Secularism is a Women’s IssueLes autorités de cette ville de l’ouest du pays ont ordonné de retirer les têtes des mannequins féminins des boutiques, en application de leur interprétation stricte de la loi islamique, qui interdit la représentation de figures humaines.
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En Afghanistan, les talibans demandent aux commerçants d’Herat de décapiter les mannequins
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Myanmar Junta Sentences NLD Leaders and Activists Ahead of New Year’s Eve
7 January, by siawi3Ahead of New Year’s Eve, Myanmar’s junta courts have been busily handing down the verdicts to detained National League for Democracy (NLD) government ministers, NLD leaders, artists and student leaders in Yangon, Bago and Magwe regions and Kachin and Shan states.
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India: Spreading Hate: Open Call for Genocide
7 January, by siawi3We strongly condemn the hate speeches, the calls for a genocide and demand immediate legal action and arrest of those who organized the event and are indulging in hate mongering .
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Afghanistan : les femmes mises à l’écart de la société
6 janvier, par siawi3Recherchée, Zubaida Sahar affirme qu’elle sera tuée si on la retrouve : « J’ai joué dans des films très anti-Talibans ». Comme elle, des artistes, chanteuses magistrates, policières et militaires vivent à Kaboul dans la terreur.
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India: Christians on edge in India’s Karnataka ruled by Modi’s BJP
4 January, by siawi3At least 42 attacks on Christians and their places of worship recorded this year in southern state as it mulls a controversial anti-conversion law. Karnataka will be the 10th state in India to enact the so-called “Freedom of Religion” law. The legislation bars religious conversions, except when a person “reconverts to his immediate previous religion” – a clause that critics say is aimed at enabling India’s many Hindu supremacist groups to convert Muslims and Christians into Hindus.
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India: Press Release: Thousands Protest Against Karnataka Anti-Conversion Bill In Bangalore
4 January, by siawi3This Bill if passed will undermine our precious constitutional rights to faith, autonomy and choice, marriage as well as the underlying constitutional value of dignity. For these reasons we oppose the passing of the Bill and demand that it be withdrawn.
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India: Anti-Namaz Protesters in Gurugram Hail Godse, Seek Kalicharan’s Release, Owaisi’s Arrest
4 January, by siawi3Also in attendance were a number of Hindutva leaders who have in the recent past led protests against other religious communities over various issues. One such leader who attended the march was Narender Singh Pahari, a former RSS and BJP leader. It was a group led by Pahari which had last week alleged religious conversion while disrupting a Christmas eve event at a school in Pataudi.
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India: ’Take Action Against Dharma Sansad Organisers, Speakers’: Ex-Govt Officials to Uttarakhand CM
4 January, by siawi3The very fact that this gathering was allowed was a massive failure on the part of your government’s law and order machinery. This appears to be aimed at sending a clear message that religious minorities, and indeed anyone who is not with the ideology of your party, cannot expect the protection of the rule of law for their property, their freedom or their lives in your state. This is an assault on the foundations of our democracy. Tolerating and encouraging such activities is also a direct threat to our security as a nation.
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Inde : Religion. L’État indien du Karnataka vote une loi anticonversion hautement controversée
4 janvier, par siawi3Cet État du sud de l’Inde a adopté, la semaine dernière, une loi contre les conversions forcées qui considère comme telles les mariages intercommunautaires. Le texte est d’autant plus sinistre, note le journal The Hindu, que son introduction survient au moment où se multiplient des attaques contre la minorité chrétienne.
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Syrie : 9 soldats pro-régime tués dans une attaque de l’État islamique
4 janvier, par siawi3Le califat autoproclamé du groupe EI a été déclaré définitivement vaincu au terme d’une longue offensive en mars 2019 mais le groupe continue de harceler les forces gouvernementales dans le vaste désert syrien.
