By Agence France-Presse In a further attempt to rein in increasing numbers of women defying the compulsory dress code, Iranian authorities are installing cameras in public places and thoroughfares to identify and penalize unveiled women, the police announced on Saturday. After they have been identified, violators will receive “warning text messages as to the consequences”, […]
By Agence France-Presse Faced with a stream of vicious insults on social media, Canada’s first Indigenous governor general Mary Simon has decided to turn her pain into a learning moment for her country and launch a fight against racism and misogyny online. “For me, it’s important to call it out and bring it out and […]
By Agence France-Presse For centuries, African slaves and emancipated men marched in Seville’s Easter parades, carrying statues of Christ and the Virgin on their shoulders as part of a unique brotherhood that remains active today. Founded more than 600 years ago, the Black Brotherhood is the oldest religious brotherhood still active in this southern city, […]