Author: saad hussein

Prisoner’s Relief Initiative -Warda Bin Sumait (Yemen)

On the International Day of Women Human Rights Defenders 29-11-2017 , the human rights defender Warda Bin Sumait (Yemen) talks  to IOHRD about her initiative. Prisoner’s Relief Initiative: Prisoner’s Relief Initiative was launched in 2011 at Aden, in the Southern part of Republic of Yemen. The initiative aimed at improving the deteriorating and inhuman conditions…

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Iraq-Builders’ Initiative

A group of Iraqi youth organized themselves to carry out a humanitarian initiative to provide a safe roof for the poor families’, but it was only the beginning, Iraqi Builders is a voluntary team which was found after the rain storm of 2012 winter, when many roofs of poor families’ houses were unfortunately collapsed. A…

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The proposed amendment of the Iraqi Personal Status Law treats women as slaves and objectifies them

The proposed amendment of the Iraqi Personal Status Law treats women as slaves and objectifies them. It is against Iraq’s international obligations, and against any initiatives to develop the legal and judicial system that could be adopted by any country to promote and protect its citizens’ rights. Islamic representatives in the Iraqi Parliament proposed a…

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