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Sudan – Facebook Cause: “We All together to Support the Sudanese Journalist Lubna”

Facebook: “We All together to Support the Sudanese Journalist Lubna”

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— Sudan: Police beat women opposing Sudan dress code trial
— Sudanese Feminist Hero Forced into Hiding — Phyllis Chesler report on Lubna al-Hussein
— Sudan: Journalist Lubna Hussein prepares to test Sudan’s Islamic law in court
— Sudanese Woman Journalist Invites Press to Her Flogging to Demonstrate Oppression of Women

Communist China: Journalist Defector Tells of Abuse and Corruption in China

Communist China: Journalist Defector Tells of Abuse and Corruption in China
— Epoch Times reports: “Says that many are renouncing the Chinese Communist Party because of it”
— “Qiu Mingwei, a former journalist of the People’s Daily who recently fled China, says that more and more Chinese Communist Party members are becoming disappointed in the organization and renouncing it online, using either their real names or an alias.”
— “Qiu, 34, worked as the Deputy Chief of the ‘People’s Forum,’ a subsidiary of the People’s Daily, the main mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the mainland.”
— “In June he traveled to Hong Kong to attend the International Federation of Journalists’ conference. During his stay he was photographed participating in Hong Kong’s July 1 march, an annual rally supporting democracy and human rights. Soon after his return to China he went back to Hong Kong on July 30, this time fleeing political persecution for his involvement in the rally. He currently lives in Indonesia and is seeking political asylum.”

Somali Islamists Chop Off Thieves’ Hands as Sharia Law Takes Hold

Somali Islamists Chop Off Thieves’ Hands as Sharia Law Takes Hold
— VOA reports: “Radical Somali Islamist group al-Shabab chopped off the right hands of two thieves Wednesday in Mogadishu as part of its implementation of Sharia law in areas under its control. The act is an indication of the power the group has cemented over areas of the capital city.”

Indonesia: Students demand harsher sharia law implementation

(Indonesia) Students demand harsher sharia law implementation
— Jakarta Post: “The sharia law will be more strict if jinayat is implemented in Aceh. Article 37 of the draft jinayat, for example, clearly states that a person who commits adultery faces 100 cane lashes, or the death penalty.”
— “‘Unmarried couples committing adultery will be caned, while married people will be sentenced to death,’ said Aceh Legislative council special committee XII head Bachrom M. Rasyid.”
— July 17, 2009 – Wall Street Journal: “Indonesia Is a Model Muslim Democracy”