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

A court in Pakistan has sentenced a Christian mother of four to death for sharing derogatory remarks about Prophet Muhammed ...

where she practiced—had passed “trigger laws” meant to ban abortion if Roe v. Wade were overturned. When this happened, in June 2022, some of the bans proved so draconian that doctors feared ...

Censorship done at arm's length is still censorship.

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 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 ...

A list of repressive laws, including the Cyber Security Act, has been prepared in Bangladesh, and these laws will soon be ...

The Right wants to put up hindrances to those who have difficulties getting IDs to choose their voters. We need laws to ...

Police will use metal detectors to catch people with knives within months but the government says laws targeting the crime ...

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