Iranian authorities have freed a woman who was condemned to hanging over the killing of her husband who she married while a ...

A young woman who endured years of horrific domestic abuse was sentenced to death in a trial that has been criticised by ...

A violent row between Goli and her husband led to his death in 2018. She was sentenced to death after she was pressured into ...

A child bride sentenced to death by Iran over the death of her husband has been spared from execution after being "forgiven" ...

Kouhkan, forced into marriage at 12, was granted a "new life" through judicial mediation and consent of the deceased's ...

Goli Kouhkan, now 25, was on death row in Iran's Gorgan central prison for seven years. She was arrested at 18 for allegedly ...

The Civil Code 2017 states that the minimum age for marriage—for both women and men—in Nepal is 20. Though the country ...

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From 2000 to 2021, over 40,000 minors were wed in Texas, granting it the dubious title of the state with the most child ...

By Kirsten TABANG Introduction What is child marriage in Ghana? What has been the prevalent cause of people who marry before the age of eighteen (18)? What best practices under international law ...

Judiciary . A woman sentenced to death by Iran over the death of her husband who she married while a child will not be hanged ...