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Indonesia: Being Gay, Muslim and Indonesian
Despite living under the same roof for years, Fachri (not his real name) thought his father had no clue that he was gay.
Read more...Iran: Groups Call for Special U.N. Probe
Just ahead of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's speech to world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly, two human rights organisations asked the international media to seize what they termed a crucial opportunity to hold him accountable for post-election violence in Iran.
Read more...Mexico: Women Fight "Personhood" Laws
Earlier this month, 150 Mexican women from the state of Morelos filed a petition before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), asking the tribunal to analyze Morelo’s constitutional reform which defined personhood as beginning at the moment of conception, and to declare Mexico as responsible for the violation of human’s rights of women.
Read more...Urgent Action: Central American Women's Fund: Stand with Women in Honduras
"Right now, brave women in Honduras are putting their lives on the line to stop human rights violations in their country. And you can help support their efforts. Please make a donation to the Central American Women’s Fund and show Honduran women that we stand by them during these times of political and social unrest. It is with a deep feeling of concern, outrage and out of a sense of solidarity with women and civil society in Honduras that the Central American Women’s Fund and the Global Fund for Women are launching this urgent action fundraising campaign to financially support two projects in Honduras.
Read more...Afghanistan: Was the Women's Vote Counted?
The young woman from Kandahar sat with me in the office of an independent monitoring group two days before Afghanistan's August 20th presidential election.
Read more...Serbia: Gay march plan tests Serb feelings
A gay parade planned to take place in Belgrade on Sunday has been cancelled, due to security concerns.
Read more...Indonesia: More support raised for review of stoning bylaw
More womans groups in Aceh are calling for a review of the new bylaw which allows capital punishment by stoning for adulterers, though the local government has already refused to sign it.
Read more...Malaysia: Court orders Muslim lovers caned for sex
An Islamic court has ordered an unmarried couple to be caned for trying to have sex in a car in the latest of a series of harsh punishments for Muslims in Malaysia, a lawyer said Friday.
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