January 28, 2010 - War on Women - Responsible for Equality And Liberty

(Spain) Imam in Spain charged for menacing woman over veil -- Mohamed Benbrahim
-- AP: "Charges have been filed against an imam in northeastern Spain accusing him of threatening a woman who refused to wear an Islamic headscarf or abide by certain Islamic customs, prosecutors said Thursday."
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_SPAIN_IMAM_CHARGED?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2010-01-28-10-57-51

Group raps Lebanon, Jordan for mistreating Palestinians
-- Haaretz: "The governments of Jordan and Lebanon failed to adequately protect the rights of Palestinians, a new report by the group Human Rights Watch charged on Tuesday."
-- "Perpetrators of 'honor killing' in Jordan and Syria still benefit from legal provisions that mitigate their punishments."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1145270.html

UK: Tory MP claims "barbaric and medieval" views about women have been imported into Britain
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/7093843/Tory-MP-claims-barbaric-and-medieval-views-about-women-have-been-imported-into-Britain.html

UK: The secret diary of the Saudi princess who would be stoned to death if she returned home
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1217959/The-secret-diary-Saudi-princess-stoned-death-returned-home.html

Pakistan: Violence against women increases by 27 pc: official
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=221094