"We will flog the women ... we will stone them to death in public [for crimes]," said Haibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban's supreme leader, in an audio message issued on March 24. Akhundzada – who ...

LOS ANGELES The movie, directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh, is based on a true story about an Iranian woman who was framed for adultery, and then tortured and stoned to death for the crime. Oscar nominee ...

TEHRAN, Iran — Authorities in Iran said Sunday they are again moving ahead with plans to execute a woman sentenced to death by stoning on an adultery conviction in a case that sparked an international ...

SINGAPORE – New Islamic criminal laws that took effect in Brunei on Wednesday, punishing gay sex and adultery by stoning offenders to death, have triggered an outcry from countries, rights groups and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pakistan wedding A British woman faces a sentence to death by stoning after she was allegedly forced to marry her Pakistani uncle ...

A young writer and human rights activists faces six years in prison after Iranian authorities charged her for penning an unpublished short story about stoning. Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee was found guilty ...

Human-rights activists have won a partial victory in Iran. In the face of a worldwide outcry, Tehran confirmed late last week that it had suspended a sentence of death by stoning against a woman ...

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