Ahed Tamimi Sentenced to 8 Months Under Plea Bargain,claims ‘no justice’ after ruling

‘No Justice Under Occupation:’ Ahed Tamimi Sentenced to 8 Months Under Plea Bargain She was arrested in December after a video showing her slapping an Israeli soldier went viral. Palestinian teen activist Ahed Tamimi and her mother Nariman were sentenced to eight months in prison and a US$1,500 fine as their legal team accepted a plea bargain with military …

The Women’s Court in the former Yugoslavia – 1990s war crimes

Yesterday May 7 the Women’s Court on war crimes against women during the war in the 1990ies formally started in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Women have come together from all the corners of the former-Yugoslavia to participate in the Women’s Court in Sarajevo, to demand justice for the crimes committed against them during the wars and the …

It isn’t justice for Purvi Patel to serve 20 years in prison for an abortion

please sign the petition here Abortion is illegal in the United States. So is having a stillbirth – not officially, perhaps, but thanks to a case in Indiana, we’re halfway there. On Monday, Purvi Patel, a 33 year old woman who says that she had a miscarriage, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for …

Honduran Court Declares Feminist Leader Guilty

Gladys Lanza’s defense indicates they will continue fighting for her. Feminist leader Gladys Lanza has been found guilty on the charge of defamation against the public official Juan Carlos Reyes, and is facing up to four years in prison and is barred from participating in political organizations. However her defense says that this is not …

Save 26 year old Rayhaneh Jabbari from being hanged in Iran

Iranian authorities have today confirmed that a woman convicted of killing a man whom she said tried to sexually abuse her will be hanged tomorrow morning at a prison west of Tehran, Amnesty International said. Reyhaneh Jabbari was sentenced to death in 2009 after a deeply flawed investigation and trial which failed to examine all …