On February 16, 2021, when Samira Zargari, a ski coach, was going to accompany the Iran's Alpine ski team to Italy, she was not allowed to leave the country. Yusouf Ettefagh, her husband, had banned...
Amina Yaqin, SOAS, University of London Imran Khan, the prime minister of Pakistan, has caused an uproar with remarks about sexual violence, attributing the rising number of reports of rape in...
Claire Pierson, University of Liverpool Abortion was decriminalised in Northern Ireland in October 2019. In March the following year, the legal framework was in place to provide terminations. A year...
On Friday, October 2, 2016, Yousef Tabatabainejad, the leader of Friday prayer in Isfahan, in a meeting with law enforcement officials, called for "insecurity" in the area for women who do not wear...
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is having a hell of a time of it. In his first few months at the helm, he has put six votes to Parliament and lost all six. This is the first time this has ever...
In 1998, cricketer Geoffrey Boycott punched his girlfriend Margaret Moore 20 times in the face and body during an argument. He was convicted in a court in France and, following an appeal, his...
As someone who was recently accused of anti-incel propaganda, I am obviously very embarrassed and would like to clear my name. In case you were wondering, “incel” is short for “involuntarily...
“Where someone takes a picture under a person’s clothing without their permission” – this is the official description of the term “upskirting” given to the public by gov.uk, the British...
In 2014, singer Cliff Richard’s home was searched with a BBC TV crew outside, helicopter and all. The news had been tipped off by South Yorkshire Police that the raid was going to take place and...
Today has been the hottest day in France since records began. The climate change implications of this are terrifying, and the country has been sweltering for the last few days. We are having a...