by admin_HRWF | Mar 12, 2022 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Saudi blogger Raif Badawi released from prison Badawi’s wife, Ensaf Haidar, says she has spoken to Badawi, who had served a 10-year sentence for “insulting Islam”. Al Jazeera (11.03.2022) – https://bit.ly/3w5mTZw – The Saudi blogger Raif Badawi has been...
by admin_HRWF | Jan 12, 2021 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Relatives have alleged the babies at mother and baby homes were mistreated because they were born to unmarried women. Al Jazeera (12.01.2021) – https://bit.ly/3i783Zv – One of the Catholic Church’s darkest chapters will be revisited on Tuesday when...
by admin_HRWF | Jan 6, 2021 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Masoumeh Ebtekar, vice president for women and family affairs, dedicated the move to ‘worthy and patient Iranian women’ in a tweet. By Maziar Motamedi Al Jazeera (04.01.2021) – https://bit.ly/35dPcqk – The government of Iran’s President...
by admin_HRWF | Dec 2, 2020 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
For transgender Christians shunned by their own community, the new church is a refuge from a lifetime of pain. Al Jazeera (26.11.2020) – https://bit.ly/3lAkU6C – Pakistan’s Christian transgender people, often mocked, abused and bullied, say they...
by admin_HRWF | Nov 2, 2020 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
While Taiwan’s borders remains closed to most foreigners, organisers still expect to attract more than 100,000 people to the gay pride event. By Erin Hale Al Jazeera (31.10.2020) – https://bit.ly/3250QCi – With a backdrop of...