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.
Before the Hong Kong vs. Iran FIFA World Cup 2022 Qualifiers, spectators booed the Chinese national anthem.
Hong Kong government's move to kill protests by withdrawing the extradition bill is insufficient.
The official withdrawal of the controversial extradition bill has been announced by Hong Kong's Chief Executive, Carrie Lam.
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.
The cab company, along with the driver, donated $1,500 to charitable organizations as per the passenger's request.
The UNHRC has degenerated into a theatre of the absurd obsessed with bashing Israel.
Dowries impose a considerable tax on girls' families, with estimates indicating that in South Asia it is six times the average annual household income.
Investigative journalists probing fraud and corruption in Malta and Slovakia have been assassinated in recent weeks.
International Women's Day 2018: Women hold protests around the world to highlight gender inequality, sexual harassment and other
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.
Business leaders Dr Amy Jadesimi and Gail Klintworth look at how how gender-balanced leadership benefits business.
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.
CEO and founder, Joseph Galliano told IBTims UK "LGBTQ+ history is about EVERYONE and this museum will be for all."
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students go back to school after the shooting which killed 17 people.
Egyptian singer Sherine Abdel Wahab sentenced to six months in prison after joking about parasites in River Nile.
Venezuelan prisoner are reportedly eating rodents to avoid starvation. One prison was taken to hospital last week after eating dead rat
Apple has released a new advert for the iPhone that celebrates Australia legalising gay marriage, and it's a tear-jerker.
Bulldozers sent in to destroy homes of Muslims who were ethnically cleansed.
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.
Amnesty names US President Donald Trump a "human rights offender" alongside Rodrigo Duterte, Vladimir Putin and Abdel Fatah al-Sisi.
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.
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.
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.
Six Turkish journalists have received life sentences for their alleged involvement in the failed July 2016 coup to remove President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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".
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.
Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee approves nitrogen hypoxia bill proposed by Senator Trip Pittman as it strives for 'more humane' executions
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.
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.