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The triple whammy.
By Deniz Kandiyoti
Caught in the cross-fire of political opportunism, neo-liberal triumphalism and geopolitical adventurism, feminist platforms are in retreat. Only a politics of coalition building can avert their eclipse.
Eclipses are rare and mercifully transitory phenomena. They come about when planets enter into a specific alignment that plunges us into darkness. Had there been a political equivalent of such phenomena I would venture to say that women’s right s- which have ostensibly never enjoyed greater international visibility – are heading for dangerously turbulent times.
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Pakistan has executed a militant for his role in a 2004 sectarian killing, bringing to 19 the number of executions carried since a 6-year moratorium on the death penalty was lifted in the wake of the Taliban school massacre in Peshawar.Pakistan on Saturday (Jan 17) hanged a sectarian militant
Nusakambangan Island PrisonIndonesia on Sunday put to death six people convicted of drugs offences, including five foreigners, in the first executions carried out under new President Joko Widodo.Two women were among those executed by firing squad, in a move swiftly condemned by Amnesty17
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Prime Minister Tony Abbott has appealed directly to Indonesian president Joko Widodo to show mercy to two Australian men on death row in his country.Myuran Sukamaran and Andrew Chan were sentenced to death in 2006 for their roles in the so-called Bali Nine's attempt to traffic heroin to
Statement on use of midazolam for death penaltyJanuary 16, 2015Roche is aware of the use of the benzodiazepine midazolam as part of a drug combination for executions under the death penalty in the U.S.Roche did not supply midazolam for death penalty use and would not knowingly provide any of our
‘We try to go peacefully, just ask for the truth but all we keep getting is lies’.By Amrit Wilson.In the last few weeks of 2014, I joined thousands of people in London to demonstrate in solidarity with Mike Brown’s family and the protesters in Ferguson.On one occasion outside the US
Isil terrorists throw man off roof 'for being gay'Northern Iraq, December 2014 (file photo)Al-Qaeda-linked militants have publicly executed a woman accused of adultery in northwestern Syria, a monitoring group said Wednesday.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that in total 14 people had15
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A Brazilian drug felon has been told he will be executed on Saturday night in a move that will strike fear into the hearts of the Bali 9 members on death row.Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira, who will be the 1st foreigner to be executed in Indonesia this year, was transferred to an isolation Leggi15
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Jakarta. Indonesia’s attorney general announced on Thursday that the country would execute six convicted drug traffickers on Sunday, five of whom are foreign citizens.“The execution of five people will be carried out on Jan. 18 in Nusa Kambangan and one other in Boyolali, Central Java,” Attorney15
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Oklahoma's brand new death chamberWith a renovated death chamber, new training and a higher dose of drugs, corrections officials in Oklahoma were ready Thursday to carry out the first execution there since April, when the slipshod, prolonged killing of Clayton D. Lockett forced the state to suspend15
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Even where they should feel safest, in their homes and communities, girls feel threatened.What comes to mind when you hear the phrase “violence against women”? A wife seeking refuge from an abusive husband after another beating, a young woman sexually assaulted on her way home from a night14
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Labour’s mission: to go ‘in search of these missing women’s voices’ to ensure that they are heard in May’s election.New research commissioned by the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party Harriet Harman is shaping Labour’s new ‘Missing Millions’ policy.The research revealed that 9.1 million women
Brazil and the Netherlands have recalled their ambassadors from Indonesia after the execution of two of their nationals for drug trafficking.Brazilian Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira, 53, and Dutch national Ang Kiem Soe, 52, were among six people who faced the firing squad on Sunday.The other four17
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Pasir Putih Prison, on Nusakambangan Island,Central Java, Indonesia, where the 3 Bali bomberswere executed by firing squad on Nov. 9, 2008.The five death-row convicts set to face the firing squad on Nusakambangan Island in Cilacap regency, Central Java, have reportedly accepted their fate. The17
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Brazilian convict Marco Moreira (right) and attorneyThe executions of five foreigners and an Indonesian woman sentenced to death on drug charges will go ahead despite international pleas, Indonesian officials say.A last-minute personal appeal by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff to spare her16
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‘Men watched them in intimate situations such as while naked, partly dressed, in the shower or on the toilet.’A report ‘I Am Human: Refugee women’s experiences of detention in the UK’, has been published recently that looked at the experiences of 38 women who came to the UK to seek asylum and15
