Florida: Updates on Rifqa Bary Case
Florida Judge: Rifqa Bary stays with foster family for now Rifqa Bary Case: Runaway Convert’s Parents Want Case Moved to Ohio — “An Ohio judge…
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Buffalo, New York – AP: “Psychiatric defense likely in NY wife beheading”
Buffalo, New York – AP: “Psychiatric defense likely in NY wife beheading” — AP reports: — “A man accused of beheading his wife at the…
Pakistan – ICC report on rape of Christian minority girl
ICC reports: “International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on August 15, a Muslim man kidnapped and raped an 8th grade Christian girl in Pakistan.”…
Why Women’s Human Rights Issues Require Serious Responses
As Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) has been stating since our first public event on International Women’s Day, the continuing threats of misogyny, oppression,…
Italy: Moroccan man accused of ‘honor killing’
Italy: Moroccan man accused of ‘honor killing’ — AKI reports: — “A Moroccan man is facing murder charges after allegedly stabbing his 18-year-old daughter to…
Saudi Arabia: Philippine Woman Imprisoned for Being Rape Victim “Under Shariah Law”
— GMA News: “Family of raped, jailed Pinay in KSA seeks help” — GMA News reports: — “The family of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW)…
Bangladesh: Husband beats wife and daughter for converting to Christianity – threatens to kill wife
— “Dhaka: wife and daughter tortured for converting to Christianity” Asia News reports: — “Khainur Islam was tortured by her husband because she did not…
Australia proposes new refugee law for women at risk of genital mutilation or honour killings
Australia proposes new refugee law for women at risk of genital mutilation or honour killings
Belfast: Detective Concerned Over Unsolved Potential “Honor Killing” of Shafilea Ahmed
Belfast Telegraph: “Maddie investigator Dave Edgar recalls the horrific cases that still haunt him” — “Shafilea Ahmed, 17, who vanished from her home in Warrington,…
Malaysia sentences another to caning under Shariah law for drinking alcohol
Malaysia sentences another to caning under Shariah law for drinking alcohol — Nazarudin Kamaruddin — Amnesty International reports on Malaysia’s “Shariah law” — “Amnesty International…