Washington Report on Middle East AffairsOpinion

The Dark Underbelly of Women’s Deaths in Iraq: A Crisis of Accountability

Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, November/December 2025, pp. 64-65, 67 Special Report By Rihab Amri THE ALLEGED ...
The Pacific Northwest Inlander

A yearlong investigation finds rampant sexual abuse by guards, systemic cover-ups, and punishment for victims in Idaho’s women’s prisons

The article discusses sexual assault. “Guarded by Predators” is a new investigative series exposing rape and abuse by Idaho’s ...

In Idaho women’s prisons, guards get away with sexual abuse, and victims are blamed

The article discusses sexual assault, and contains graphic descriptions that may be offensive to some readers. “Guarded by ...
The New Arab

Iraqi women 'second class citizens' under personal status code

Human Rights Watch has criticised Iraq’s amendment of the personal status law, saying it restricts women’s rights and makes ...
The World from PRX

From Turkey to France: Iranian women’s rights activist continues her work despite ongoing threats from Iranian regime

Iranian activists and dissidents who live abroad are often trailed and harassed by government agents from Iran. One woman ...

HRW Says New Iraqi Personal Status Code Makes Women 'Second Class Citizens'

Human Rights Watch on Wednesday criticised Iraq's amendment of the personal status law, saying it restricts women's rights and makes them "second class citizens".

20 Yearbook Photos of History’s Most Infamous Female Criminals

Last Updated on October 15, 2025 by Matt Staff Before the headlines and courtrooms, there was the homeroom. These yearbook photos capture infamous women long before the ...
Human Rights Watch

Iraq: New Personal Status Code Makes Women Second Class

Iraq’s new Ja’afari Personal Status Code, passed by parliament on August 27, discriminates against women by favoring men in ...
Pulitzer Center

The Idaho Prison Guard Who Preyed on Women—and the System That Hid His ‘Predatory’ Conduct

This is the first installment in a new InvestigateWest series called “Guarded by Predators,” exposing rape and abuse by Idaho ...
Boise State Public Radio

Investigation finds widespread, unchecked sexual abuse in Idaho women's prisons

A new investigation finds sexual abuse inside Idaho’s women’s prisons has been widespread — and largely ignored. Over the ...

Iraq hangs 21 on terrorism charges in latest mass executions

Iraq hanged 21 convicted terrorists and murderers on Monday, an interior ministry statement said, the latest in a series of mass executions it has carried out since defeating the Islamic State group ...
Billings Gazette

Gallagher questions DOC 'homework' on possible women's prison in Butte

Butte-Silver Bow’s top official sees virtually no community support for hosting a new women’s prison, so responding to a Montana Department of Corrections query about it might be a waste of time. But ...