News

10/7/2001

Israel: Appointment of war criminal to ambassadorial post

Carmi Gillon, former head of the Israeli General Security Service (Shin Bet), will take up the post of Israeli Ambassador to Denmark in August 2001.

28/6/2001

Morocco: Grant women greater rights

16/5/2001

Iran: Attempts to persecute human rights defender Mehrangiz Kar by silencing her husband

5/3/2001

Egypt: Attempt to annul the marriage of Dr Nawal el-Saadawi

28/2/2001

Turkey: Government scraps virginity tests

13/2/2001

Afghanistan: Update on the Declaration of the Essential Rights of Afghan Women

Negar-Support of Women of Afghanistan was invited to attend the transfer of power ceremonies in Kabul on December 22, 2001.

10/2/2001

Austria: Women's NGOs threatened

2/2/2001

Iran: Lift Harsh Sentences Imposed on Human Rights Activists

30/1/2001

Pakistan: Demand the overturning of death sentences in blasphemy cases

Dr Shaikh has been in prison since October 2000. The death sentence, mandatory under Pakistan's blasphemy laws, was pronounced against him on 18 August 2001, and he has been in a death cell since then, with little personal contact with the outside world.