Human Rights Related News Stories – Weekly Roundup
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.