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Liban: Propositions pour juger la violence domestique hors des tribunaux religieux
Ghida Anani, coordinatrice de KAFA, une organisation libanaise luttant contre les formes d’exploitation et de violence envers les femmes, estime que trois quart des femmes libanaises ont subi, à un moment ou à un autre de leur vie des violences physiques.
Lebanon: Move to take domestic violence cases out of religious courts
As lawmakers struggle to form a government three months after Lebanon's parliamentary elections, women's rights activists await the opening of parliament to debate a new bill on domestic violence.
Sri Lanka: Cabinet approves proposal of Reforms to Muslim matrimonial law
The Cabinet has approved a proposal by the Minister of Justice and Law Milinda Moragoda to bring in certain reforms to the Muslim personal law and to uplift the system of Quazi courts and enhances the knowledge of Quazis.
Bangladesh: Ruling on extra-judicial punishments by beating and lashing in Shalish
The High Court today issued a Rule Nisi today on the Government and the Inspector General of Police as follows:
Thailand: Constitution is no place for Buddhism
No Thai kings have ever allowed secular and spiritual affairs to be mixed.
Update: Afghanistan: Law Curbing Women’s Rights Takes Effect
President Karzai Makes Shia Women Second-Class Citizens for Electoral Gain.
MISE A JOUR: Afghanistan: Une nouvelle loi qui restreint les droits des femmes entre en vigueur
Le président Karzaï relègue les femmes chiites au rang de citoyennes de deuxième classe en vue d’obtenir le soutien des fondamentalistes lors du scrutin présidentiel.
Mali: Nouveau code de la famille au Mali: Vote largement positif
Le nouveau Code de la famille du Mali adopté le 4 août améliore le droit des femmes dans ce pays. Son application nécessite toutefois un engagement constant des autorités publiques, loin d’être acquis sur le long terme.
Mali: Threats of violence greet new family code
While rights groups are celebrating a newly-adopted family code in Mali that changes marriage laws and expands girls’ rights, Muslim leaders and youths have vowed, even threatening violence, to block the code from becoming law.
Syria: No Exceptions for "Honour Killings"
A recent penal code change is positive, but call for equal punishment for all murders, including 'honour killings'.
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