Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: Who’d be female under Islamic law?
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: Who’d be female under Islamic law?
May 2009
Saudi judge: It’s OK to slap spendthrift wives
Saudi judge: It’s OK to slap spendthrift wives — Judge Hamad Al-Razine made the remark “during a seminar on domestic violence” — Al-Razine “also pointed…
(Saudi Arabia) Fifty-year-old Saudi divorces child bride
(Saudi Arabia) Fifty-year-old Saudi divorces child bride — “A 50-year-old Saudi man has agreed to divorce his nine-year-old bride, after the marriage drew international criticism.”…
(Afghanistan) New ‘poisoning’ hits 98 Afghan schoolgirls
(Afghanistan) New ‘poisoning’ hits 98 Afghan schoolgirls — Taliban using poison gas on Afghan schoolgirls? — 84 Afghan girls hospitalized in apparent poisoning — “At…
Afghani kills daughter, boyfriend
Afghani kills daughter, boyfriend — “The motive for the murders was likely to protect family ‘honour’. Similar killings are common in rural Afghanistan but rarely…
Afghan clerics plan protests over changes to marital rape law
Afghan clerics plan protests over changes to marital rape law — “Supporters of the Afghan law which critics claim legalises marital rape and restricts the…
Afghan women campaigners risk death to show world their plight
Afghan women campaigners risk death to show world their plight Afghan women protest over Taleban-style laws despite attacks
(Communist China) Chinese leader condemns Tiananmen massacre from beyond the grave – Zhao Ziyang
(Communist China) Chinese leader condemns Tiananmen massacre from beyond the grave — “Zhao Ziyang, the former Communist Party leader, has spoken from beyond the grave…
(Communist China) Leading Chinese dissident claims freedom of speech worse than before Olympics
(Communist China) Leading Chinese dissident claims freedom of speech worse than before Olympics — “He Weifang, a celebrated law professor and lead signatory to last…
(Communist China) Tiananmen dissident arrested in China – Zhou Yongjun
(Communist China) Tiananmen dissident arrested in China — “Zhou Yongjun, a leader of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, has been arrested in China on fraud…