Archive for June, 2010
UAE: Court Sentences Teenage Gang Rape Victim to 1 Year in Prison
A court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has convicted an 18 year old girl (“LH”) to one year in prison for “consensual sex.” The UAE court convicted her because she agreed to be alone in the car with a
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Canadian “Honor Killing”: Killers of Muslim Girl Aqsa Parvez Sentenced to Life Without Parole for 18 Years
Canadian media have reported on the conviction of Muhammad Parvez and Waqas Parvez, the 60 year old father and brother of 16 year old Muslim girl Aqsa Parvez, in the “honor killing” murder of Aqsa Parvez on December 10, 2007 in Mississauga, Canada. This week, Muhammad and Waqas Parvez pleaded
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Damanga Response to Opinion Piece on Sudan by George Clooney and John Prendergast
Damanga Response to Opinion Piece on Sudan by George Clooney and John Prendergast By Mohamed Yahya, Executive Director, Damanga Mohamed Yahya, Executive Director of Damanga As Darfur
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Canada: Afghan mother charged in “crime of honor” attack on daughter
Media reports on the case of Afghan woman Johra Kaleki’s knife attack on 19 year old daughter in Dorval on Montreal’s West Island. – CBC Report: Montreal mother charged in ‘crime of honour’ –
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Pakistan columnist make “humorous” appeal for rights of Ahmadi Muslim minorities
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Sudan: Representatives Advise UN Security Council, Violence and Genocide Continues
CNN – “Sudan: Special reps brief U.N. Security Council on Sudan” – CNN reports: “U.N.-AU Representative Gambari explained that parts of Darfur remained ‘tense and volatile,’ with 447 deaths
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DC Public Remembers Attack on U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
On a hot and rainy day in Washington DC, on Sunday, June 13, 2010, volunteers of diverse religions, races, ethnic backgrounds, genders, and age groups came together to remember the June 2009 attack on the U.S. Holocaust Memorial
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Love Wins: Volunteers Offer Love, Tolerance to White Nationalist Heckler at Holocaust Memorial Museum Remembrance
On June 13, 2010, volunteers from the Washington DC area joined together to have a public remembrance of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum attack on June 2009 and to remember the tragic murder of museum guard Stephen Tyrone Johns by white
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June 13: If it Rains, We Will Meet in Front of National Theater – Across the Street
On June 13, at 2 PM, for our public remembrance of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Attack and the tragic death of Stephen Tyrone Johns, if it rains we will meet under the marquee of the National Theater across the street from
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Wisconsin: Wilson Mosque Vandalism
The Sheboygan, Wisconsin Crime Stoppers report on vandalism against the Wilson, Wisconsin mosque that was the source of protests. =============================== SHEBOYGAN COUNTYWIDE CRIME STOPPERS 1-877-283-8436 (TOLL
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