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Oct 29 2015 5:38pm
Sudan: Court overturns conviction of teenager sentenced for 'indecent' dress
On 16 August 2015, Ferdous Al Toum was found guilty of ‘indecent or im...
Sep 18 2015 3:40pm
Campaign success: Protection given to Indian sisters due to be raped as punishment for their brother’s ‘crime’
In July 2015, an unelected all-male village council in Baghpat, northe...
Aug 14 2015 11:43am
Women's rights at risk in Iran: learning about the reality at the Houses of Parliament
In May, human rights defender Narges Mohammadi was arrested in Iran. T...
Aug 11 2015 4:13pm
Central African Republic: UN troops implicated in rape of 12-year-old girl and unlawful killings must be investigated
The rape of a 12-year-old girl and the apparent indiscriminate kill...
Jul 11 2015 9:01am
Sudan: Ten Christian women at risk of flogging for 'indecent dress'
“A hem-line is not a crime.”  – Sarah Jackson The auth...
Jun 1 2015 6:22pm
Defend the human rights defender! Take action for Narges Mohammadi!
In early May, Narges Mohammadi, a distinguished human rights defend...
Jun 1 2015 6:02pm
No More Stolen Sisters: Justice for the missing and murdered Indigenous women of Canada
This blog is by Noa Kleinman who has recently retired as North Amer...
May 27 2015 1:56pm
Paraguay: No child should be forced to give birth
Last month a young girl was taken to hospital by her mother complai...
May 20 2015 7:29pm
China: Five women’s rights activists released on bail
The Chinese government must drop all charges against each of the five ...
May 15 2015 4:42pm
Torturing a 10-year-old rape victim
Every now and then there comes along a case that seems too tragic to c...