As fighting between M23 rebels and Congolese armed troops escalate in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the Office of ...

United Nations agencies called for an end to the violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as fighting ...

The use of rape and sexual violence against women has been prevalent in the conflicts, which have been raging for decades in ...

Hamas-led militants have freed eight hostages as part of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. But the chaotic handover of some of the captives drew an angry protest from Israel.

The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill would give authorities the power to seize phones, prosecute people acting ...

Missiles are flying above civilians' homes as fighters fire heavy artillery in Goma's city centre, an International Committee ...

Outlook speaks to doctors who were in the midst of the intense conflict, witnessing the death and destruction as well as its ...

out of four prisons for women, three are located in Sindh — Karachi, Hyderabad, and Sukkur — while Punjab has only one prison for women. Otherwise, women are housed in separate barracks within ...

MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A former Chowchilla prison guard was found guilty of using his authority to rape women, the Madera County District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday.

A bearded neo-Nazi thrown behind bars in Germany for inciting hatred has legally changed his name and gender in an apparent bid to be transferred to a women’s prison — because he’s afraid of ...

(Nairobi) – Governments in Central Africa suppressed civil and political rights, especially in the context of elections, with impunity in 2024, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report ...

“There is no automatic guarantee that a man will be sent to a women’s prison after changing his gender and name.” They added that a review into the circumstances of the sentence would take ...