She was sentenced to death under qisas, the Islamic legal principle of 'retaliation in kind'.
"This is one of the most worrying legal developments in Afghanistan under the Taliban," says Roqia Saee, a women's rights ...
Hanifeh Avandi, a 24-year-old Turkish woman from Tabriz, was reportedly executed in Iran on Sunday, April 19, amid claims she ...
Yemen locals claim a girl has died of internal bleeding after marrying a man five times her age, but official denies allegations ...
The Taliban has formally legitimized child marriages under a twisted new family law decree that sets out rules for marriages ...
Jyoti Thorat (left), a sugarcane worker who was married as a child bride, prays with her husband, Ravindra, in their home at Kathoda village in Beed district of India ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At age 16, Courtney Stodden's marriage to a 51-year-old actor sent shockwaves across the country. Now, at age 31, Stodden says she ...