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Indonesia's Aceh Province OKs Stoning for Adulterers
World  (tags: world, Indonesia, muslims, crime, sharia, law, adultery, stoning, hanging, lashing, homosexuality, prison, beheading, beating, humanrights, freedoms, crime, asia, humanrights, civilliberties, middle-east, death, violence, society, culture )

Tom
- 54 days ago - latimes.com
Offending married couples can be punished by a minimum of 100 lashings and a maximum of stoning to death. It also imposes severe prison terms for homosexuality, which will be punishable by public lashings and more than eight years in prison.
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Sudanese Woman Sent to Jail for Wearing Pants Is Freed
World  (tags: world, sudan, Lubna, Hussein, journalist, womensrights, islam, sharia, law, repression, flogging, lashing, stoning, middle-east, africa, violence, terrorism, corruption, politics, humanrights, freedoms, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!' )

Tom
- 61 days ago - latimes.com
The Sudanese government freed journalist Lubna Hussein after she was convicted of public indecency for wearing pants and refused to pay a fine. She says the government was "unnerved" by her presence in prison because she would report on conditions inside.
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Millions Of Afghan Women Will Be Denied Vote Due To Female Staff Shortage
World  (tags: world, Afghanistan, society, culture, Islam, women, vote, elections, politics, middle-east, humanrights, freedoms, government, law )

Tom
- 83 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
Millions of Afghan women will be denied their chance to vote in presidential elections this week because there aren't enough female officials to staff the women-only polling stations. Strict cultural norms mean women can't vote in male-run stations.
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Geneva Conventions Turn 60
World  (tags: anniversary, conflict, humanitarian action, law, Switzerland, war crimes )

Michelle
- 86 days ago - france24.com
AFP - Conflicts will get ever more "pernicious," the ICRC's chief said Wednesday on the 60th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, as he made a fresh plea for armed groups and states to protect civilians and detainees.
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Venezuela: Chavez Launches New Housing Program
World  (tags: Venezuela, revolution, democracy, socialism, HumanRights, humanrights, GoodNews, goodnews, Chavez, Hugo Chavez, President Chavez, President Hugo Chavez, politics, government, housing, houses, homes, economy, greenbuilding, SustainableDevelopment, law )

Simon
- 88 days ago - venezuelanalysis.com
In 2008, ~90,000 new homes were built in Venezuela, 1/2 by the govt & 1/2 privately. Around Turmerito, "many rich people seized land to build factories, parking lots... they can go elsewhere," said Chavez. "We are going to build housing for the people."
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Sign Petition: Support Sudanese Woman's Rights - Lubna Hussien
World  (tags: world, violence, public, order, police, journalist, Lubna, Hussien, trousers, flogging, lashes, women's, human, rights, freedom, abuse, cruelty, law, bashir, war, criminal, icc, darfur, crime, Khartoum )

Tom
- 92 days ago - iamlubna.com.venus.dnstemplate.com
This is Lubna's petition to eliminate article 152 from Sudan's criminal law. Article 152 has been implemented in Sudan since 1991. It stipulates that any conduct or clothes in violation of public decency should be punished with 40 lashes or bail or both.
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Sign Petition: End Domestic Violence in the Muslim World
World  (tags: world, middle-east, sharia, law, africa, muslim, domestic, violence, humiliation, beatings, mutilation, flogging, rape, honor, killing, stoning, acid, attacks, FGM, lashes, women, girls, human, rights, freedom, abuse, cruelty )

Tom
- 92 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Assaults on women and young girls, especially domestic violence, acid attacks, honor killings, FGM and forced marriage that have become a growing problem in some Muslim countries, are barbaric, inhumane and completely contrary to Islamic teachings.
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Sign Petition: International Coalition for Women's Rights
World  (tags: society, culture, world, muslim, sharia, law, domestic, violence, humiliation, beatings, mutilation, flogging, rape, honor, killing, stoning, acid, attacks, FGM, lashes, women, children, human, rights, freedom, abuse, cruelty )

Tom
- 92 days ago - petitiononline.com
Sharia law deems a woman unequal and subordinate to her husband. Under Sharia, women's testimony is worth half that of men's, women have limited rights to divorce and child custody and women can be executed for apostasy or stoned to death for adultery.
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Western Feminists Mute on Ravages of Shariah
World  (tags: world, sudan, government, africa, middle-east, violence, flogging, whipping, stoning, honor, killings, rape, beatings, islamic, sharia, law, women, human, rights, western, feminists, freedom, repression )

Tom
- 96 days ago - network.nationalpost.com
An angry Khartoum journalist who works for the UN in Sudan started a campaign against shariah law by elevating a local police matter into an international embarrassment: She's invited the world to witness her judicial flogging. Where are the feminists?
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Neo-Nazi Convicted of Terror Plan
World  (tags: government, terrorism, Hatred, Racism, Ku Klux Klan, white supremacist, bomb making, crime, law, investigation )

Dee
- 116 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
A white supremacist has been convicted at the Old Bailey of having explosives with intent to endanger life and preparing for acts of terrorism.
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Liberia's Taylor Takes Stand, Denies War Crimes
World  (tags: 'HUMANRIGHTS!', africa, crime, law, world, humanrights )

Cal
- 117 days ago - reuters.com
Liberia's former President Charles Taylor, the first African ruler to stand trial for war crimes, took the stand in his own defense on Tuesday, arguing that the case against him was full of misinformation and lies.
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Rwandan to Face Genocide Charges in Finland
World  (tags: world, law, humanrights, freedoms, genocide, politics, europe )

Cal
- 160 days ago - cnn.com
Finnish prosecutors will file genocide charges against a Rwandan man in the killings of 15 people during Rwanda's ethnic cleansing bloodbath in 1994, authorities said
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"Free Troy Davis! Free Troy Davis", Is The Cry Being Heard Worldwide
World  (tags: TroyDavis, GovernorPerdue, georgia, u.s., UnitedStates, law, crime, cover-up, corruption, world, news, media, HumanRights, rights, CivilRights, freedoms, ethics, constitution, government, injustice, global rallies, police, execution, death row, society )

SirRobert
- 162 days ago - wtoctv.com
Savannah, GA (WTOC): Global rallies for Troy Davis are experiencing a worldwide chanting of "Free Troy Davis! Free Troy Davis", his supporters in Atlanta chanted, and it's the same cry that's being heard worldwide! It is very unusual for so many together.
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Saudi Arabia Mulls Underage Marriage Ban
World  (tags: world, middle-east, saudi arabia, government, politics, freedoms, ethics, humanrights, society, children, brides, marriage, law, culture, family, women, rights )

Tom
- 189 days ago - islamonline.net
Coming under local and international criticism after a series of marriages of young girls to men at the age of their fathers, Saudi Arabia is considering a total ban on underage marriages. Currently, Saudi Arabia has no legal age limit for marriage.
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International Meeting Applaud's Australia's Support for Indigenous Peoples
World  (tags: Indigenous Peoples, Australia, CBD, americans, ethics, freedoms, GoodNews, humans, interesting, news, rights, safety, politics, law, government, family, culture, ethics, government, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', world, Refugees&Relief )

Kat
- 219 days ago - indigenousportal.com
At today's international meeting under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), being held at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, Australia was given spontaneous applause following the announcement that Australia has supported the Declaration on the...
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