Iranian authorities have freed a woman who was condemned to hanging over the killing of her husband who she married while a child, in a case that sparked international concern over the plight of women ...

Paris (AFP) – Iran on Wednesday hanged a woman convicted of murdering her husband, whom she married while still a child, defying an international campaign for clemency, rights groups said. Samira ...

It was at the end of 2019 when Shatila achieved recognition by performing a play on the prohibition of child marriage during her school’s cultural event after the annual examination. However, she had ...

Iran on Wednesday hanged a woman convicted of murdering her husband, whom she married while still a child, a human rights group said, defying an international campaign for clemency. Samira Sabzian, ...

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's state human rights body has hired a lawyer to review the case of a girl whose mother sought her divorce from an 80-year-old man, a move activists hope ...

An Iranian child bride who was forced to marry at 15 has been hanged in Iran for murdering her husband who had abused her for years. Samira Sabzian, 29, who had been in prison for the past decade, was ...

When wedding season comes in India, the phone of child rights activist Tatwashil Kamble never stops ringing with appeals to stop girls from being married off due to poverty. Kamble said he has helped ...

In extremely grim situations where the strong control the weak, it is often impossible to show the extent of mental and/or physical cruelty suffered by the latter, especially when it is an adult ...