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Sep 30 2019 8:48pm
Morocco: jailing of journalist for allegedly having abortion is 'devastating blow' for women's rights
Hajar Raissouni jailed for a year, along with her fiancé, while medica...
Sep 25 2019 5:45pm
Iran: relatives of 'White Wednesdays' founder arrested
Three relatives of US-based women’s rights activist Masih Alinejad det...
Sep 10 2019 2:07pm
Iran: 'horrific' death of football fan Sahar Khodayari must mean end of women stadium ban
Iran is the only country in the world that stops and punishes women se...
Sep 6 2019 6:00pm
Morocco: journalist faces trial for abortion and sex outside marriage
Hajar Raissouni’s trial set to begin in Rabat on Monday Her fiancé ...
Sep 5 2019 8:18pm
South Africa: 'Alarming' levels of gender-based violence and femicide
In response to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s address to the nation and h...
Aug 16 2019 1:29pm
Libya: fears mount for politician abducted after speaking out over Haftar's offensive
Member of parliament Siham Sergiwa is the latest prominent woman in th...
Aug 8 2019 2:52pm
Urgent Action update: A decade in jail for defying forced veiling
Two Iranian women’s rights defenders, Yasaman Aryani and Monireh Arabs...
Aug 2 2019 1:13pm
Saudi Arabia: wider women's rights reforms should follow guardianship announcement
Authorities urged to end their crackdown on women’s rights activists, ...
Jul 25 2019 11:14am
Urgent Action: Jailed for protesting forced veiling laws
Iranian women’s rights defenders Monireh Arabshahi, Yasaman Aryani and...
Jul 22 2019 3:04pm
Urgent Action update: Justice for survivor of sexual harassment
On 5 July 2019, the Indonesian Supreme Court rejected the final case r...