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March 12, 2019

American woman stuck in Saudi Arabia granted residency after years of repression

The American teacher who was trapped in Saudi Arabia after her marriage fell apart due to the country's draconian guardianship laws that give men power over women's movements has been granted residency in the kingdom and given access to her bank account.

March 7, 2019

Jailed Saudi women's rights activist subjected to 'brutal torture and sexual harassment', brother claims

On the eve of International Women's Day, disturbing reports coming out of Saudi Arabia are shedding new light on alleged abuses against women fighting for equal rights in the conservative kingdom.

March 6, 2019

American woman stuck in Saudi Arabia, not allowed to leave over kingdom's guardianship laws

A young American woman who married a Saudi man is trapped in the country with no legal way of getting out.

February 28, 2019

LGBTQ groups condemn Trump administration’s campaign to end criminalization of homosexuality worldwide as stunt

The Trump administration – led by the openly gay U.S Ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell – announced a new initiative aimed at bringing an end to the criminalization of homosexuality worldwide. But not all rights groups are championing it.

February 19, 2019

Minnesota lawmaker's push for tougher female genital mutilation law faces opposition

Despite some push back and opposition, Republican representative Mary Franson is determined to see that the cultural practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) is banned in her home state of Minnesota.

February 15, 2019

US military aircraft to deliver 200 tons of aid to Venezuela border

The Trump administration is sending more than 200 tons of humanitarian aid to the Venezuelan border in Colombia as early as Saturday as it increases pressure on embattled President Nicolas Maduro to give up power, according to a State Department email sent to Congress

February 1, 2019

Iran hangs man on anti-gay charge - as Europe turns blind eye to human rights abuses and tries to circumvent US sanctions

The Islamic Republic of Iran executed a man in January for an alleged violation of the country’s anti-gay law, a shocking capital punishment meted out as European countries implement a financial mechanism to evade U.S. sanctions against the mullah regime in Tehran.

January 29, 2019

UK slammed for not granting asylum to Pakistani Christian Aasia Bibi over security fears

After eight years languishing on death row on what most western leaders contend were unfounded blasphemy charges, newly acquitted Pakistani Christian Aasia Bibi remains in hiding from Islamic extremists after the U.K. denied her political asylum.

December 15, 2018

US Navy offers what Venezuelan regime can't: Urgent health care

While the Venezuelan government continues downplay the horrific humanitarian and economic crisis,a floating US Navy hospital, USNS Comfort, is attempting to alleviate some of the burden.

December 2, 2018

Mike Huckabee: President Trump, Asia Bibi is a Christian under threat of death in Pakistan -- please help her

Her lawyer fled Pakistan and is seeking asylum in the Netherlands. There are reports that Islamic hardliners are going house to house, hunting her and her family down to kill them.