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

Sen. Patty Murray introduced a resolution simply stating—not legislating—that patients have a right to emergency care ...

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

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 Government should review legislation that restricts protest based on “knee-jerk public opinion”, a think tank has ...

Censorship done at arm's length is still censorship.

Last month, the Taliban passed a new "vice and virtue" law, making it illegal for women to speak in public. Under the law, ...

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 ...

“It just exists on a website, and that’s the end of the story. Unfortunately, that’s not the end of the story for people who ...

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