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Gay Saudis tortured, flogged and executed

Defend gay Muslims persecuted by fundamentalism
17 May is “International Day Against Homophobia”
Saudi Arabia is one of the world's most homophobic countries. Gay people are routinely arrested, jailed, tortured, flogged and sometimes executed

Protest against Saudi torture and executions

Join our protest on the International Day Against Homophobia.

Tuesday 17 May 2005
12 noon to 2pm
Saudi Arabian Embassy
30 Charles Street, London W1J 5DZ (nearest tube Green Park)

Muslim call for Islamic reformation

Muslim call for Islamic reformation
Irshad Manji plans progressive Muslim think-tank
London meeting to challenge fundamentalism

BIRTH CONTROL BY DECREE IN UZBEKISTAN

03-05-2005 12:58 | Gender | Repression | Social Struggles | World

A family planning campaign that looks benign is marred by allegations of forced sterilisation on a wide scale.

By Malik Boboev, Galima Bukharbaeva and Yusuf Rasulov in Andijan and Tashkent.

Nora Castañeda and Angelica Alvarez bring the Venezuelan Revolution to Europe

29-04-2005 11:29 | Gender | Social Struggles | World

The first European tour by Venezuelan women, began in London (via Barcelona) on 13 March. Nora Castañeda, president of the Women’s Development Bank (Banmujer) and Angelica Alvarez, promoter co-ordinator of Banmujer in Bolivar state received a warm and enthusiastic welcome at the packed Crossroads Women’s Centre, base of the Global Women’s Strike. The strike co-ordinated the tour as part of its activities for International Women’s Day and the UN Year of Micro-credit.

Irshad Manji speaks in London

The theme of Ms Manji's talk in London will be 'Faith + Politics + Human Rights' and will follow from the issues raised in her book 'The Trouble with Islam...'

Royal Wedding – Gays demand marriage rights too

Tatchell detained under Terrorism Act
Windsor public support same-sex marriage rights
Gay marriage ban is illegal under Human Rights Act

Pope opposed gay and women's rights - Condom ban killed millions

While the Pope's opposition to war and poverty was commendable, his attacks on the human rights of women and gay people were gravely immoral.

Zimbabwe exiles call for people’s uprising

Archbishop’s appeal for anti-Mugabe rebellion praised - Elections condemned as “rigged” and “not free, not fair”.
Zimbabwean exiles and UK supporters urged a “general strike and people’s uprising to overthrow President Mugabe’s tyranny”, today Thursday 31 March 2005.

Equality Bill excludes gay rights

Protection from discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation has been excluded from five key provisions of the government’s new Equality Bill.

My escape from homophobic hell in Algeria

Algerian homosexuals are caught between the twin barbarisms of a totalitarian state and a clerical fascist opposition. Everyone is against us. Human rights groups in Algiers do nothing to defend ‘sodomites’. In their view, there is no such thing as gay human rights.

Iraq demo: Anti-Islamist protest

OutRage! backed the call for “Britain and the US to set a timetable for the withdrawal of troops,” but it opposed calls for “Troops Out Now”; warning that “a hasty withdrawal could pave the way for the seizure of power by Saddam loyalists or Islamic fundamentalists.”

Film: Women In Black womens day action, Bristol UK

17-03-2005 13:59 | Anti-militarism | Gender | World

Women In Black hold a silent vigil for peace and justice in Bristol, UK. The vigil was held on International Womens Day (08.03.05).

Deutsche Bank - Gay Muslim protest

Supporters of victimised gay Muslim employee, Sid Saeed, picketed a business conference, organised by Deutsche Bank, at the Great Eastern Hotel in London, this morning, Wednesday 16 March 2005.

Iraq vigil - International Women’s Day

Call for a secular, democratic Iraq – No Sharia law
Freedom for Iraqi women and gays

Canada grabs Bi-Woman on IntlWomensDay.

08-03-2005 16:45 | Gender | Repression | Social Struggles | World

A Bisexual woman Wendy Maxwell was grabbed by Canadian authorities at an Intl Women's day event. Threatened with deportation.

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Vigil - Solidarity with Iraqi women - 8 March 12 noon

Please try to attend this vigil in support of Iraqi women on International Women's Day, Tuesday 8 March, at 12 noon, outside the Iraqi Embassy in London (full details below).

Gay Muslim fights bank harassment

OutRage! backs fight for justice

A gay Muslim business manager is bringing a claim of racial victimisation and homophobic harassment against the London division one of the world’s biggest financial institutions, the German conglomerate, Deutsche Bank.

You can help the world's women get equal rights

Your action is urgently needed to encourage the US to join other nations around the world in advancing women's equality.

Men who batter women are terrorists

13-02-2005 03:57 | Gender | Repression | London | World

In the U.S. , the FBI definition of "terrorist" also describes men who beat and rape women.

World Gender Newswire Archive

Gay Saudis tortured, flogged and executed

Protest against Saudi torture and executions

Muslim call for Islamic reformation

BIRTH CONTROL BY DECREE IN UZBEKISTAN

Nora Castañeda and Angelica Alvarez bring the Venezuelan Revolution to Europe

Irshad Manji speaks in London

Royal Wedding – Gays demand marriage rights too

Pope opposed gay and women's rights - Condom ban killed millions

Zimbabwe exiles call for people’s uprising

Equality Bill excludes gay rights

My escape from homophobic hell in Algeria

Iraq demo: Anti-Islamist protest

Film: Women In Black womens day action, Bristol UK

Deutsche Bank - Gay Muslim protest

Iraq vigil - International Women’s Day

Canada grabs Bi-Woman on IntlWomensDay.

Vigil - Solidarity with Iraqi women - 8 March 12 noon

Gay Muslim fights bank harassment

You can help the world's women get equal rights

Men who batter women are terrorists

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