The new religious code issued late last month bans women from raising their voices, reciting the Quran in public, and looking ...

Besides imposing severe rules on women, new laws require men to grow fist-length beards and bar them from imitating ...

Rhyl High School in Denbighshire, North Wales, has been slammed for its 'draconian' toilet policy that sees metal shutters ...

Northern Uttar Pradesh state, known for anti-Christian violence, is set to introduce stiffer force conversion penalties ...

Censorship done at arm's length is still censorship.

The plight of Afghanistan’s women in 2024 provides a grim coda to the saga of the U.S.’s role in the country since 2001. It’s ...

The reintroduction of “draconian” laws has led to a spate of chilling violence and murder in a troubled region of the world. In recent months, LGBTQ communities across Africa have faced increased ...

The law outlines punishments for violations, which will be enforced by the Taliban's morality police, known as Muhtaseebs, who can detain individuals for up to three days. The United Nations (UN ...

A transgender model and popular influencer in the nation of Georgia was stabbed to death in her apartment in a “premeditated” attack, according to authorities, a day after Parliament passed a sweeping ...

As the Taliban begins enforcing new draconian laws, Afghan women say that whatever hopes they once harbored for an easing of ...

In plenty of states, however, pregnant women are being denied life-saving care because doctors fear they might go to jail due ...