Saudi clerics protest against women’s right to drive Around 150 clerics and religious scholars held a rare protest outside the Saudi king’s palace on Tuesday against fresh efforts by women…
Support from Anonymous appears to have given rape victim Daisy Coleman the strength to pursue justice. But does this kind of web activism risk undermining the legal process, asks Samira…
With new guidelines unlikely to liberalise strict Northern Irish abortion laws, the cases of two women highlight the pain and suffering inflicted by entrenched ethical positions, says Anna Vesterinen
Monday's court decision to ban a Catholic magazine from using the word 'Allah' is just the latest development in Malaysia's quest to spare its Muslim citizens from offence.
Iran arrests “network of homosexuals and satanists” The news website of the revolutionary guards in Kermanshah province, home to the country’s Kurd ethnic minority, reported on Thursday that their elite…
As Greece has tightened its borders, many migrants make perilous journeys through the Balkans, writes Apostolis Fotiadis
European Council condemns male circumcision as human rights violation A report by the Council said male circumcision for religious reasons was “particularly worrisome”, with the procedure being “increasingly questioned”. Religious…
Humanist representatives at Europe's largest human rights conference call on the continent's states to remove their blasphemy laws, and condemn Russia's recent clampdown on gay rights
Theresa May's immigration bill continues a worrying trend pursued by all political parties, writes Samira Shackle.
If the "reality" of your event is that you haven't invited any women, then address the failing, writes Alice Bell