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Friday December 27th, 2019

First woman dies in Egypt prison

Proposed by Mimika Kritsanidou An Egyptian woman died in Qanater Prison in Egypt yesterday after her health deteriorated, making her the first female fatality in an Egyptian jail. Some 900 women have being detained in Egypt since the 2013 coup, 70 are still in prison and are being subjected to serious physical and psychological violations, …

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Tuesday June 25th, 2019

Cyprus: Serial killer locked up for life

Source: Kathimerini of Cyprus – English edition Court sentences Nikos Metaxas to life in prison hours after he pleads guilty to murder charges Nikos Metaxas was sentenced to life in prison on Monday (24-6-19) for the murders of five women and two children, just hours after he pleaded guilty in an unprecedented serial killer case …

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Wednesday June 5th, 2019

STATEMENT: STOP SURROGACY NOW CAMPAIGN

Posted by Sissy Vovou We are women and men of diverse ethnic, religious, cultural, and socio-economic backgrounds from all regions of the world. We come together to voice our shared concern for women and children who are exploited through surrogacy contract pregnancy arrangements. Together we affirm the deep longing that many have to be parents. …

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Monday May 13th, 2019Tuesday May 14th, 2019

Turkey – Increase in Femicide Killings & Sexual Assault of Women & Girls

Femicide is the gender-related crime where females, from embryo to fetus, infant to child, adult to old, are murdered or forced to commit suicide by a man merely because “they are females” or because “they are acting against the social codes of their gender identity”. Femicides must not be perceived as murders in which only …

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Tuesday April 9th, 2019

Rwanda – President Orders Release of Women & Girls Jailed for Abortions

Women’s rights activists welcome the presidential pardon of 367 female prisoners as evidence of progress. By Samuel Okiror – April 5, 2019 The women are expected to be released immediately under the presidential prerogative. “Pursuant to the powers conferred upon him by the laws … the president of the republic informed the cabinet meeting that …

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