A Bakersfield man who was serving a life sentence in prison for killing his daughter-in-law in a self-described "honor ...

Mohammed, who co-founded and directed the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq, was rushed to hospital where she perished from her wounds, according to local reports and Amnesty International.

Honor killings in Pakistan constitute an ongoing human rights crisis rooted in entrenched patriarchal traditions, impunity of perpetrators, and weak law enforcement mechanisms. While reported numbers ...

Long-awaited legislation was finally passed three months later in a move cautiously hailed by women's rights activists. The shocking murder of Pakistani social media star Qandeel Baloch by her brother ...

Dutch prosecutors are calling for severe prison terms for a father and two sons accused of murdering 18-year-old Ryan Al Najjar in what authorities describe as a brutal, premeditated honor killing.

Protests have gripped the southern Indian state of Karnataka after a woman who was six months pregnant was beaten to death allegedly for marrying outside her caste. The woman, Manya Doddamani, 20, had ...

The day I found out I was expected to marry a 30-year-old man at just 16, my childhood vanished right before my eyes.