HERA, crowdfunding, fight trafficking Join the campaign! After a decade of fighting trafficking with entrepreneurship, HERA is gearing up for expansion. Founded in 2005, Her Equality, Rights and Autonomy (HERA) helps survivors of trafficking, conflict and other forms of violence take back control of their lives through access to professional skills development, academic expertise, creativity and entrepreneurship. In its first decade, HERA has provided training for more than 300 female survivors and 260 mentors, delivered 12 entrepreneurship and mentoring programs in four countries, and provided international micro-loans that have supported more than 500 new jobs. Leggi tutto
Greenpeace, EU bans toxic imports, textiles, ChinaYou did it! Toxic chemical banned in EU textile imports.By Yixiu Wu.A huge victory for Detox supporters came out of Europe this week as all EU member states voted to ban the toxic chemical NPE from textile imports.This decision closes a trade loophole that allowed clothing containing
The expected arrival date of 2 drugs to be used in executions has come and gone - a month ago.But Nebraska Department of Correctional Services Director Scott Frakes said Monday he is still confident the state will get the sodium thiopental and pancuronium bromide that are 2 of 3 drugs in
Governor WolfGovernor WolfGov. Wolf Tuesday asked the state Supreme Court to ignore Attorney General Kathleen Kane's challenge to his death-penalty moratorium, arguing that the justices already have decided to consider a similar petition brought by the Philadelphia District Attorney.In a court filing that
david cameron, gender pay gap, women's rightsWill the regulations be tight enough?Last week, the UK government announced plans to force companies with more than 250 employees to publish details of their gender pay gaps.To be introduced in the first half of 2016, the plan to enforce pay gap reporting is part of David Cameron’s stated
Iran: Public hanging in the Razavi Khorasan province, Jul. 2015Iran: Public hanging in the Razavi Khorasan province, Jul. 2015Iran Human Rights, July 15 2015: Official sources in Iran have reported on the public execution of a prisoner in Mahvelat County.The prisoner was charged with the rape of an 11-year-old girl who Leggi Tutto
imagine a feminist internet, meeting, join the discussionThe conversation is on!The second Imagine a Feminist Internet meeting takes place in Malaysia this week – from 22-24 July 2015.It is being organised by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) as a continuation of the space opened in 2014, where over 50 participants from women’s
Nawaz SharifNawaz SharifPakistan's state executioners have taken a rare breather this past month after a death penalty spree that has killed 176 death row prisoners since the end of December 2014.But Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has made clear that the pause in that horrific body count is strictly temporary
Gustavo GarciaGustavo GarciaHOUSTON (July 18, 2015) Gustavo Garcia, 42, who’s spent more than half his life on death row for the slaying of a suburban Dallas liquor store clerk, has lost a federal court appeal, moving a step closer to execution.The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals late Friday rejected an
Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz MarhoniMahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni: Darkness at NoonA vigil took place in London today to mark the 10th anniversary of the hanging of two Iranian gay teenagers.Ten years ago, Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni were hanged publicly in the city of Mashhad.Today in London, the Peter Tatchell Leggi Tutto
Missouri must disclose the names of the pharmacy from which it buys lethal injection drugs, a circuit court judge has ruled in yet another case challenging the Department of Corrections’ refusal to provide such information.The case was filed last year in Cole County Circuit Court by five news
Zambia's president Edgar LunguZambia's president Edgar LunguJuly 16, 2015: Zambia's President Edgar Lungu reduced the sentence of 332 prisoners awaiting death by hanging to life imprisonment to ease maximum security prison congestion. During a visit to Mukobeko Maximum Security prison, about 180 km north of Lusaka, Lungu said
Asia Bibi: on death row since 2010 over blasphemy chargesAsia Bibi: on death row since 2010 over blasphemy chargesPakistan's top court on Wednesday stopped execution of a Christian woman who had been on death row since 2010 over blasphemy charges, lawyers said.Asia Bibi, a 50-year-old, was arrested in Nankana district in Leggi Tutto
Shafqat HussainShafqat HussainA statutory human rights watchdog in Sindh, Pakistan has called for a halt to the impending execution of Shafqat Hussain, in order for allegations of torture and his young age at the time of sentencing to be examined.In an opinion published today, the Sindh Human Rights Commission
Yakub MemonYakub MemonIndia’s top court on Tuesday rejected a final appeal by Yakub Memon, a key plotter of bomb attacks that killed hundreds in Mumbai in 1993, paving the way for his execution.Media reports said Yakub Memon would hang on July 30 - more than two decades after the deadliest attacks Leggi Tutto
50:50 by 2020; women on boards, mentoring, ScotlandEncouraging more women in Scotland to apply for board positions in the public, private and third sectors.The Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), set up to help the Scottish region named Highlands and Islands be a highly successful and competitive region in which increasing numbers of people
