Defend International has been informed by reliable sources about the confirmation in appeal of the death sentence against Mr. Habibollah Latifi who was condemned to death after having been accused of “endangering state security”.
Morocco: 2009 Women’s Conference in Quneitra
During a well-attended women’s conference held in Qunitera, DI members in Morocco called for the elimination of social, cultural, political and economic discrimination against women. “Women have the right to equal treatment and to make decisions free from discrimination,” said DI president Ms. Widad Akrawi.
MOROCCO: 2009 WOMEN’S CONFERENCE IN QUNEITRA
DI members in Morocco called for the elimination of social, cultural, political and economic discrimination against women.
Congolese Women’s Declaration at AWID Forum
More than 1000 participants signed the Congolese Women’s Declaration at the AWID Forum, Cape Town, 15 November 2008.
“We ask all nations across the globe to take note of the holocaust of the millennium which is happening right now in the DRC, with total indifference and lack of concern from the international community. Six million of deaths, two millions internally displaced, thousands of raped women and girls”, the Declaration says.