Violence against women
Police have arrested the suspect after registering an FIR on the complaint of the deceased's father.
Updated 08 May, 2020 12:16pm
Sudan's cabinet has approved amendments to the criminal code to punish those who perform FGM with three years in prison.
Published 06 May, 2020 10:20am
HRPC says it has accurately mentions steps taken by govt, says it bodes well for govt and independent bodies.
Updated 04 May, 2020 09:45am
Police have registered a case after a medical examination of the victim and arrested the suspect.
Updated 30 Apr, 2020 10:56am
DIG South says police used technology to crack "blind case".
Updated 27 Apr, 2020 10:01am
Saudi women — and some men — use hashtag 'WhyIdidn’treportit' to tell their stories.
Updated 07 Apr, 2020 07:57am
The state has absolved itself of the responsibility to enforce laws that protect women from violence.
Published 08 Mar, 2020 08:42am
The Hum Aurtein group demands an end to violence, sexual harassment.
Updated 04 Mar, 2020 10:09am
Social media firm’s team offers to train local law enforcement officials.
Updated 03 Mar, 2020 07:51am
Dad formed the Digital Rights Foundation, a think tank tackling digital rights through a gender lens, in 2012.
Published 02 Mar, 2020 01:56pm
The ombudsman pronounced the verdict in the presence of an accused, lawyer for the second accused, female complainant.
Updated 28 Feb, 2020 09:10am
FIR registered on complaint of victim's mother-in-law, who said the victims were kidnapped from their home on gunpoint.
Published 27 Feb, 2020 08:32pm
Of the total 649 criminal cases, courts hand sentences in only 19 cases between 2014 and 2019.
Updated 19 Feb, 2020 09:04am
Woman says she was held at gunpoint, raped by one of the kidnappers while his accomplice guarded her friend and driver.
Updated 18 Feb, 2020 02:41pm
Video shared on social media showed the father beating his daughter "brutally": police.
Published 06 Feb, 2020 09:05pm
Three cases of acid attacks and 95 cases of rape of women were registered with the police during the same period.
Updated 31 Jan, 2020 09:45pm
Accused one of 10 men sentenced in 2016 for committing sexual offences against a teenage girl in Rochdale, Manchester.
Updated 30 Jan, 2020 07:34am
Police have arrested a dozen suspects so far.
Published 28 Jan, 2020 08:48am
There are thousands of children like Zainab who are abducted, abused, sold, sexually exploited and tortured every day.
Published 15 Jan, 2020 07:19am
Police have started an investigation into the allegations after lodging a case against the suspects.
Updated 31 Dec, 2019 09:26am
New Delhi Judge Dharmesh Sharma also orders Kuldeep Sengar to pay a fine of 2.5 million rupees to the victim.
Updated 20 Dec, 2019 11:55pm
In India, gruesome reports of rape and retaliatory killing are hauntingly familiar
Published 16 Dec, 2019 02:18pm
The march culminated in a demonstration outside the Quetta Press Club.
Updated 09 Dec, 2019 08:53am
The National Human Rights Commission says it is concerned that the killings will "send a wrong message to society".
Updated 07 Dec, 2019 01:24pm
The attack, the second major case of violence against women in the past two weeks, has sparked public outrage in India.
Published 07 Dec, 2019 10:35am
The two investigations were headed by the same policeman and there was also a delay in acting on the complaints.
Published 06 Dec, 2019 05:10pm
The men had been in police custody and were shot near the scene of last week's crime, says Shamshabad police official.
Updated 06 Dec, 2019 12:47pm
One suspect flees from court premises.
Updated 30 Nov, 2019 10:35am
Official says suspect has been arrested and booked under Section 354 of the Pakistan Penal Code.
Updated 28 Nov, 2019 08:58am
Dr Fouzia Saeed meets CM to particularly discuss the torture and harassment of women and child abuse in the province.
Updated 28 Nov, 2019 08:08am
