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A Woman Leader in the Indian Forest

It can take over an hour and a half by car from the guarded entrance of the forest to the village. It takes four hours walk to get a cell-phone recharged. In…

Free Egyptians Party calls for sexual harassment law

Egypt’s liberal leaning Free Egyptians Party declared its support for the calls and demands by women’s rights organizations and NGOs in the country, which have…

Lithuanian President Says Ukraine Must Guarantee Opposition Rights

Lithuania's president has warned Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych that his government needs to guarantee the rights of all opposition prisoners or risk…

FEMEN: Getting Naked to Change the World

Oksana Shachko, a girl with a doll-like face, is supposed to go to prison for five years. Shachko is a Ukrainian women's rights activist from FEMEN, and her…

Colombia: Women's Rights organisation attacked

On 7 May, shots were fired into the office of a women’s rights organization in Bogota, Colombia. This follows a series of attacks and intimidation against…

The Iranian Who Freed U.S. Hostages is Now Hostage Himself

By Farah Mawani: "I felt a kinship with Masoud Shafii (Sarah, Shane and Josh's lawyer in Iran) from the start, because I could sense across continents and…

Philippines: Rape victim accuses mayor

The two representatives of Gabriela Women’s Party accompanied a minor who alleged that she was raped by Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija vice mayor Romeo R. Borja as…

'Iran: Stop Playing Games With My Lawyer's Life' - says Sarah Shourd

"Mr. Masoud Shafii did everything in his power to defend Josh's, Shane's and my innocence within the parameters of Iranian law. When his efforts were stymied,…

World Press Freedom Day 2012 - The Story of Marcela Turati

Marcela Turati is a journalist for the magazine Proceso, where she has been covering the social effects of violence related to drug trafficking in Mexico,…

Body of Mexican journalist found beaten, strangled

The body of Martínez was found in her home on Saturday evening in Xalapa, the capital of the Gulf Coast state of Veracruz, according to news reports. She had…

The Chinese activist who helped Chen Guangcheng escape

A Chinese activist who helped "barefoot lawyer" Chen Guangcheng escape his lengthy house arrest in the dead of night has herself been detained, a US rights…

Hungarian home births champion to move from house arrest to jail

Saturday will be the 494th day of Agnes Géreb's house arrest in Budapest. For the past 16 months, the midwife and internationally recognised home-birth expert…