Women's Empowerment and Leadership Development for Democratisation

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Bangladesh: Rally against acid attacks

The rally, organised jointly by the Acid Survivors Foundation and the Bengali daily Prothom Alo, was aimed at displaying the collective shame and anger of Bangladeshi men. ...

India: New website on the violence in Gujarat

Information and analysis, including appeals and requests for donations to assist those affected by the violence in Gujarat. ...

Israel: Cabinet blocks arrival of UN team, says conditions still not ripe

The Security Cabinet decided not to cooperate, for now, with the United Nations team to Jenin, saying that the conditions set by Israel had not yet been met. ...

USA: An Egyptian gay man is granted US asylum

A gay Egyptian man denied asylum in the United States and profiled in the Washington Blade newspaper in January, has now won asylum based on the recent history of anti-gay harassment in his home country. ...

Pakistan: Labour Party Pakistan (LPP) members released

The arrests were made on 26th April whilst protesting against the proposed referendum. ...

India: Genocide, Gujarat 2002

Communalism Combat, March - April 2002 ...

Afghanistan: Just peace and national unity in Afghanistan by McMaster University (Canada) and Afghan Women's Council

More than 250 Afghan women participated in the seminar, from all walks of life, viz., NGOs, schools, educators, writers, scholars, media, teachers of Afghan schools were participated and every one expressed their wishes regarding peace and National unity. ...

Malaysia: No to Jakim attempt to silence writers

Sisters in Islam is shocked by a newspaper report (The Star, 19 April 2002) that JAKIM is planning to ban Muslims with no "in-depth knowledge on Islam" from expressing themselves in public on Islamic issues. ...

Pakistan: Zina judgement quashed by court

Sindh High Court Hyderabad ordered the District and Sessions Judge Hyderabad to record the statement of a petitioner under section 164 Criminal Procedure Code (Cr. P.C.) and stopped her arrest under section 11/16 of Zina and Hudood Ordinance. ...

Palestine/Israel: Tutu calls US soft on Israel

Likening Israel's treatment of Palestinians to the oppression of blacks by the white apartheid government in South Africa, Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu yesterday chided the Bush administration for being too soft on prime minister Ariel Sharon. ...

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