapporté leur avocat cité lundi par le quotidien Etemad. «La branche 23 de la Cour suprême a confirmé la sentence de lapidation», a déclaré Jabbar Solati, alors que cette peine n'a été appliquée officiellement qu'une fois depuis 2002.
Iran: Stop the Stoning to Death of Zohreh and Azar Kabiri!
The Women Living Under Muslim Laws international solidarity network, and the Global Campaign Stop Killing and Stoning Women! urges all concerned citizens to immediately contact the Iranian officials by phone and/or fax to request them to stop the scheduled stoning to death of Zohreh and Azar Kabiri in Iran.
Saudi Arabia: Protest the Sentencing of Gang-Rape Victim to 200 Lashes
A judge in Saudi Arabia has ordered a victim of gang rape to receive 200 lashes - more than double her original sentence for being alone with a man who was not a relative - after she appealed against the lenient sentences given to the men who attacked her.
UPDATE: Iran: Delaram Ali's Sentence Temporarily Suspended
The lawyer of Delaram Ali, a women's rights defender arrested at a peaceful demonstration last year, says Iran's judiciary has temporarily suspended her sentence.
UPDATE: Pakistan: Protest against the state of emergency in Pakistan and brutal attacks on civil society
"General Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency in Pakistan on Saturday November 3, 2007 and imposed the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) that suspends the Constitution and the fundamental rights of citizens, gags the media and forbids any form of dissent. This has drastically upset the already frail political setup prevalent in the country.
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