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A Taliban fighter stands guard as people receive food rations distributed by a Saudi humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan. The country has been plunged into a humanitarian crisis since the Taliban took over.

Public execution, floggings mark revival of Taliban punishments

The strict religious regime, that is seeking international recognition and is desperate for economic help, had refrained from brutal penalties. That’s changed.

  • Pamela Constable

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Iranian woman Mahsa Amini died on Friday in detention in Iran.

Protests erupt after death of woman detained by Iran’s morality police

Police did not offer an explanation for why Mahsa Amini was detained. “They have to explain for what crime, for what reason did they do this?” her mother said.

  • Farnaz Fassihi
Waiting to board a Royal Australian Air Force flight at Kabul airport.

The Australian female judges attempting to rescue their colleagues from Kabul

Female judges are among Afghans joining the desperate last days of the Kabul evacuation. A global network of female jurists is working to secure their exit.

  • Virginia Haussegger
U.S soldiers stand guard along a perimeter at the international

‘They will execute me’: Senior Afghan diplomat seeks asylum in Australia

A top Afghan diplomat has launched an urgent appeal for asylum in Australia.

  • Anthony Galloway
Iraqi Yazidi women mourn during the exhumation of a mass grave in Iraq's north-western region of Sinjar.

Germany tries accused Islamic State member for genocide over death of Yazidi girl

The trial is believed to be the first in the world that carries the charge of genocide in relation to the Yazidis.

  • Christopher F. Schuetze
Human rights fear President Joko Widodo will wave through the new penal code.

Harsh criminal crackdown in Indonesia likened to Islamic law

Human rights rights workers are concerned tourists may be targeted by proposed laws critics have labelled the 'crown jewel of Islamisation'.

  • James Massola
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Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah introduced the penalty of death by stoning for sex between people of the same gender.

Brunei says it won't enforce gay death penalty after backlash

Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah has extended a moratorium on the death penalty to incoming legislation prohibiting gay sex.

The suit of Islamic laws introduced under Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah includes death by stoning for sex between people of the same gender.

Scott Morrison slams Brunei's anti-gay laws, risks diplomatic rift

The new Sharia-based laws include the death penalty for extra-marital and gay sex in the majority-Muslim country.

  • James Massola
The suit of Islamic laws introduced under Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah includes death by stoning for sex between people of the same gender.

Australia condemns death penalty for gays, unmarried couples in Brunei

Australia has joined international criticism of harsh new laws introduced by Brunei that could see people stoned to death for gay or extra-marital sex.

  • James Massola
A strict set of new laws was announced back in 2014 by the country's sultan, Hassanal Bolkiah, who doubles as the Prime Minister.

Virgin Australia cancels staff travel on Royal Brunei over sharia move

Virgin Australia has cancelled its staff travel agreement with Brunei's national carrier in light of its new laws that include the death penalty for gay sex. 

  • Patrick Hatch

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