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Topless Tunisia demo trial put off
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Tunisia's court has adjourned the trial of three European women for holding a topless anti-Islamist protest to June 12, their request for bail has been rejected, lawyers have said.
The judge must decide at the next hearing whether to allow several Islamist groups angered by the topless ...DETAILS |
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US tourist gang-raped in India
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A US tourist was gang-raped by a truck driver and two accomplices after hitching a ride in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, police said Tuesday.
The incident follows the alleged rape of a 21-year-old Irish charity worker in Kolkata at the weekend and comes as the country attempts ...DETAILS |
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Salafists urge ‘Harass Nude Girls’
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The Facebook page of the Salafists Egyptian Youth Coalition declared a new campaign against women on Saturday, entitled “Harass Nude Girls.”
The group’s organisers stated that the new campaign is the Egyptian version of the Saudi movement, “Harass Female ...DETAILS |
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Egypt’s women fight for rights
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The Egyptian National Council for Women has condemned the statements made by the Shura Council undermining women’s rights in Egypt on Thursday.
The women’s group has threatened to take domestic and international action against the Shura Council if they follow through with their ...DETAILS |
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‘Polygamy is not the solution’
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Saudi human rights activist and writer Dr Fatma Al Zahraa Al Ansary has said Saudi women should keep demanding the right to drive until the law is changed.
Speaking to Arabstoday, Al Ansary asserted that whether the women choose to exercise the right or place little importance on it is ...DETAILS |
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Iraqi female MP calls for calm
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Independent parliamentarian Safia Taleb Ali al-Suhail has called for new efforts combating the number of armed militias on Iraq’s streets, after it was recently announced over 500 Iraqis had died in May alone.
Sectarian violence would have “negative repercussions” on the ...DETAILS |
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Court refuses Moroccan bellydancer
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A Moroccan court has refused to recognise the gender rights of a post-op bellydancer in Agadir, local media has reported.
The performer, who was formerly known as Nur al-Din but now answers to Noor as a woman, underwent the sex change operation at a beauty clinic in Lausanne, ...DETAILS |
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First female Afghan pilot graduates
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Niloofar Rhmani made history when she became the first female to successfully complete undergraduate pilot training and earn the status of pilot in Afghanistan, this May.
Rhmani, a 21-year-old Kabul native, was one of five UPT Class 12-03 graduates who will proceed to their next level of ...DETAILS |
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Female Syrian TV reporter killed
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A reporter for Syrian state television station Al-Ikhbariya has been killed while covering an army assault on the rebel stronghold of Qusayr, Syrian state television said on Monday.
"The ministry of information... announces that colleague Yara Abbas has been added to the ranks of the ...DETAILS |
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12 killed in Russia's Dagestan
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Twelve people were hospitalised and two of them were in a critical condition after a female suicide bomber blew herself up in Russia's restive Dagestan region Saturday, in the second bombing attack this week, a police spokeswoman said.
The bomber blew herself up not far from the interior ...DETAILS |
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