KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The number of Afghan women and girls jailed for “moral crimes” has risen dramatically in the past 18 months, raising concerns that gains in women’s rights might be reversed ...

"The female prison population in Afghanistan overwhelmingly consists of individuals who are serving 5-to-15-year sentences for moral crimes," Gabriela Maj writes in Almond Garden: Portraits from the ...

For the people of a nation, an accurate measure of conflict lies not only in military victories but also in maintaining moral ...

It was late July 2023 when news began to circulate on social media: The Taliban were going to stone to death an unmarried couple for eloping. The story was repeated in several local media sources ...

KABUL (Reuters) - About 600 Afghan women and girls are behind bars for so-called moral crimes, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday, the highest number since the Taliban were toppled almost twelve ...

Navy officers on scene reportedly believed a second strike was unnecessary, potentially unlawful, and inconsistent with the ...

The media depiction of violent crime—and the men and women responsible for those crimes—tends towards the simplistic. We are offered narratives that fit with our immediate horrified response to a ...

A new book reveals that parole boards deciding early release for homicide cases engage in moral evaluations that extend beyond risk assessment and rehabilitation. Based on nearly 500 parole hearings ...

A Republican California mayor is blaming Democratic policies for bringing theft and crime to neighborhoods and taking away many of his residents’ primary grocery store. "We have 103,000 people here in ...