Saturday, May 16, 2009

May 15, 2009 - War on Women News - RealCourage.org

(Iran) Stephen McEveety produces 'Stoning of Soraya M.'
-- "Producer Stephen McEveety's new film depicts a modern stoning in Iran"
-- "adapted from the 1994 nonfiction of the same name by the French-Iranian
journalist Freidoune Sahebjam, who traveled to a small Iranian village in the
mid-1980s and came across the story of an innocent woman stoned to death over concocted charges of infidelity"
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-cannes16-2009may16,0,4480761.story?track=rss
-- Web Site for 'The Stoning of Soraya M.'
http://www.thestoning.com/


(Canada) Accused told pal plans to 'get rid' of couple
-- "'He asked me if I wanted to go to mosque to say a prayer for her,'
said Fazli. 'He said, 'She'll become a martyr. She's in paradise now.''"
-- Sister Khatera Sadiqi killed by Hasibullah Sadiqi
http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2009/05/14/9463336.html


(Canada) Honour killings 'act of purifying through blood': Expert
-- "Honour killings involve a cleansing of dishonour aimed at restoring
a family's respect after the so-called 'misbehaviour' of female relatives,
an expert told the Ottawa murder trial of Hasibullah Sadiqi on Friday."
-- "Shahrzad Mojab, a University of Toronto professor"
-- Sister Khatera Sadiqi killed by Hasibullah Sadiqi
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Honour+killings+purifying+through+blood+Expert/1601474/story.html
--- 'Honour killings' about men asserting control over women, expert tells Sadiqi murder trial
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Honour+killings+about+asserting+control+over+women+expert+tells+Sadiqi+murder+trial/1600887/story.html


(Kuwait) Fundamentalists Call for Kuwaiti Women to Boycott Elections
-- "Kuwaiti Islamic fundamentalists are urging women candidates and voters
not to participate in politics, saying it is anti-Islamic"
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-05-15-voa24.cfm




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