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A week ago Gita Sahgal, head of the gender research unit at Amnesty International, was suspended because she gave an interview to the Times airing her concerns about (...)
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Gita Sahgal, Feminist Whistleblower, Suspended by Amnesty International
21 February 2010, by siawi2 -
A.I.: Gita Sahgal talks about human wrongs
21 February 2010, by siawi2Source: Human Rights For All
Interview by Sumit Chakraberty
Sunday 21 February 2010
Daily News & Analysis, 21 February 2010
Last week, Gita Sahgal, head of Amnesty International’s gender unit, was suspended after objecting to the human rights (...) -
Salman Rushdie’s statement on Amnesty International
21 February 2010, by siawi2Sunday 21 February 2010
From: The Sunday Times, February 21, 2010
"Amnesty International has done its reputation incalculable damage by allying itself with Moazzam Begg and his group Cageprisoners, and holding them up as human rights advocates. (...) -
Afghanistan: any agreement with the Taliban must include women’s rights
20 February 2010, by siawi2UN experts’ body
GENEVA (5 February 2010) - The Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women said Friday that “any agreement reached with the Taliban in Afghanistan should include a clear commitment to respect and (...) -
Malaysia : protest against caning of women
18 February 2010, by siawi2source: www.sistersinislam.org.my
17 February 2010
SISTERS IN ISLAM CONDEMNS CANING OF THREE MUSLIM WOMEN UNDER SYARIAH LAW
Sisters in Islam (SIS) is shocked that the Prisons Department has caned three Muslim women for shariah offences.
Given (...) -
France: un appel de français laïques d’origine musulmane
18 February 2010, by siawi2Pas en notre nom !
Nous souhaitons faire connaître la réalité à tous les Français : dans notre pays, la France, des prédicateurs qui se prétendent musulmans manipulent l’Islam pour enfermer de jeunes citoyens dans des sectes. Il s’agit bien de (...) -
Indonesia: Under the shadow of shariah law, transsexuals take to the stage
18 February 2010, by siawi2Source: Jakarta Globe - February 14, 2010
Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh —
In their best Acehese costumes, kitsch jewelry and towering hair buns, 40 transsexuals sashayed down a stage on Saturday to loud club music, disco lights and rapturous (...) -
France : L’imam de Drancy se dit menacé de mort
4 février 2010, par siawi2M.B.(Lefigaro.fr) avec AFP - 26/01/2010
L’imam Hassen Chalghoumi a comparé la burqa à « une prison pour les femmes ».
Hassen Chalghoumi avait fait parler de lui en se prononçant en faveur d’une loi pour interdire la burqa. Il entend porter plainte (...) -
Negotiating with the Taliban
4 February 2010, by siawiThe women of Afghanistan, of whatever political persuasion, are entitled to their own voices. This they continue to be denied.
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Are Afghan women’s voices expendable in the rush to ‘stabilize’ – and withdraw from Afghanistan?
4 February 2010, by siawiFrom: Opendemocracy.net, 1 February 2010
Meeting in monochrome: women and the Afghanistan conference
by Sara Mojtehedzadeh
The picture said it all; an expanse of suits broken only by Hillary’s blonde bob floating in their midst. The London (...)
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