Paris (France) (AFP) – Iranian authorities have freed a woman who was condemned to hanging over the killing of her husband who she married while a child, in a case that sparked international concern ...

A woman from Iran, who was married at the age of 12 and suffered abuse, is now facing the death penalty after becoming embroiled in her husband's death. If she cannot pay "blood money" of 1 billion ...

12 year old Fawziyah Abdullah Youssef dies in childbirth after 3 days of labor. DUBAI, UAE, Sept. 14, 2009— -- After days of struggling through labor a 12-year-old "child bride" has died in Yemen ...

Femicide in Iran: Child bride beaten to death by husband with wooden stick, rights org. says Maryam Taghavi, 16, was reportedly beaten with a wooden stick so severely that she needed to be transferred ...

Iranian authorities have freed a woman who was condemned to hanging over the killing of her husband who she married while a child, in a case that sparked international concern over the plight of women ...

A child bride sentenced to death by Iran over the death of her husband will not be hanged after she was 'forgiven' by the family of the victim. Goli Kouhkan, a member of the Baluch minority without ...

Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox A new social services co-ordination centre will be set up to identify child abuse cases, supported by ...