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Human Rights Lawyer announces sit-in outside Bar Association
"Zealots on motorcycles are throwing acid at women whose veils are deemed too loose in the ancient city of Isfahan. Are they defying the law or enforcing it?"
The
27-year-old Soheila Jurk Esch was the first victim. She stopped just
short side of the road in the center of Isfahan – because her mother
called on the phone. The consequences of
the attack was horrible. Acid met Jurk Esch on the face, neck, hands and
legs. With her one eye she will never see again, on the other hand, it
has only 20 to 30 percent vision. “What was their offense?” The father
asked angrily. “She has not committed a single crime. She was a
confident, proud young woman.” Now they have lost their courage. Click here for details.
More than 200 Roma, including around 50 children, living in
an informal settlement near Bobigny in the north eastern suburbs of
Paris, are at high risk of being evicted in the next 48 hours despite
the High Court in Bobigny declaring in July that there was no urgent
need to carry out the eviction. Click here for more information and what you can do TODAY!
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, "The same members of Congress who voted against Senate
legislation to expand background checks designed to keep guns out of the
hands of dangerous people like domestic abusers, rapists and other
criminals …despite the fact that 90% of Americans support expanding Brady background checks.The same members of Congress who still HAVE NOT signed on to sponsor
the House bill in support of expanding background checks to ALL online
and gun show sales!!We all know that Brady background checks work, stopping more than 2
million gun sales to prohibited purchasers over the past 20 years."
This is a fast moving story with potentially good news for the girls who were kidnapped six months ago. Here are some links provided by one of our members.