Pakistan: “Karo-Kiri” used to justify so-called “honor killings”
(Pakistan) Sindh’s Karachi: Man axes wife, lover — “A man axed his young wife and her alleged paramour claiming karo-kari at Qazzafi Town within the…
Women’s Rights Matter
Malaysia: Sisters in Islam seek judicial review over book ban
(Malaysia) Sisters in Islam seek judicial review over book ban — seek overturn of ban on book ‘Muslim Women and the Challenge of Islamic Extremism’…
Iran approves president candidates but bars all women
Iran approves president candidates but bars all women
UK: Forced Marriage by Extremists
(UK) Muslim mother who sent her school age daughters to Pakistan to marry their cousins is jailed for 3 years — “The woman then altered…
Netherlands: Trial of anti-forced marriage program
(Netherlands) Rotterdam: Trial of anti-forced marriage program
Pakistan: woman forced to kidnap because of misogynist hate against women
(Pakistan) Sindh’s Karachi: Woman abducts newborn to save herself from in-laws — “Asma was already a mother to three daughters and her in-laws had threatened…
May 17, 2009 – R.E.A.L. Challenges Extremist “War on Women”
Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) held a human rights public rally at the Washington DC Capitol Reflecting Pool on May 17 to address the…
“The Stoning of Soraya M” – Theater Listing for June 26 Premiere
Initial Listing of Nationwide theaters where “The Stoning of Soraya M.” is scheduled to be shown, premiering June 26, 2009: Boston – Norfolk County Chestnut…
(Iran) Stephen McEveety produces ‘Stoning of Soraya M.’
(Iran) Stephen McEveety produces ‘Stoning of Soraya M.’ — “Producer Stephen McEveety’s new film depicts a modern stoning in Iran” — “adapted from the 1994…
(West Bank) Police: Man killed aunt for reasons of ‘family honor’
(West Bank) Police: Man killed aunt for reasons of ‘family honor’ — Halimah Ahmad Ash-Sheikh killed, “body was found in the West Bank city of…