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by Women Living Under Muslim Laws

[Editor’s Note: First published on the website of WLUML on 10 June 2008. For more information in calling for the release of Bahá’í detainees, please visit http://wluml.org/english/actionsfulltxt.shtml? cmd[156]=i-156-562078

Six leaders of a group managing the Baha'i community's religious and administrative affairs in Iran were arrested at their homes by officers from the Ministry of Intelligence on 14 May 2008, and are now detained in Evin Prison in Tehran. A seventh person, acting secretary for the group, Mahvash Sabet, has been in detention since 5 March. The Baha'i community has long been persecuted by the Iranian government, especially since the Iranian Revolution.

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On 19 June 2008, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1820, which demands an end to sexual violence in situations of armed conflict. As the council further asserted that rape can constitute a war crime, a crime against humanity, or even genocide, it recommended that sexual violence be considered an exception in amnesty provisions. It stressed that, “that sexual violence, when used or commissioned as a tactic of war in order to deliberately target civilians or as a part of a widespread or systematic attack against civilian populations, can significantly exacerbate situations of armed conflict and may impede the restoration of international peace and security.”

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(adopted by the Security Council at its 5916th meeting on 19 June 2008)

The Security Council,

Reaffirming its commitment to the continuing and full implementation of resolution 1325 (2000), 1612 (2005) and 1674 (2006) and recalling the Statements of its president of 31 October 2001 (Security Council/PRST/2001/31), 31 October 2002 (Security Council/PRST/2002/32), 28 October 2004 (Security Council/PRST/2004/40), 27 October 2005 (Security Council/PRST/2005/52), 8 November 2006 (Security Council/PRST/2006/42), 7 March 2007 (Security Council/PRST/2007/5), and 24 October 2007 (Security Council/PRST/2007/40);

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by the Stop Killing and Stoning Women! Campaign and Women Living Under Muslim Laws

The Global Campaign Stop Killing and Stoning Women! and the Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) international solidarity network, jointly welcome the new report by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Mr. Manfred Nowak [1].

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Presented to The Human Rights Council, June 2008 Session, Geneva, Switzerland

We, the Zimbabwean women and women worldwide, urgently call for an end of violence in Zimbabwe and protection of women and girls, in this post election catastrophe. This is an emergency as the country gears up for a presidential run-off on the 27th of June 2008.The violence persists and is real. No election observers are yet in the country, despite our calls, appeals, cries to the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), the African Union (AU) and the United Nations. Zimbabwe is a full signatory to CEDAW.

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By Lisa Goh

SHAH ALAM - Human and women's rights activist Zaiton Kasim passed away at 5am Wednesday, after months of battling cancer.