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107 Pakistan: Five Women Allegedly Buried Alive World (tags: 'HUMANRIGHTS!', HumanRights, humanrights, freedoms, violence, world, pakistan, women, women's rights, crime, petitions ) Isabella - 22 days ago - wluml.org 13/08/2008: The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a remote area of Balochistan province, that five women were buried alive ....... .....They were punished for trying to decide about their marriages 30 comments \| visit site \| problem?
168 Desperate Afghan Women Choose Death By Fire World (tags: 'HUMANRIGHTS!', afghanistan, women's rights, women's rights, violence, burning, suicide, society ) Isabella - 29 days ago - rawa.org The Financial Times, August 4, 2008 By Jon Boone in Herat She could not hope for better treatment. But her chances of survival were not good. Dosed with drugs and swaddled in bandages, she had only a small portion of her face visible in the emerg 51 comments \| visit site \| problem?
53 Iraqi Mother Who Defied Honour-Killing Father Murdered - Gunned Down On Way To Safety World (tags: Iraq, Basra, honour killing, women's rights, daughter, seventeen, father, no remorse, no punishment, brutal, mother, denounced, divorce, beatings, broken arm, hiding, safe houses, reprisals, escape, Jordan, gunned down, street ) Jill - 94 days ago - guardian.co.uk 5 wks ago Leila Hussein told chilling story of how husband'd killed 17-yr-old daughter over friendship with UK soldier. Now Leila, who'd been in hiding, has been gunned down in cold blood. Fearing reprisals, she'd been in hiding, moving from 1safe house 11 comments \| visit site \| problem?
53 End to Afghan Prison Nightmare for Death-Penalty Student Convicted of Downloading Women's Rights Report ? World (tags: Human Rights, Afghanistan, young student, Internet, women's rights, web site, Islam, death sentence, torture, confession, no lawyer, fundamentalist groups, Afghan President, Hamid Karzai ) Jill - 100 days ago - independent.co.uk Pervez Kambaksh's case has become international cause célèbre with UK ForeignSecr'y & US Secr'y ofState raising his fate with Afghan govt. >100,000 signatures on petition by 'The Independent' readers. Will Karzai free him ? Tortured, no lawyer at trial.. 9 comments \| visit site \| problem?
102 Saudi Women Appeal for Legal Freedoms World (tags: Saudi Arabia, women's rights, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', society, freedoms ) Elisa - 136 days ago - independent.co.uk In Riyadh, the college day begins for female students behind a locked door that will remain that way until male guardians come to collect them. 10 comments \| visit site \| problem?
53 Thousands of Missing Teenagers: Britain Getting Concerned About Forced Marriages - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News World (tags: Women's Rights, UK, World, forced marriage ) - 160 days ago - spiegel.de A new study has found that the practice of forced marriage among immigrants in Britain is much more common than previously assumed. Thousands of young girls -- and boys -- have gone missing, many of whom might have been abducted by their own parents. 2 comments \| visit site \| problem?
63 WOMEN AGAIN BEING MURDERED BY EXTREMISTS IN IRAQ World (tags: women's rights, GODDESS FAMILY CHILDREN POLITICS RELIGIO ) Sophia - 179 days ago - stophonourkillings.com Former dictator Saddam Hussein maintained a relatively secular society, where it was common for women to take up jobs as professors, doctors and government officials. In today's Iraq, women are being killed by militia groups for not conforming to stric 1 comment \| visit site \| problem?
46 No Day Is A Woman's Day in Gaza - CommonDreams.Org World (tags: HumanRights, women's rights, abuse, Gaza, Israel ) Nicole - 179 days ago - commondreams.org GAZA CITY - Mahasen Darduna suffers in ways the world recognises; her suffering comes at the hands of the Israelis. But there are many Palestinian women whose suffering the world does not see, because their hell is inflicted on them by Palestinians.One wa 1 comment \| visit site \| problem?
52 Feminist Prize Winner Parvin Ardalan Barred From Leaving Iran To Attend Award Ceremony in Sweden World (tags: Iran, women's rights, human rights, Olof Palme Prize, Parvin Ardalan, call for end, to legal discrimination against women in, feminists, Women’s Cultural Centre, journalists, publications banned, websites closed down, passport confiscated ) Jill - 180 days ago - amnesty.org Called off flight in Teheran. Well-known for past work on prominent publctions inc recently banned Zanan mag & website Zanestan, closed down 11/07, member of NGO Women's Cultural Centre & founder of CampaignForEquality that aims to collect 1million signat 5 comments \| visit site \| problem?
42 Women, Caciques and Remote Indigenous Towns World (tags: indigenous rights, women's rights, Mexico ) - 180 days ago - narconews.com In urging equal rights for women, usos y costumbres will surely be attacked. That has been the PRI plan all along, and Eufrosina's welcome and just campaign must somehow avoid the traps. 3 comments \| visit site \| problem?
47 TAKE ACTION: Help Pass the Historic International Violence Against Women Act World (tags: Human Rights, Women's Rights, I-VAWA, Violence against Women, International ) Cindy - 205 days ago - takeaction.amnestyusa.org The International Violence Against Women Act (I-VAWA) is a historic and unprecedented effort of the U.S. government to take leadership in establishing an overall and integrated approach to respond and address violence against women and girls international 9 comments \| visit site \| problem?
43 UN Body Calls for Saudis to End Male Guardianship World (tags: U.N., Saudia Arabia, women's rights, end male guardianship ) Little - 215 days ago - reuters.com GENEVA, Feb 1 (Reuters) - A United Nations human rights body called on Saudi Arabia on Friday to immediately end its system of male guardianship which it said severely limits the basic freedoms of women in the kingdom. 3 comments \| visit site \| problem?
55 NEPAL: Women Tortured for Being 'Witches' World (tags: Nepal, women's rights, violence ) Sinikka - 291 days ago - irinnews.org Women's rights activists have been battling for decades to end the gender violence but the problem persists. "We are shocked to find the incidence of women being subject to the worst form of violence at the hands of their families and local communities." 2 comments \| visit site \| problem?
113 17-Year-Old Girl Stoned to Death in Iraq World (tags: iraq, women's rights, violence ) Susan - 474 days ago - msmagazine.com A video is circulating on-line of the slow murder of this minor, Kurdish female. Amnesty International apparently brought this story to light. Security personnel stood by while the teen ager was tortured to death. 9 comments \| visit site \| problem?
89 One Million Signatures Demanding Changes to Discriminatory Laws" World (tags: women's rights, laws, peaceful, Iran, freedom, human rights, justice ) Madalena - 503 days ago - we4change.com Show your solidarity with Iranian women who are demanding equity and equal protection under the law. In Iran, women face striking legal and economic inequities. Last June, Iranian women launched a grassroots movement to right these inequities... 16 comments \| visit site \| problem?

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