A Turkish court has ordered the release of Taner Kilic, chair of the Turkish chapter of Amnesty International
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Women risking all to defy Iranian mandatory hijab rules
A protest being carried out by women in Iran has recently attracted some attention from the internet. New York Times columnist and feminist author Mona Eltahawy tweeted that six women were arrested on Monday for removing their hijabs in public and waving them around on a stick. Watch the video On Monday, a total of […]
2 sentenced to death at mass Bahrain opposition trial
Human rights groups have accused Bahrain of clamping down on dissent and violently cracking down on protests
Supreme Leader Planning New Iranian Internet Restrictions
Many Iranian officials have blamed social media for fomenting unrest that erupted in December
At the Yemen Can’t Wait Rally at Senator Chuck Schumer’s office
Protests outside Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer’s office in New York City today were calling for an end to American support for the Saudi-led war on Yemen under the rally slogan “Yemen Can’t Wait!”
Lebanese film gets Oscar nod, and the filmmaker gets arrested
Forty years after it started submitting films to the Oscars, Lebanon got its first nomination for best foreign language film
Concern raised over safety of missing Iranian hijab protester
A renowned Iranian lawyer raised concern on Monday over the fate of a woman she said was arrested for posing without a headscarf in Tehran in an image that went viral around the world. The woman has not been seen in public since she stood on a pillar box on one of the city’s busiest […]
Why few Lebanese women make it into parliament
Lebanon is campaigning to get at least five times more women elected to parliament this spring in its first vote in nearly 10 years, the country’s first women’s affairs minister says. With diverse religious groups and women in prominent positions in the business world and the media, but female politicians unable to find their way […]
Who will lead Iran after Ayatollah Khamenei dies?
Ayatollah Khamenei is 78, and according to many reports, in poor health as well. So what happens when Khamenei dies?
Family of Egyptian Prisoners Seek Trump Administration Support
Egypt must respect human rights and fulfill its obligation to those detained unlawfully