by Patricia Meehan Vásquez Managing Editor, The WIP – USA – In 2006, what to Saudi society seemed a routine case settled in Sharia court, exploded into headlines of outrage, protest and disbelief across the globe. Qatif is a center…
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A Rape Case in Saudi Arabia Explodes into International Headlines
Tagged with: Criminal Justice, human rights, Islam, law, Middle East, Qatif, rape, Saudi Arabia, Sexism, Sharia, Women's Rights
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics, The WIP Editorial
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics, The WIP Editorial
The State of Today’s World: Lives of Unspeakable Pain and Loss Create Heroes Every Day
by Patricia Vásquez Managing Editor, The WIP – USA – Think about it. The headlines scream it out. Lives of unspeakable pain and loss. And usually it is women, the caretakers of children and a vulnerable population by themselves, bear…
Tagged with: Sexual Assault, Violence Against Women, War & Conflict
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, The WIP Editorial, The World
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, The WIP Editorial, The World
At last, Dr. Haleh Esfandiari Has Been Released on Bail from Evin Prison – For Now
by Patricia Vásquez Managing Editor, The WIP – USA – A week ago, on August 15th, the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC, for which Dr. Haleh Esfandiari is the Director of The Middle East Program, was announcing the 100th…
Tagged with: Criminal Justice, Esfandiari, human rights, Iran, laws, Middle East, Political Prisoners, United States
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics, The WIP Editorial
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics, The WIP Editorial
What Landed Haleh Esfandiari in Jail, and Why Did Iranian TV Think The World Would Believe Her “Confession”?
by Patricia Vásquez Managing Editor, The WIP – USA – In the last three days, media sources worldwide, from the BBC and CNN to the Washington Post, the New York Times, and the media arm of the Woodrow Wilson International…
Tagged with: Democracy, Haleh Esfandiari, Iran, Journalism, Media, Middle East, Political Prisoners, Politics, United States, US government
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics, The WIP Editorial
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics, The WIP Editorial
Who Is Haleh Esfandiari? Why Is Iran Claiming She’s a Spy? – US-Iran Politics, Not Esfandiari, Have Incited Iran’s Crackdown
by Patricia Vásquez Managing Editor, The WIP USA An incredible story broke worldwide on Tuesday, July 17, 2007: • Haleh Esfandiari. Photograph courtesy of the WWICS • On Monday, Iranian state-run television played video clips of a tired, exhausted looking…
Tagged with: espionage, Haleh Esfandiari, Iran, Islam, national security, Political Prisoners, Politics, prisons, Tehran, United States, Women's Rights
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics, The WIP Editorial
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics, The WIP Editorial
