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Iranian climber reportedly under house arrest after competing without hijab

Elnaz Rekabi said taken by authorities after return to Iran, pressured into a ‘forced confession’ and threatened with confiscation of family’s property

Canada’s Trudeau announces ban on handgun sales, transfers, saying “fewer guns means safer communities”

Trudeau says handgun freeze is most aggressive Canadian gun control measure "in a generation"

International lawyers protest Turkey’s rights violations of Ocalan

European lawyers called on Turkey to comply with international laws & stop violating the rights of the Kurdish leader who has been incommunicado since March '21

Iran protests: Women burn headscarves in anti-hijab protests

Escalating protests in Iran & have been burning headscarves, after the death in custody of a woman detained for breaking hijab laws

Saudi Arabia: Women’s rights activist gets 34 years in prison for her tweet criticizing the country

In mainstream Islam women have no rights. They’re seen as inferiors; according to the Quran women must be fully covered to prevent themselves from being abused

Turkey: Torture has reached “unprecedented levels”

Kurdish political prisoners were tortured & forced to attempt suicide by around 60 guards at an Constantinople prison

Turkish court upholds exit from treaty protecting women

Top administrative court has ruled that Erdogan’s decision to pull Turkey out of a key European treaty protecting women from violence was lawful

Norwegian feminist facing up to three years in prison over tweets

#LetWomenSpeak hashtag is trending

Politico: Navalny aide says the jailed Russian dissident has disappeared

"As long as we don’t know where Alexei is, he remains one-on-one with the system that has already tried to kill him", says spokesperson

Does free speech exist in Turkey? – Analysis

Levent, the director of Turkish Cypriot daily Avrupa, announced on April 26 that a court found him guilty in a case brought against him in Ankara

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