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Feb 19 2020 10:26am
Cambodia: Prime Minister's threats to female Facebook users 'despicable and dangerous'
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s comments that women wearing reveali...
Feb 18 2020 4:12pm
Eighth update: Activist reports ill-treatment in prison
On 24 December 2019, Iranian officials subjected human rights defender...
Feb 10 2020 4:46pm
Egypt: tortured Bologna University student must be released
Postgraduate student Patrick Zaki held at Cairo airport and interrogat...
Jan 23 2020 12:06pm
India: Women politicians face shocking scale of abuse on Twitter - new research
Women politicians in India face a shocking scale of abuse on Twitter, ...
Jan 21 2020 5:34pm
Outcome: Hajar Raissouni released
On 16 October 2019, following a royal pardon, Hajar Raissouni, her fia...
Jan 7 2020 11:28am
Slovak Parliament rejects restrictive abortion bill
On 5 December the Slovak Parliament (National Council) rejected a bill...
Jan 7 2020 11:10am
Outcome: Bill restricting abortion rights rejected
The Slovak Parliament rejected a bill aimed at obstructing access to s...
Dec 17 2019 4:39pm
Iran: Activist sentenced to 24 years in prison
Iranian women’s rights defender Saba Kordafshari, 21, has been sentenc...
Dec 5 2019 5:04pm
Women activists face prison sentences
11 Saudi women activists on trial before the Criminal Court in Riyadh ...
Nov 29 2019 12:01am
Governments failing to protect women activists from increasing attacks – new report
Women activists subjected to sexual violence, smear campaigns and thre...