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12 10 2010
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The most influential woman in the UK
JK Rowling, the writer who created Harry Potter, has been named the most influential woman in the UK by leading magazine editors. Rowling, who recently donated £10 million to set up a new multiple sclerosis research clinic in Edinburgh, was chosen for her writing skills, tenacity to succeed and phi
12 10 2010
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Sajjad Ghaderzadeh and Houtan Kian have been arrested
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani’s son and lawyer, Sajjad Ghaderzadeh and Houtan Kian respectively, were arrested along with two German journalists in Tabriz on 10 October 2010 at 1900 hours local time. The security forces raided the lawyer’s office where an interview was taking place and arrested all fou
12 10 2010
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Gay activist detained in Minsk
On Monday, 11 October during the campaign "Sexual Revolution" in Minsk, gay activist Sergei Praded was detained. As reported by friends of Sergei Praded, yesterday in Minsk a protest was staged aimed at drawing attention to the situation of homosexuals in Belarus. "Sergei was arrested yesterday an
11 10 2010
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Gay rights in Africa: now for the good news
In Kenya, David Kuria – a gay man – is standing for the senate. If elected, he'll be the second openly gay politician in Africa (the first is South Africa's Ian Ollis). Kuria, who is director of the Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya (GALCK), is already well known to Kenyans from frequent TV appeara
11 10 2010
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Belgrade Clash
More than 100 Serbian policemen and civilians were injured and dozens more were arrested in skirmishes that broke out less than a mile from Belgrade’s first gay Pride Parade in nine years. Police tossed tear-gas canisters to disperse anti-gay protesters and three fire trucks were dispatched to the
07 10 2010
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https://lesbi.ge/s/3jt/
Obama no better than Bush for Afghanistan
OTTAWA - Malalai Joya, a rights activist and former Afghan MP, says U.S. President Barack Obama's policies in Afghanistan are as bad as those of his predecessor, George W. Bush. She says Obama's surge of troops into her country has made things worse for ordinary Afghans. Joy says that while Canada
02 10 2010
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https://lesbi.ge/s/b2n/
Call for Release of Nasrin Sotoudeh
Nobel Peace Laureate and Iranian lawyer, Dr Shirin Ebadi, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, the International Commission of Jurists, the International Federation for Human Rights, the Iranian League for the Defence of Human Rights (LDDHI)
02 10 2010
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Anti-burqa ban protest in France
Two French female students have made a film of the pair of them strolling through the streets of Paris in a niqab, bare legs and mini-shorts as a critique of France's recently passed law. Calling themselves the "Niqabitches," the veiled ladies can be seen strutting past prime ministerial offices an
01 10 2010
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NETHERLANDS: BURQA BAN AND IMMIGRATION CUTS
The coalition agreement drawn up by the three right-wing parties forming a new government includes a ban on the burqa and a commitment to major cuts in immigration, the Telegraaf reports. The new coalition is also planning a number of measures to reduce immigration 'very substantially', the paper
30 09 2010
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NOBEL PEACE LAUREATE REFUSED ENTRY INTO ISRAEL
Israeli authorities today refused to allow Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire into Israel. As Maguire is appealing the denial of entry, she is now being held until her appeal can be heard by the court. The Irish peace activist—who won her Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for her work bringing peace to N
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GRADATION - installation for The Trans Day of Remembrance
GRADATION is a collaborative installation of Women's Initiatives Supporting Group (WISG) and artist Uta Bekaia, supported by Propaganda.network. The voices and video images used in the installation belong to Transfeminist activists and our sisters - Amanda, Gabi, Nata, Tako. All of us are united by the grief that will forever remind us about our Trans sisters killed in the recent years, but we are also united by the same goal - to achieve living in a country and in the society free from Transphobia! #TDOR
GRADATION - installation for The Trans Day of Remembrance
Queer Sisters Run - Social and Environmental Justice