Sahar Khodayari took her own life by setting herself on fire after she was arrested and taken to court for trying to attend a football match in Iran.
Agrima Tikader
Sep 11, 2019
Before the Hong Kong vs. Iran FIFA World Cup 2022 Qualifiers, spectators booed the Chinese national anthem.
Agrima Tikader
Sep 11, 2019
Hong Kong government's move to kill protests by withdrawing the extradition bill is insufficient.
Agrima Tikader
Sep 05, 2019
The official withdrawal of the controversial extradition bill has been announced by Hong Kong's Chief Executive, Carrie Lam.
Agrima Tikader
Sep 04, 2019
Banks and big businesses worldwide are boycotting hotels owned by the Sultan of Brunei on account of that country's new law that sentences gays to death for homosexual acts.
Arthur Villasanta
May 01, 2019
The cab company, along with the driver, donated $1,500 to charitable organizations as per the passenger's request.
Vaishnavi Vaidyanathan
Mar 07, 2019
The UNHRC has degenerated into a theatre of the absurd obsessed with bashing Israel.
Vladimir Sloutsker
Oct 04, 2018
Dowries impose a considerable tax on girls' families, with estimates indicating that in South Asia it is six times the average annual household income.
Sonia Bhalotra
Sep 22, 2018
Investigative journalists probing fraud and corruption in Malta and Slovakia have been assassinated in recent weeks.
Martin Kenney
Mar 19, 2018
International Women's Day 2018: Women hold protests around the world to highlight gender inequality, sexual harassment and other
Isabelle Gerretsen
Mar 08, 2018
Sexual violence against men and boys is a "serious blind spot" in Central African Republic (CAR) say researchers at All Survivors Project after documenting gang rape in war zone.
Isabelle Gerretsen
Mar 05, 2018
Business leaders Dr Amy Jadesimi and Gail Klintworth look at how how gender-balanced leadership benefits business.
Dr Amy Jadesimi & Gail Klintworth
Mar 05, 2018
Egyptian Mona Mahmoud arrested after accusing police of torturing and disappearing daughter Zubeida in BBC report. Amnesty says arrest is latest in Egypt's free speech crackdown.
Isabelle Gerretsen
Mar 02, 2018
CEO and founder, Joseph Galliano told IBTims UK "LGBTQ+ history is about EVERYONE and this museum will be for all."
Ruchira Sharma
Mar 02, 2018
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students go back to school after the shooting which killed 17 people.
Ruchira Sharma
Feb 28, 2018
Egyptian singer Sherine Abdel Wahab sentenced to six months in prison after joking about parasites in River Nile.
Isabelle Gerretsen
Feb 28, 2018
Venezuelan prisoner are reportedly eating rodents to avoid starvation. One prison was taken to hospital last week after eating dead rat
James Hetherington
Feb 27, 2018
Apple has released a new advert for the iPhone that celebrates Australia legalising gay marriage, and it's a tear-jerker.
James Hetherington
Feb 26, 2018
Bulldozers sent in to destroy homes of Muslims who were ethnically cleansed.
Isabelle Gerretsen
Feb 23, 2018
In South Sudan's civil war, sexual violence against men and boys is common. New UN report reveals how men have been castrated and children were forced to watch rape.
Isabelle Gerretsen
Feb 23, 2018
Amnesty names US President Donald Trump a "human rights offender" alongside Rodrigo Duterte, Vladimir Putin and Abdel Fatah al-Sisi.
Isabelle Gerretsen
Feb 22, 2018
The woman, now 21, has claimed in her lawsuit that Roy Andrews picked her up from school in May 2010 and later took her to a motel and raped her.
Divya Kishore
Feb 21, 2018
An Australian man has convinced an Indian woman to move across to be his wife. He immediately made her a slave for himself and his brother.
James Hetherington
Feb 20, 2018
A charity linked with soon-to-be British royalty, Meghan Markle, has been tied to a scandal in Haiti which saw aid workers exchanging food and cash reserves for sex.
Jason Murdock
Feb 18, 2018
Six Turkish journalists have received life sentences for their alleged involvement in the failed July 2016 coup to remove President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
David Brennan
Feb 16, 2018
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has said a probe was required to find out if there was "excessive profit-making by those who make Freddos".
David Brennan
Feb 15, 2018
Labour's shadow Northern Ireland secretary Owen Smith has said that Theresa May should force the devolved government to accept same-sex marriage if power-sharing talks fail.
David Brennan
Feb 15, 2018
Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee approves nitrogen hypoxia bill proposed by Senator Trip Pittman as it strives for 'more humane' executions
Isabelle Gerretsen
Feb 15, 2018
Over Syrian 1,000 civilians, many of them children, were killed in the first week of February alone as air strikes hit hospitals, schools and markets.
David Sim
Feb 15, 2018
After the Chinese government started to delete social media posts and chat forums related to the #MeToo campaign, women used emoji to keep the movement alive.
James Hetherington
Feb 14, 2018