The Christian communal movement has long faced accusations from former members who allege harsh discipline, forced labor and ...

GENEVA - The Taliban's increasing use of judicially-sanctioned corporal punishment, inflicted in public, often for so called moral crimes in ...

GENEVA (3 March 2026) – The Taliban’s increasing use of judicially-sanctioned corporal punishment, inflicted in public, often for so called moral crimes in Afghanistan, violates international human ...

The UN experts urged the global community to respond more forcefully to the worsening human rights situation in Afghanistan.

A new penal code issued by decree in Afghanistan sets harsher punishments for the mistreatment of animals than for domestic ...

Prosecutors have decided not to file criminal charges against a Florida man captured on surveillance video aggressively disciplining his stepdaughter.

The Taliban’s newly reported criminal code in Afghanistan treats women as “slaves,” permits limited domestic violence, restricts their movement, and introduces class-based punishments. Here’s what the ...

A new decree from Afghanistan's Taliban government is set to further crush rights and freedoms in the war-torn nation, ...

New legal code formalises domestic violence within limits, embeds class-based justice system and replaces protections under the 2009 EVAW law ...

A judicial regulation signed by the leadership of the Islamic Emirate in 2026 institutionalizes a penal hierarchy based on social status. The text ...

*Investigation Discovery is set to reveal the hidden realities of the Twelve Tribes organization with a special presentation ...