URGENT APPEAL - For Ms. Mansoureh Behkish of Mourning Mothers of Iran - Summoned to Prison

URGENT APPEAL - For Ms. Mansoureh Behkish of Mourning Mothers of Iran - Summoned to Prison January 18, 2013 - The Observatory has been informed by the Iranian League for the Defence of Human Rights (LDDHI) about the summoning of Ms. Mansoureh Behkish, a supporter of the “Mothers of Park Laleh” (the “Mourning Mothers” of Iran)[1], also known for fighting against the death penalty, to serve a prison sentence.According...

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The African Network of Women Shelters Call to Action

The African Network of Women Shelters (ANWS)Kigali Call to ActionWe, the members of the African Network of Women Shelters (ANWS) Steering Committee and partners from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Kenya,  Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa and Zimbabwe;Recognizing the outcomes of 1stand 2ndConferences of the Global Network of Women Shelters (GNWS) held in Edmonton-Canada...

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RIZANA NAFEEK AT RISK OF EXECUTION IN SAUDI ARABIA

SRI LANKAN AT RISK OF EXECUTION IN SAUDI ARABIAAfter exhausting all of her appeals, Rizana Nafeek is at imminent risk of execution in Saudi Arabia for a crime she allegedly committed while under the age of 18.Aged only 17 years at the time, Sri Lankan domestic worker Rizana Nafeek was arrested in May 2005 on charges of murdering an infant in her care. On 16 June 2007, she was sentenced to death by...

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