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22 Jun 2015, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
Rev. 39 (2014)).Milad Haghani, Iran Denies Education Rights to Bahá’ís, (Western Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 4, No. 1, 2014).Tipu Salman Makhdoom, Can Legal Fiction Overcome Religious And Constitutional Locks? [read post]
10 Jun 2015, 4:02 pm by Quinta Jurecic , Cody Poplin
Descriptions of harsh punishments, strict prohibitions on certain goods, mandatory dress codes for both men and women, and bans on travel all combine to characterize a “trapped” city. [read post]
5 Jun 2015, 10:51 am by Sebastian Brady
While representatives from both sides noted the informal, unofficial nature of the talks, the discussions were nonetheless historic, given the Taliban’s brutal repression of women during its rule of Afghanistan. [read post]
3 Jun 2015, 4:00 am by Cody Poplin
During a February congressional hearing on the Guantanamo Bay prison facility, discussion turned—as it invariably does—to the detention facility’s role in jihadist propaganda. [read post]
24 May 2015, 9:00 pm by Cody Poplin
 Speakers will include Professor Kitch, Jamila Afghani, a women’s education activist, and Marzia Basel, an Afghan judge and women’s legal right’s activist. [read post]
18 May 2015, 10:42 am by Cody Poplin
” During the raid, U.S. forces also captured Sayyaf’s wife, Umm Sayyaf, and freed an 18-year-old Yazidi women who had been held as a slave. [read post]
15 May 2015, 8:45 am by Yishai Schwartz
For the first time in Qatar’s history, two women—Sheikha Jufairi and Fatma Al-Kuwari—have been elected to serve on the Central Municipal Council, the Gulf monarchy’s only directly elected body. [read post]
14 May 2015, 4:31 am
Women must remain silent… this is our tradition. [read post]
11 May 2015, 7:38 pm
"They took my mummy to Evin prison again," says eight-year-old Kiana.In their short lives, Kiana and her twin brother, Ali, have seen many arrests and raids on their home.Their mother is Narges Mohammadi, a well-known human rights lawyer and campaigner, who has been in and out of jail on charges related to her work, for much of the past five years.In 2012, after suffering severe ill-health, Ms Mohammadi was granted leave to serve the remainder of a six-year prison sentence at home.But last… [read post]
11 May 2015, 11:00 am by Sebastian Brady
The Hill reports that an Iran nuclear deal may in fact help Iran bolster its offensive cyber capabilities. [read post]
5 May 2015, 10:59 am by Tara Hofbauer
Over the past week, the Nigerian military has freed some 700 women and children, who had been abducted by the militant group over the past year. [read post]
4 May 2015, 12:25 pm by Sebastian Brady
Outside the U.S., those worried by a potential Iran nuclear deal are taking a different tack in expressing their views. [read post]
29 Apr 2015, 11:06 am by Sebastian Brady
Indeed, details of another mass killing by the group emerged even as the women and girls were rescued. [read post]
21 Apr 2015, 12:33 pm by Shawn Garrison
The review included programs in countries like the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom as well as smaller and lesser developed countries such as Turkey, Mexico, Iran and Niger. [read post]
13 Apr 2015, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
Virginia, (Boston College Law Review, Vol. 55, 2014).From SmartCILP:Delaram Farzaneh, One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: A Brief History of Legal Discriminations Against Women in Iran and the Violations of International Human Rights. 20 Annual Survey of International & Comparative Law 201-237 (2014).Isaac Kfir, Feminist Legal Theory As a Way to Explain the Lack of Progress of Women's Rights in Afghanistan: The Need for a State Strength Approach. 21 William &… [read post]
6 Apr 2015, 6:38 am by Andrew Hamm
Peterson, lawsuit involving Central Bank of Iran. [read post]
3 Apr 2015, 5:16 am by Gene Takagi
This week was marked by the Iran Nuclear Deal, the horrific attack at a Kenyan university leaving 147 dead, and California’s water use restrictions. [read post]
25 Mar 2015, 12:30 pm by Yishai Schwartz
Similarly, last week Israeli media was also in an uproar over a resolution passed by the UN Commission’s Status on Women condemning Israel for the effects of its policies on Palestinian women. [read post]
25 Mar 2015, 10:29 am by Sebastian Brady
Reuters reports that the militant group has kidnapped more than 400 women and children fleeing from the border town of Damasak. [read post]