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WHRDIC’s statement on the detention of Ebtisam Al-Saegh in Bahrain

Bahrain: Free Woman Human Rights Defender Ebtisam Al-Saegh The Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition calls for the immediate and unconditional release of human rights defender Ebtisam Al-Saegh, and for an end to the harassment, intimidation, and threats...

WHRDIC Releases Statement about WHRDs in Turkey

The Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition (WHRDIC) released a statement expressing its solidarity with Kurdish women human rights defenders

What the Women Say: Militarism & Extremism in the MENA/Asia Region

“Challenging Extremism and Militarism: Women Standing up for Rights, Peace and Plurality” — What the Women Say in the MENA/Asia Region — March, 2015 2014 was a difficult year in the MENA/Asia region. While international policy and media attention...

Woman Human Rights Defender Shaimaa ElSabbagh Killed in Egypt

On the eve of the fourth anniversary of the January 25th Revolution, woman human rights defender (WHRD) Ms. Shaimaa Sabry Ahmed El Sabbagh, was killed in downtown Cairo while she was participating in a peaceful protest to commemorate the martyrs of the January 25th...

العالم يقف أمام مفترق طرق والنساء يملكن الحل

اجتمنا هنا، ستون امرأة ممثلات لثلاثة عشر دولة من الشرق الأوسط وشمال افريقيا وآسيا، ومعنا زميلاتنا من أوروبا وأمريكا الشمالية في تركيا لحضور المنتدى السنوي الثالث حول “حقوق المرأة والأمن والسلام” الذي تعقده الشبكة الدولية لعمل المجتمع المدني (أيكان). لدينا...