A group of young women in the city of Karaj in the northwestern province of Alborz were “identified and summoned” by Iranian authorities after they participated in an Ashura procession without hijabs.
One of Dubai’s ruler's daughters made headlines after she posted on Instagram that she would seek a divorce on July 17th, a rare move for a princess in the United Arab Emirates.
As France prepares to kick off and welcome the world to the upcoming Olympics and Paralympics Summer Games of 2024, which will take place from July 26th to August 11th, French secularism (also called laïcité in French) is in the spotlight once more after a human rights organization published a report condemning the French government's decision to bar its athletes from wearing the hijab while competing in the Olympics.
Female suicide bombers targeted a wedding, a hospital, and a funeral in a series of coordinated terrorist attacks in northern Nigeria that killed over 30 people, according to local authorities on June 30th.
A series of suicide attacks in Nigeria, targeting a wedding ceremony, a hospital, and a funeral, have claimed the lives of at least 18 people and left dozens more injured. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the explosions pic.twitter.com/YzPVKsVKoa
A court in Iraq sentenced one of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s wives to death after she was charged with being allegedly complicit in crimes committed by the Islamic State against Yazidi women, Iraq’s judiciary announced on July 10th.
The criminal court in Baghdad imposed a death sentence on the wife of terrorist criminal Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi for collaborating with ISIS and imprisoning Yezidi women in her home. pic.twitter.com/usnl3DnW5l
An Irish woman who was barred from leaving Dubai in the United Arab Emirates after being charged with “attempting suicide” for reportedly suffering domestic violence was finally allowed to leave, adding she was “so relieved... thankful and grateful” to have returned to Ireland.
Amidst mounting reports of sexual violence being inflicted on women and girls held in detention in Afghanistan, video evidence of a female Afghan human rights activist being tortured and sexually abused by armed members of the Taliban has surfaced, believed to be the first direct evidence of such crimes occurring in the country since the Taliban took over in 2021.
Despite warnings from the United Kingdom’s Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted), an independent faith school continues to segregate boys from girls, according to an inspection report.
An independent Islamic school has again been found to segregate girls age 11+ from boys despite this being unlawful. If schools continue to put religious dogma before the law and the welfare of pupils, they must be shut down.https://t.co/zVLpRnMKUo
Two adolescent boys in France were arrested and charged after allegedly raping and committing violence against a 12-year-old girl who was identified as Jewish, sparking outrage throughout the country as it prepares for snap parliamentary elections at the end of June and the beginning of July.
A prominent female Iranian dissident and political prisoner was given an additional 18-and-a-half-year prison sentence by the Islamic Republic after she released a statement condemning the October 7 attacks by Hamas against Israel and voicing her support for Israel.
Iranian Fatemeh Sepehri faces 18 years in prison. Why? Because she condemned the October 7 Hamas Muslim Brotherhood terror attacks. pic.twitter.com/Ajqg3lQoVv
