Archive for August, 2009
Mali: Threats of violence greet new family code offering rights for women
Mali: Threats of violence greet new family code – “While rights groups are celebrating a newly-adopted family code in Mali that changes marriage laws and expands girls’ rights, Muslim leaders and youths have vowed, even threatening violence,
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Iraq: Car bombs kill eight in Shi’ite Baghdad district
Iraq: Car bombs kill eight in Shi’ite Baghdad district AKPC_IDS += "4972,";
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Egypt: Report on Increasing Islamic Supremacist Intolerance to Women, Christians
– NYT report: On Beaches, Intolerance Wears a Veil – also addresses increasing violence against Christians — “there are sharper signs of intolerance: increasing Christian-Muslim clashes, unfamiliar
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Israel: Living Memorial in “Memory of Aqsa Parvez and All Victims of Honor Killings Worldwide”
Israel: Living Memorial in “Memory of Aqsa Parvez and All Victims of Honor Killings Worldwide” – Report:
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Georgia: Swastika painted outside Black Congressman’s office
Georgia: Swastika painted outside Black Congressman’s office – Swastika painted at Georgia congressman’s office –
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NYC: “Westboro Baptist Church” Hate Group Spreads Anti-Semitic Hate
Jerusalem Post: Extremist Christians: ‘God hates Jews’ – “Westboro Baptist Church members protest in front of several Jewish institutions throughout New York” –
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Burma: Myanmar sentences Aung San Suu Kyi to more house arrest
(Burma) Myanmar sentences Suu Kyi to more house arrest – AP reports: – “Myanmar’s generals have again succeeded in isolating democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, but her fleeting emergence
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Congo: “Rape in Congo: What got me was the laughter”
(Congo) Rape in Congo: What got me was the laughter According to V-Day reports on the Congo war, “[a]n estimated 5 million people have
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Al-Arabiya TV Deputy Secretary-General on Palestinian Human Rights
MEMRI: “Al-Arabiya TV Deputy Secretary-General Calls for Resettlement of Palestinian Refugees” – “Objecting to Refugee Resettlement Is Objecting to Peace” – “Stop Treating
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August 10, 2009 – Washington DC: National Press Club “Black Day” Press Conference Videos Online
August 10, 2009 – Washington DC: National Press Club “Black Day” Press Conference Videos Online – Calling for End to Pakistan Blasphemy Laws – Part 1: Introduction by Ahmar Mustikhan and Jeffrey Imm of Responsible for
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