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7 states are suing the federal government to stop a last minute rule by former President Bush that pre-empts state laws guaranteeing women's access to reproductive services, including abortion and emergency contraception.
The bail for the release of Shadi Sadr was provided by her family today but there is still no news of her release.
Indonesia's province of Aceh has passed a new law making adultery punishable by stoning to death, a member of the province's parliament has said.
Iraqi militias infiltrate internet gay chatrooms to hunt their quarry – and hundreds are feared to be victims.
CAIRO — Conservative Egyptian lawmakers have called for a ban on imports of a Chinese-made kit meant to help women fake their virginity and one scholar has even called for the "exile" of anyone who imports or uses it.
TORONTO - Canada's prostitution laws have created a "sinister" dilemma for sex-trade workers by forcing them off the streets while forbidding them from moving indoors, a court heard Tuesday.
By Liam Stack | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
from the July 24, 2008 edition
Reporter Liam Stack discusses the controversy surrounding a new law that addresses children's rights violations in Egypt.
Cairo, Egypt - Since June, Egypt's government and Islamist opposition parties have been trading barbs over a new law designed to protect the rights of children. Reforms instituted by the law touch on issues ranging from children's legal status to personal health issues.
The law was passed by parliament, which is dominated by President Hosni Mubarak's ruling party. But the measure has spurred a debate over the competing roles of religion, tradition, and the state in the upbringing of children. The controversy is making waves in a country where 32 percent of the population is under the age of 15, according to a 2006 government census.
TEHRAN (AFP) — The rights group run by Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi on Monday protested at the hanging by Iran of 29 criminals in a mass execution and said it doubted the convicts had been given a fair trial.
"The Defenders of Human Rights Centre... is against capital punishment and believes it should be removed from the list of punishments in any country," the group said in a statement.
"Unfortunately in recent years some have been hanged en masse in Iran so that Iran ranks the second country in the world in terms of the number of executions," it added.
Iran on Sunday hanged 29 men convicted of offences including drug trafficking, murder and rape in the largest mass execution in years.
India's Anti-Gay Law Set for Biggest Court Challenge
by Raymond Thibodeaux Bangalore, India
11 August 2008
Efforts by activists to force India's government to strike down a Victorian-era law banning homosexuality are gaining momentum. It is another sign that India's deeply conservative society is changing.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
The dramatic case of a 14-year-old girl who sought a termination to her pregnancy became a high-profile battle between the two sides of the bitter Polish abortion debate, writes Derek Scally .
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