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Andrew Chan (let) and Myuran Sukumaran (right)Australian Myuran Sukumaran will not be executed until his co-Bali Nine conspirator Andrew Chan is formally denied presidential clemency.Indonesia will execute six death row drug convicts on Sunday, four of whom are foreigners.All had their final2 more condemned prisoners including Lashkar-e-Jhangvi activist Mohammad Saeed alias Maulvi and Zahid alias Zahidu were hanged at Karachi central prison and Kot Lakhpat jail, Lahore, respectively, on Wednesday morning.An anti-terrorism court in Karachi had found Saeed guilty for shooting Police15
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January, 15, 2014 - Andrew and Myuran, two young Australians, face execution in Indonesia. They have admitted trying totrafficdrugs to Australia. They have exhausted their appeals. All that cansave them is clemency from Indonesia’s President, Joko Widodo. We ask you to help in respectfully seeking
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Governor Tom CorbettA man convicted of a 2008 shooting death in York City could be the last prisoner executed by the state, at least until Gov.-elect Tom Wolf has served his term or terms in office.Wolf has said he supports a moratorium on the death penalty and he won't sign execution warrants15
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Bid to banish the words and idea of ‘child prostitution’ to the history books.Campaigning MP Ann Coffey has tabled a series of amendments to the Serious Crime Bill to remove all references to ‘child prostitution’ from legislation.Coffey pointed out that the term ‘child prostitute’ is an14
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Reducing exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals in our everyday environment may stop cancers before they start.MEP Christel Schaldemose has told an inter-party meeting of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) active on cancer today that: “Effective regulation of endocrine disrupting14
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Andrew BrannanA decorated Vietnam War veteran was executed by lethal injection at 8:33 p.m. on Tuesday at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson.Andrew Brannan, 66, becomes the first person executed in the United States in 2015.The U.S. Supreme Court and the Georgia Supreme18
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Shiraz, Iran, January 17, 2015The first public executions of 2015 were carried out in Shiraz this morning. There were several children among those watching the hangings.Iran Human Rights, January 17, 2015: Two prisoners were hanged publicly in Shiraz (Southern Iran) today.According to theThe Commission of Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) joined forces with human rights NGOs to oppose the execution of six death-row convicts in Boyolali, West Java, and Nusakambangan Island, West Java, scheduled for Sunday, saying it would not solve the illegal drug problem.“We are
Two Islamic State jihadists are about to throw a gay manto his death in Mosul, Iraq. January 2015 (PinkNews)The Islamic State (ISIS) has released shocking images showing the execution of two men for being gay.Some of the images are too disturbing to be reproduced on PinkNews, even with a Leggi16
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‘Rights of victims of violence now guaranteed outside their own country’.Victims of violence, especially those who have suffered domestic abuse or stalking, will be guaranteed better protection in any state which is a member of the European Union now, due to new rules which entered into force15
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Charles Warner9 months and $100,000 later, Oklahoma plans to execute 4 prisoners using the same controversial drugs that led to gruesome scenes last AprilThe last time Oklahoma executed a prisoner, Clayton Lockett in April 2014, the triple-cocktail procedure unraveled into scenes that even a
Saudi Arabia on Wednesday beheaded a convicted Pakistani drug trafficker and 1 of its own citizens who killed a soldier.Mahmoud Massih Iqbal Massih was executed in Qatif near the Gulf coast for heroin trafficking, the Saudi interior ministry said.At the same time, Rakan bin Eid bin Bikheet15
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Central to a new campaign is one big fundamental question…A new campaign on breast cancer is looking at the environment, people’s occupations and at the obstacles to getting both of these risk factors taken seriously in the current breast cancer debate.From Pink to Prevention is a new breast15
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Singapore Changi PrisonThe highest court of the land has laid down the touchstone for the imposition of the death penalty in murder cases where judges have the leeway to spare offenders the gallows.When a murderer clearly demonstrates a "blatant disregard for the sanctity of human life" the15
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Public execution in Iran (file photo)Five prisoners were convicted of drug-related charges. At least 28 people have been executed in the first two weeks of 2015 in Iran.Iran Human Rights, January 14, 2015: Five prisoners were hanged in the prison of Arak (Central Iran) Tuesday January 13, reported14
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“It is vital that all victims are treated with sensitivity and respect and that their allegations are investigated thoroughly.”A joint protocol, created and implemented by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the police, was launched last week, setting out how to deal with all rape cases13
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Young feminists speak out.By Maria Deiana and Claire Pierson.More than a decade since the Good Friday Agreement, Northern Ireland’s peace has failed to address women’s demands for inclusion and equality, and the peace remains incomplete.On the one hand, women express dissatisfaction with an