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Women's Rights in Iran

Legal Counseling in Cases of Divorce and Manslaughter

According to Iranian law, women do not have the same rights as men in many cases. The Iranian women's organization RAAHI offers women legal counseling, especially in cases of divorce or murder charges. Jasmin Tiefensee visited the organization in Tehran
Journalism or Propaganda?

Prejudice and Media Perception in the Middle East

Where do authentic images end and biased reporting or even propaganda begin? Media experts and journalists from the Middle East recently discussed all these issues and more at a conference in Germany. Arian Fariborz reports
Journalists in War Zones

A Deadly Grey Area

With military conflicts growing increasingly complex, the safety of journalists in battle zones and troubled areas is becoming a major issue. More and more, journalists and media workers are moving in a deadly grey area. By Petra Tabeling
Highlighting Sisi's systematic crackdown

Lawyers detained in Egypt receive CCBE Human Rights Award

The CCBE – European Council of Bars and Law Societies – recently honoured seven Egyptian lawyers with its prestigious Human Rights Award to draw attention to the Egyptian regime's ongoing repression of civil society. By Sofian Philip Naceur
The icon of Tahrir Square in Baghdad and Cairo

Arab Spring and October Revolution

The past enthusiasm of the Egyptians lives on in the Iraqis of today. But just as they were nine years ago in Cairo, current prospects in Baghdad are dim. A comparison by Birgit Svensson
New law on Turkish bar associations

Damaging judicial impartiality

While the government claims the new lawyers' act will be more pluralistic and democratic, lawyers believe it will harm the right to free trial and split them down political lines. By Ayşe Karabat
DITIB Central Mosque in Cologne

A place to pray, a place to meet

For many Muslims in western Germany, a dream has finally come true. Years behind schedule, the Central Mosque in Cologne finally opened its doors in the middle of Ramadan. The faithful can now pray there every day. Ulrike Hummel went along to see it
NSU documentary: "Der Kuafor aus der Keupstraße"

Probing the open wound

Directed by Andreas Maus, the documentary "Der Kuafor aus der Keupstraße" highlights police negligence surrounding the right-wing terrorist NSU’s 2004 nail bombing in Cologne and the failures of the German state. Petra Tabeling saw the film
German mini-series: ″Mitten in Deutschland: NSU″

Don't look the other way!

The NSU neo-Nazi terrorist trial barely makes the headlines anymore. A German TV miniseries on their alleged murders also met with little interest. Sarah Judith Hofmann wonders whether Germans are even interested in the case being solved
Interview

Etgar Keret: The Ambivalence of the Wall

Best-selling Israeli author Etgar Keret has often been critical of his country's political stance against the Palestinians. In this interview with Siegrid Brinkmann he talks about violence in Israeli society and the ambivalence of the Middle-East conflict.