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The development of women’s charters, manifestos and declarations serve as a demand for change and improvement in the status and lives of women; they are an articulation of the need for gender justice.

Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 73 year VI

Source: RFERL By Karim Lahidji and Guissou Jahangiri June 13, 2014 Much noise was made about the unprecedented voter turnout for the first-round elections in Afghanistan on April 5, with almost 7 million people (60 percent of […]

With the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict taking place in London, Sanam Naraghi Anderlini says ministers should take the advice of women who are working at the frontlines to end all sexual violence.

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights and the Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights publish today a report detailing prison conditions in Bahrain. This report brings the voices of current and former detainees directly to […]

Source: New York Times By JAWAD SUKHANYAR and ROD NORDLANDJUNE 7, 2014 KABUL, Afghanistan — His Juliet thinks she is pregnant with her Romeo’s child. So much for the good news. Neither is now taking […]

Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 72 year VI

Source: UK Constitutional Law Association On 2nd May, the High Court held that the UK Government must pay Serdar Mohammed (SM) compensation because British troops detained him unlawfully in Afghanistan. The case raised a myriad of international law issues, […]

silenced, expelled, imprisoned Repression of students and academics in iran Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 3 million supporters, members and activists in more than 150 countries and territories who campaign to […]

Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 71 year VI