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Sisters allegedly murdered by husbands in Pakistan ‘honour’ killing

Six men arrested after Pakistani-Spanish women tricked into travelling to Gujrat where they were shot

Published: 24 May 2022

Spectre of polio returns to haunt Pakistan as baby boy is left paralysed

First case in a year sparks fears of new outbreak despite success of national programme to wipe out the disease

Published: 25 Apr 2022

‘Hijab marches’ compete with Pakistan’s International Women’s Day rallies

Minister says women’s march violates Islamic values, prompting counter-events organised by religious groups

Published: 9 Mar 2022

Tycoon’s son sentenced to death in Pakistan in high-profile rape and murder case

Zahir Jaffer tortured and beheaded Noor Mukadam, in July last year, in case that sparked outrage over violence against women

Published: 24 Feb 2022

First female judge nominated for Pakistan’s supreme court

Move to appoint Justice Ayesha Malik, who banned virginity tests for rape survivors, described as ‘defining moment’ for the country

Published: 7 Jan 2022

Abducted Afghan psychiatrist found dead weeks after disappearance

Family say the body of Dr Nader Alemi, who was taken by armed men in September, showed signs of torture

Published: 19 Nov 2021

Pakistan police drop blasphemy charges against eight-year-old

Hindu boy, accused of urinating in madrassa library, was youngest Pakistani to be charged for the crime

Published: 12 Aug 2021
Eight-year-old becomes youngest person charged with blasphemy in Pakistan

Hindu boy faces possible death penalty after being accused of intentionally urinating in a madrassa library

Published: 9 Aug 2021

Taliban denies killing three female Afghan polio workers

Murders of two volunteers and a nurse come one day after relaunch of national vaccination campaign

Published: 30 Mar 2021

Pakistan ends death penalty for prisoners with severe mental health problems

Supreme court ruling welcomed by rights activists who say it opens the way to broader prison reforms

Published: 12 Feb 2021
Family of girl, 12, forced to marry abductor condemn Pakistan authorities

Kidnap of child who was forced to sleep in cattle pen is latest case to highlight widespread abuses of religious minority women and girls

Published: 10 Feb 2021

Virginity tests for female rape survivors outlawed by Pakistani court

Judge said the ‘humiliating’ practice was used to cast suspicion on the victim, and deflected focus from the act of sexual violence

Published: 6 Jan 2021

Former child bride wrongfully accused of murdering husband sues in Pakistan

Rani Bibi was 14 when she was convicted but received no compensation for the miscarriages of justice that led to her spending two decades in prison

Published: 25 Mar 2020

Police in Bangladesh make arrest in connection with alleged rape of student

Dhaka University demonstrators demand prompt action following reported rape of 21-year-old woman

Published: 10 Jan 2020

'I lost consciousness': woman whipped by the Taliban over burqa without veil

Aziza’s story reflects the growing number of violent public assaults on women deemed to be in breach of sharia law in Afghanistan

Published: 18 Apr 2019

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