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

Censorship done at arm's length is still censorship.

CNN’s Anna Coren reports on how some Afghan women and activists are staying defiant against draconian new laws set by the ...

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 ...

Demos has called for an independent review of protest legislation dubbed ‘draconian’ by civil rights campaigners Liberty.

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

Afghan women are turning to social media, singing in protest against new Taliban laws banning their voices in public. They ...

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

The U.S. says Afghanistan's Taliban rulers are trying to "complete the erasure of women" from society, but Afghan women ...

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 ...