Paris (AFP) – Thirty-four women prisoners went on hunger strike in an Iranian prison Sunday to mark two years since protests erupted against clerical authorities, the foundation of Nobel Peace ...

The march, organised by around 20 human rights associations, took place as 34 women began a hunger strike in a Tehran prison to mark the two-year anniversary of her death. Chirinne Ardakani ...

The others died by jostling, suffocation and some women were raped,” Bihango said. He added that 59 people were receiving medical care. One Kinshasa resident, Daddi Soso, told Agence France ...

Because the alleged rapes were videotaped, police were able to track down — over two years — a majority of the 72 suspects ...

The sentences are believed to be the longest in the UK’s history for non-violent protest and were delivered under two new ...

More than 60 people accused of offences including rape and arson during an attempted prison break in the Democratic Republic of Congo appeared before a military court Wednesday, a defence lawyer said.

Moscow resident Yury Kokhovets has been sentenced to five years in prison for condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine during ...

The French woman who was allegedly drugged by her now ex-husband and raped by dozens of men while unconscious is becoming a ...

Gisèle Pelicot spoke of the horror of being told by the police that they had evidence her husband had drugged her for years ...

Prosecutors say that, for almost a decade, Dominique Pelicot drugged his wife to rape her, alongside dozens of other men he ...

French prosecutors are trying to prosecute around 50 men for their involvement in the mass rape trial of Dominique Pélicot. His wife says she was abused for years, having been drugged by her husband.