Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A Sudanese court has sentenced two women to 20 lashes for dressing "indecently," an AFP reporter said. The two women, who have not been ...

A Saudi court has sentenced Shaima Jastaina to 10 lashes for breaking the country's ban on female drivers. The ruling came just two days after King Abdullah said women would be allowed to vote in ...

A woman has laid bare the brutal punishment she reportedly received at the hands of authorities after she was caught attending a party with men and drinking alcohol. The 28-year-old Iranian woman ...

A Sudanese journalist facing 40 lashes for wearing "indecent" trousers said she is willing to be whipped 40,000 times in an effort to bring attention to the country's harsh laws, the AFP reported ...

A female flogging unit has been introduced in Indonesia’s Aceh province to dole out public whippings against women found violating the region’s Sharia law. One of eight new female Sharia officers ...

Nearly a year after she was arrested for defying the law banning women from driving, Shaima Jastaniah has finally won a reprieve from her sentence. Jastaniah was one of many Saudi women who got behind ...

Cristina Maza is an award-winning journalist who has reported from countries such as Cambodia, Kyrgyzstan, India, Lithuania, Serbia, and Turkey. She previously worked as a reporter for the Phnom Penh ...