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Yemen: Ban on Child Brides Is Imperiled
Yemen: Ban on Child Brides Is Imperiled
— AP reports: “Some of Yemen’s most influential Muslim leaders have declared supporters of a ban on child brides to be apostates”
Yemen: “Women oppose child marriage ban”
— Straits Times reports: “The protesters held up banners proclaiming ‘don’t ban what Allah made permissible,’ or ‘stop violating Islamic sharia law in the name of rights and freedoms,’ an AFP correspondent said. Answering calls by Muslim clerics who oppose the proposal on grounds it goes against Islamic sharia law, the protesters arrived in organized buses.”
Gaza: Incitement of Children to Hatred
Canada: Muslim child brides on rise
Canada: Muslim child brides on rise
— Toronto Sun: “Top immigration officials in Canada and Pakistan say all they can do is reject the sponsorships of husbands trying to bring their child-brides to Canada. The men have to reapply when the bride turns 16. The marriages are permitted under Sharia Law.”
In Egypt and Saudi Arabia, Conflict Escalates over Child Bride Marriages
Canada: Ottawa judge likely to handle alleged “honor killing” trial
Canada: Ottawa judge likely to handle alleged honour killing trial — Shafia sisters “honor killing” in Kingston
— “Three teenage Shafia sisters, Zainab, 19, Sahari, 17, and Geeti, 13, along with Rona Amir Mohammad, 50, were found dead inside a submerged car discovered June 30, 2009, in the Rideau Canal at Kingston Mills, just outside Kingston, Ont”
Rifqa Bary Case: Judge Dismisses Motion for Trial, Motion to Set Aside January 19 Agreement
— Judge dismisses motion by Rifqa Bary’s parents asking for a trial to determine where Rifqa Bary should live
— Judge dismisses motion by Rifqa Bary to set aside January 19 agreement to deal with family’s issues through counseling
— Both sides previously agreed that Rifqa Bary would live in foster care until she turns 18 on August 10
— Columbus Dispatch also reports in “Rifqa Bary, parents back in court”:
— “Angela Lloyd, Rifqa’s attorney, said Rifqa remains in genuine fear of her parents and feels that, through court actions, they continue to attempt to isolate and control her. She said Rifqa is an undocumented immigrant and expressed concern about her legal status upon her 18th birthday Aug. 10. ”
Pakistan: Bishop Timotheus Nasir will lead legal team of Pakistan Christian Congress PCC in Shazia case
Pakistan: Activists warn, the murder of a 12-year-old Christian girl could go unpunished
Pakistan: Activists warn, the murder of a 12-year-old Christian girl could go unpunished
— Asia News: “Catholic leaders and Pakistani human rights activists are alarmed that the rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl, Shazia Bashir, on 23 January might go unpunished. The main suspect is a rich and powerful Muslim lawyer from Lahore, Chaudhry Muhammad Naeem, who was employing the girl as a domestic. The city’s bar association has sided with the suspect, a former president of the association, who is being treated as a VIP whilst in custody. Prosecutors meanwhile have delayed filing charges.”
— “Shazia’s family said they had no confidence in the committee set up by Punjab’s chief minister Shahbaz Sharif because of its delaying tactics. Some of her relatives and a number of human rights activists have staged a protest in front of the Lahore Press Club and have decided to sue.”
— Extension in Police remand of Teenage Christian girl Shazia killer
Pakistan: New Video of Taliban Whipping Boy, Man in Street
More reports of the supremacist hate and violence from the Taliban in Pakistan reported from Associated Press today.
— AP reports: “The tribal elder who provided the footage said the man was being punished for allegedly “working against the Taliban” by speaking out against the militants. The second victim appears to be a teenage boy, who the tribal elder said was being blamed for not growing a beard. The third victim was said to be punished for not praying.”
— “A crowd of men and boys watched the beatings, mostly in silence.”
— Video
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— AP also reports: “The video was shot on a mobile phone on Feb. 3 and passed to a local journalist who occasionally provides video to Associated Press Television News. The man who provided the clip said it was taken in the Mamozai area of the Orakzai tribal region, though there was no way of verifying that because travel there is dangerous for outsiders. The tribal elder requested anonymity out of fear for his life.”
— “The Taliban are known to beat people in areas they control if they are suspected of criminal acts, spying or violating the militants’ ultra-strict interpretation of Islamic law. People accused of serious crimes are often reportedly killed.”