Human Rights Related News Stories – Weekly Roundup

By • on April 21, 2013

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AUSTRALIA

FGM: Two WA girls mutilated every month: Hames (WA Today) – 18 April. Female Genital Mutilation on the rise in Western Australia

BANGLADESH

Anti Hindu Violence: Over 1500 Hindu Temples & Homes Damaged by Muslim Mobs in Bangladesh During January to March of 2013 (The Chakra) – 21 March

EGYPT

Christophobia: An Islamic Declaration of War on Christianity (FrontPageMagazine) – 17 April.

GERMANY

Free Speech Crackdown: Germany Cracks Down on Critics of Mega-Mosque (Gatestone Institute) – 16 April.

Anti Free Speech UN: UN takes Germany to task for ‘racist’ Sarrazin (TheLocal.de) – 19 April.

INDIA

Hindu Activists (Shiv Sena Gatha-Pramukha) brutally hacked by five Muslim killers in Mumbai (Stuggle for Hindu Existence) – 16 April.

IRAN

Women’s Rights:Podcast 58: Elahe Amani on Stoning and Women’s Rights in Iran (International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran) – 18 April.

PAKISTAN

Women’s Rights:Taliban ban education for girls in Miranshah (The Frontier Post) – 18 April.

TUNISIA

Women’s Rights: Tunisian Salafists storm female student hostel to stop dancing (Al Arabiya) – 18 April.

TURKEY

Freedom of Expression: Court sentences top pianist accused of tweets that insulted Islam (CNN) – (15 April).  Growth of Islamism in Turkey leads to abuse of freedom of speech.  This is what the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) wants for the West.