On 19 June 2012, due to their deteriorating health, women human rights defenders Basma Al-Keumy, lawyer, and Basma Al-Rajehy, writer...
STATEMENTS
Update: Intisar Sharif Abdallah Released Unconditionally without Further Charge
Earlier this month we issued an action alert to stop the stoning of Intisar Sharif Abdallah* in Sudan. We are...
Declaration of the Senegalese Feminist Forum statement during the Reflection on the Malian Crisis Meeting
We, members of the Senegalese Feminist Forum, would like to express our full support for the Malian people and especially...
Bahrain: Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition Statement on Bahrain in Solidarity with Al Khawaja
The Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition (WHRD IC) stands in solidarity with Abdulhadi Al Khawaja and women human rights...
VNC Statement: The Vatican’s Crackdown Against the Nuns Is Unacceptable and Deplorable
We, the Violence is not our Culture Campaign, stand in solidarity with the US-based Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR)...
International: Statement of Feminist and Women’s Organisations on the very Limited and Concerning Results of the 56th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
We, the undersigned organisations and individuals across the globe, are alarmed and disappointed that the United Nations Commission on the...
International: Open letter to President of the Human Rights Council regarding sexual orientation and gender identity
Ms. Laura Dupuy Laserre President of the Human Rights Council Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights...
Uganda: WLUML/VNC Statement on the Situation of LGBT Activists in Uganda
WE CONDEMN RENEWED THREATS TO UGANDAN LGBT RIGHTS DEFENDERS The Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) international solidarity network and...
Update: Iran: Parastou Dokouhaki and Marzieh Rasouli held in Solitary Confinement in Evin Prison
Parastoo Dokouhaki and Marzieh Rasouli, Iranian journalists and bloggers who were arrested last week, are being kept in solitary cells...
Update: Iran: Alieh Eghamdoust released from prison after serving three year sentence
Alieh Eghdam Doust, women’s rights activist was released from prison today on January 8, 2011 after serving a three year...