May 2009
Afghanistan: Girls targeted in gas attack
Afghanistan: Girls targeted in gas attack
14/05/2009: Taliban militants blamed after 90 pupils poisoned in third attack on girls' school in three weeks. (The Independent)
Author Onal Found Remorse Among Turkish 'Honor' Killers
WUNRN
Author Onal Found Remorse Among Turkish 'Honor' Killers
05/18/09
By Anna Louie Sussman
WeNews correspondent
Nepal: Dalit Woman Accused as Witch - Severly Abused
Women's Feature Service
India - New Delhi
Nepal: Dalit Woman Accused as Witch - Severly Abused
By Renu Kshetry
PAKISTAN: The life of a 16-year-old girl is in danger after her abduction by a member of the Assembly
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
AHRC-STM-116-2009
May 22, 2009
A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission
Saudi judge: It's OK to slap spendthrift wives
(CNN) -- Husbands are allowed to slap their wives if they spend lavishly, a Saudi judge said recently during a seminar on domestic violence, Saudi media reported Sunday.
Iraqi gays face gruesome torture/murder technique
As the murder campaign targeting Iraqi gays intensifies, a leading Arabic television network last week revealed the use of a horrifying new form of lethal torture against Iraqi gay men - anti-gay Shii
Honour killings start to bring shame
The taboo surrounding the cruel murder of family members in the name of honour is slowly being broken
By Khaled Diab
Honour killings trial begins
A court heard Thursday that Hasibullah Sadiqi shot his sister and her fiancee because he believed she had brought dishonour on his family by getting engaged without their father's consent.
Sudan - FGM - Backlash in the Fight Against FGM in Sudan
From the CSBR E-News Spring 2009 Issue:
Al-Wefaq not for 15 as minimum age to tie knot
MANAMA: Lawmakers from the largest opposition bloc in the Bahraini Parliament are opposing setting the minimum marriage age for girls at 15, saying this is against Islamic principles.