Yakub Abdul Razak MemonYakub Abdul Razak MemonYakub Abdul Razak Memon, the death row convict in the 1993 Bombay serial blastscase, will plead for relief in the Supreme Court on Tuesday.The hearing is crucial for Memon as a Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court in Mumbai has already Leggi Tutto
tampn tax, MEPs, gender equality consultation, action neededUrgent call for European action #EndTamponTax #EUEquality.We have a chance to make a difference!!The UK can’t scrap sanitary tax alone. We have to take our fight to the European Union so that BILLIONS can benefit – and there is now a chance for us to win!A European Justice Commission
Death penalty on hold until 2016Ohio has swapped out the drugs it uses to execute death-row inmates 5 times in 6 years and it still isn't sure it's got the right combination - or a steady supply of killing drugs - to start and continue with executions.State officials have dangled the promise
Facebook, advertising, social media, effective activismWill Facebook’s new advertising strategy strangle grassroots political activism?Social media has been an awesome force that has changed the way we view the world and how we communicate with each other.On the global arena, social media platforms have been instrumental in influencing, if not
President Obama visiting the El Reno Federal Correctional InstitutionPresident Obama visiting the El Reno Federal Correctional InstitutionThe sounds give you a sense of the different parts of the institution. Dorm-style general population units are a constant murmur of activity, with TV programs blending into the sound of people talking, playing cards, Leggi Tutto
BelizeBelizeIt's been a full 30 years since the state of Belize executed anyone for murder, and this week, the last man on death row, Glenford Baptist, 44, had that sentence overturned by the Supreme Court, which will either grant him life in prison or a definitive sentence.Baptist was convicted Leggi
report, victims of human trafficking, leaving safe housesDisturbing evidence as to what happens to survivors after they leave safe houses.Survivors of modern-day slavery, some of whom have endured horrific physical, psychological and sexual abuse at the hands of traffickers, are being abandoned and are at risk of being re-trafficked, according to a
Dexter LewisDexter LewisOpening statements began Monday in the murder trial of Dexter Lewis, who is charged with stabbing 5 people to death in a Denver bar, marking the start of a rare death penalty case in Denver.It's the 1st time Denver prosecutors have tried a death penalty case since 2001, and Leggi Tutto
This report is designed for non-experts who want to understand more about Sharia law and Islamic jurisprudence as it relates to the death penalty.Sharia law is used in some countries as a reason to retain capital punishment. However, there are schools of thought among Islamic scholars stating that
South Carolina's death chamberSouth Carolina's death chamberSCDOC director 'unsuccessful in acquiring lethal injection drugs'COLUMBIA, S.C. —As South Carolina's top prison boss, Bryan Stirling must be able to carry out an execution when given the order.But Stirling told WYFF News 4 Investigates if an order to execute a death
Although bearing a Brahmin name, Dhananjoy Chatterjee was far from being a member of the Kolkata bhadralok, or intellectual elite. He was an impoverished guard in a building where an 18-year-old named Hetal Parekh was found dead in March 1990. He was convicted of having raped and killed her and was
undercover policing, #comeclean, inquiry, petition, Have they have learnt that the truth will come out eventually?A petition has been set up calling on Lord Justice Pitchford to ensure a transparent, robust and comprehensive public inquiry into undercover policing.It is demanding truth and justice for the women deceived into intimate
James E. HolmesJames E. HolmesYou can't execute a minor. You can't execute someone with a sufficiently low IQ. How does mental illness fit into that equation?Now that James Holmes has been found guilty of the terror that he brought to the Aurora theater that night 3 years ago, the real trial Leggi Tutto
President Yahya JammehPresident Yahya JammehGambia's President Yahya Jammeh has warned that death row inmates should expect to have their sentences implemented, apparently signalling an end to a 3-year unofficial moratorium on executions.The military strongman said in a meeting with religious leaders broadcast on state
women human rights defenders, UK issuesHidden women human rights defenders in the UK.By Jennifer Allsopp.Without recognising the work of women who seek to protect human rights domestically, the UK government risks seeing the activist’s role as a stage of international development rather than as a core function of
After 19 years in a Malawi prison under threat of a death sentence, Abraham Galeta has been set free, thanks to the work of students in the International Human Rights Clinic at Cornell Law School. In the process, the students acquired valuable skills they might use in future criminal cases.The
Anders BreivikAnders BreivikNorwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik has won a place to study political science at Oslo's university.The 36 year old admitted killing 77 people when he bombed central Oslo and then went on a shooting spree at a youth camp on a nearby island in 2011.Breivik has been studying
Alketa Xhafa-Mripa, Kosovo war, sexual violence in conflict, installationEnding sexual violence in conflcict: how do we move forward?Thousands of dresses fluttered from washing lines strung across the football pitch in Pristina, Kosovo on 12 June and staff from Women for Women International joined the country’s leaders and citizens at an art installation aiming to