An Iranian actress was sentenced to one year in jail and 90 lashes for her role in a banned film that is critical of the Islamic Republic’s arts policies, according to an opposition website. Marzieh ...

A Mexican woman helping organize the World Cup in Qatar said authorities threatened her with prison and a series of whipping after she reported that she was sexually assaulted. Paola Schietekat could ...

Former Congressman George Santos said he was “degraded and dehumanized” by prison wardens in his first public statement since President Donald Trump commuted his sentence. The disgraced former New ...

Zannevesht says[Fa] that Nasrin Afzali, a woman activist, is sentenced to 10 lashes by whip and six months in prison in Iran. Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and strongest examples of ...