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• Women and Morality Laws in Sudan: Flogging and Death by Stoning Sentences Continue
  13 July 2015, by siawi3

  A recent case in which a women in Sudan was sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery (now overturned) also brings attention to the issues of flogging as hudud punishment (for adultery and “indecent” dress).

• USA: Christian clerks denying lesbian couple their legal rights
  19 April 2017, by siawi3

  Church-State Watchdog, Statewide LGBT Advocacy Group Say Gilmer County Officials Violated The Constitution By Subjecting Couple To Ill Treatment

• Egypt: To be an atheist today
  15 April 2017, by siawi3

  “Atheists are one of Egypt’s least-protected minorities, although the constitution ostensibly guarantees freedom of belief and expression… “”Expect to see many more blasphemy prosecutions in the future now that it’s embedded as a crime in the constitution".

• Algérie : Procès des auteurs de trois rapts en Kabylie. L’alibi du terrorisme
  25 octobre 2012, par siawi3

  Terrorisme et grand banditisme semblent se liguer pour maintenir une chape de terreur sur la Kabylie, alors que les services
  de sécurité se révèlent inefficaces devant l’ampleur du phénomène des kidnappings. Les éléments d’un groupe ayant sévi deux années durant, auteurs de trois rapts et d’un assassinat, ont été jugés hier au tribunal de Tizi Ouzou. Dix d’entre eux risquent la peine capitale.

• Hudud and the Struggle for Malaysia’s Constitutional Soul
  13 July 2015, by siawi3

  The State Assembly of Kelantan, one of the 13 states of Malaysia, unanimously passed amendments to the 1993 Sharia Criminal Code, providing for the implementation of a range of Islamic criminal law punishments (hudud) in the state. Those laws should apply to Muslims, not to the non-Muslim citizens of Malaysia. Zina ( sex outside marriage) provisions pose a particular threat to women and LGBT people…
  Fundamentalists have been trying for a long time to introduce hudud laws, but it contravenes with the constitution. Now the constitutionality of their bill is being challenged in the High Court.

• Algérie: protestations contre l’obligation de jeûne
  25 September 2010, by siawi2
  Collectif SOS LIBERTES
  Liberté pour les « dé-jeûneurs » du ramdan !
  Le tribunal de Aïn-El-Hammam (wilaya de Tizi-Ouzou) s’apprête à juger, le 21 septembre, Hocine Hocini et Salem Fellak pour « non respect des préceptes de l’islam ». Durant le ramadan,  (...)
• India: Why the Transgender Community is Angry Over a Bill Meant to Protect Their Rights
  21 December 2018, by siawi3

  Why should a community so vociferously oppose a Bill that is drafted in the name of the protection of its rights? In spirit and letter, the 2014 Supreme Court judgment affirming the rights of transgender people was a huge victory for transgender people, who face intense stigma, discrimination and violence across the country. The passing of the current Bill completely shatters the hard-won victory of the Supreme Court judgement, both in spirit and letter.

• UK-Ecuador-USA: What is the situation of Julian Assange now?
  18 December 2018, by siawi3

  For the past 6 years in the embassy, the UK government has refused his request for access to basic health needs: fresh air, exercise, sunshine for vitamin D and access to proper medical and dental care according to Christine Assange and Julian Assange’s lawyer. The real truth is that Ecuador is trying to sell out Assange in a “deal” with the U.S. for loans, as WikiLeaks tweeted. If the UK or Ecuador does decide to illegally hand over Julian Assange to the U.S. in violation of two UN rulings, then it’s inevitable that we see a rain of leaks that the world has never seen. That will undoubtedly rock society as WikiLeaks has consistently for 11 years.

• France : La Cour de cassation annule la condamnation de Cédric Herrou
  16 décembre 2018, par siawi3

  La Cour de cassation a partiellement annulé mercredi la condamnation prononcée en appel il y a près d’un an et demi à l’encontre de Cédric Herrou, agriculteur et défenseur des migrants à la frontière transalpine.
  L’article L622-1 prévoit qu’aider un sans-papier est passible de 5 ans d’emprisonnement et d’une amende de 30 000 euros. Ajouté en 2012, l’article L622-4 liste cependant des exemptions humanitaires. Pour ne pas être condamné, il faut n’avoir touché aucune contrepartie, notamment financière. Mais il faut remplir une seconde condition sur le type d’aide apportée.

• Nigeria : Interdire les mutilations sexuelles des filles
  9 octobre 2012, par siawi3

  Actuellement, il n’existe pas de loi fédérale sur les mutilations génitales féminines au Nigeria

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