[fund] persecution of opposition

UPDATE: Iran: Two women's rights defenders now in solitary confinement

Egypt: Prominent feminist Nawal Al Saadawi leaves Egypt following the recall of her recent play and lawsuit

In Belgium Sadaawi learned that Al Azhar University, Sunni Islam's premier institution, is filing suit against her for the play "God Resigns at the Summit Meeting" on the grounds that it insults Islam.

Australie: Les dirigeants musulmans australiens font taire cinq imams radicaux

Cinq des plus influents imams d’Australie, au discours jugé trop radical, seront désormais réduits au silence.

UPDATE: Iran: All but three women activists freed

Iran: Arrests of women may be an attempt to prevent International Women's Day calls for equality

Amnesty International today called for the immediate and unconditional release of over 30 women activists who were arrested on Sunday, 4 March while staging a peaceful demonstration in Tehran.

UPDATE: Iran: Amnesty International joins in support of activists arrested in Tehran

Iran: Women activists detained following peaceful protest

33 women activists were arrested in front of the Revolutionary Court on Saturday March 3, 2007.

Iran: Campaign to Free Women's Rights Defenders

Iran: Iranian women activists arrested at peaceful protest over the weekend.

Dozens of the women's rights movement activists were arrested in front of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran.

Algeria: Women's rights organization, AFEPEC, given formal notice to evacuate their premises

The Association Féminine pour l’Epanouissement de la Personne et l’Exercice de la Citoyenneté (AFEPEC) has campaigned for women's rights for over 20 years. On 6 Feb. AFEPEC was ordered to leave the premises they have occupied since 2003.