Category: Women’s Rights Matter

Iran: Women’s rights activist sentenced to six months in jail

Iran: Women’s rights activist sentenced to six months in jail
— AKI reports:
— “A women’s rights activist and journalist has been sentenced to six months in jail by one of Iran’s Revolutionary Courts in the capital, Tehran, for having ‘endangered state security’.”
— “Jelveh Javaheri, arrested in June 2008 for protesting in the centre of Tehran in favour of women’s political and civil rights, was subsequently freed from Iran’s notorious Evin prison and her sentence has only now been made public, Iran’s Radiofarda said.”
— “She was charged with ‘acting against national security by spreading propaganda against the state.'”
— “Javaheri had been previously arrested in May and was freed after posting a bail of 75.000 euros. She was the founding member of the Campaign for Equality.”
— “Javaheri is part of a group of Iranian feminists that begun a national campaign two years ago to abolish all of of Iran’s discriminatory laws against women.”

Malaysia: Muslim NGOs for punishing those questioning Malaysian model’s caning — state Sharia court decision must not be questioned

Malaysia: Muslim NGOs for punishing those questioning Malaysian model’s caning — state Sharia court decision must not be questioned
— ANI reports: “Fourteen Muslim non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Malaysia’s Kuantan state have urged the authorities to act against people who are questioning the caning sentence of part-time model Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno”
— “They have also lodged a police report against NGOs that have asked the government to intervene to rescind the sentence, including Sisters in Islam (SIS) and Joint Action Group Against Violence Against Women (JAG), reports the New Strait Times.”
— “The group’s spokesman, Amidi Abdul Manan, said SIS and JAG should retract their statements and tender open apologies to Muslims for insulting Islamic law and the syariah court.”
— “The 14 Muslim NGOs include the Muslim Youth Movement of Malaysia (Abim), Jemaah Islah Malaysia Pahang, Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia Pahang, Malaysian Chinese Muslim Association and the Islamic Welfare Organization.”
— “Amidi said they would file an injunction to stop other parties from questioning the decision made by the Syariah High Court here.”

Pakistan Mob Tortures Women, Forces Them to Walk Naked in Public

— Dawn: “Three women tortured, forced to walk naked in public”
— Dawn reports: “No case has been registered against the mob that attacked the women and publicly humiliated them.”
— “LAHORE: Three women, accused of prostitution, were tortured by an angry mob and were later forced to walk naked on Multan Road in Phoolnagar, Kasur, a private television channel reported on Monday.”
— “A large number of people attacked a house in Jambarkalan village, torturing the women — including one Shahnaz — for alleged involvement in prostitution and running a brothel in the village.”
— “The victims said the accusations against them were baseless. They said they had a property dispute ongoing with Union Council Nazim Ilyas Khanzada who wanted to occupy their house illegally. The women have accused him of planning the assault on their home.”
— “Khanzada confirmed the women were tortured by the mob. He, however, denied plotting against them.”
— “Meanwhile, no case was registered against the mob that attacked the women and publicly humiliated them.”

Pakistan: “7 more girls escape from Women Crisis Centre” — fear to be killed by relatives

(Pakistan) 7 more girls escape from Women Crisis Centre
— Pakistan Daily Times: “The girls fled from the centre after a girl was killed by her two brothers in the premises of a sessions court in Peshawar on September 26 when the centre officials brought her to the court. The official sources said that the girls fled from the centre the same day after the murder fearing their deaths at the hands of their relatives. It was the second incident as two other girls had fled from the centre on August 26. Noor Zaman, father of one of the girls, has filed a case against the centre management in a local court.”

Pakistan: “Honor Killing” of Daughter and Boy

Pakistan’s Punjab: Young boy, girl shot dead in Sargodha
— Pakistan’s The News: “Father shot dead his daughter and a young man in the name of honour in Farooqa Town of Sargodha.”
— “Police sources told that a man Sajjad opened fire when he found his 18 year old daughter with a young man Mubbashir, killing both of them on the spot.”