ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday found anomalies in the way the sessions courts handled the case of the 10-year-old maid tortured by the family of a serving additional district and sessions judge (ADSJ).

On Sunday the 1st of January, a deputy provincial governor in the Iranian capital said that homeless women in Tehran who are drug-dependent and who also practice prostitution should be encouraged to be sterilized. He stated that over 20 percent of them have AIDS and they spread various diseases and that in addition to spreading depravity,

On December 26th, the media reported that Turkey’s First Lady, Emine Erdoğan, wife of President Erdoğan sent a letter to the wives of the world leaders, calling them to mobilize the international community to do more to protect the Muslim women and children of Syria. She wrote, “We are in a stage where we must do more than to just cry for Syria.

The Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies said that the occupation courts have issued harsh and vengeful verdicts against a number of female prisoners during the recent period that included four sentences of 10+ years against female prisoners.