Domestic violence

Iraqi feminist who saved thousands from honor killings slain by gunman outside home in Baghdad

Mohammed, who co-founded and directed the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq, was rushed to hospital where she perished from her wounds, according to local reports and Amnesty International.

HEAD OF the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq, Yanar Mohammed talks to press 24 August 2003 in Baghdad where she said that over 400 women in Iraq had been kidnapped, raped and sometimes sold since the Anglo-US occupation.
MURSAL SAYAS,  an Afghan women’s rights activist, journalist, and the CEO of Women Beyond Borders.

Taliban penal code legalizes slavery, places women below animals, expert tells 'Post' - interview

Supreme Court justices preside over a hearing at the High Court of Justice in Jerusalem, December 1, 2025

Prosecution appeals sentence in killing of teen Lital Yael Melnick, seeks harsher conviction

 Efrat Sharabi from the Welfare Ministry, WIZO chairperson Anita Friedman, WIZO Australia federation president Michele Spiro, and World WIZO president Anat Vidor.

Two new adolescent units open at WIZO shelter for survivors of domestic violence


Johnny Depp or Amber Heard? One of the biggest celebrity trials ever

The world awaits a verdict in the widely watched train wreck trial that shone a rare spotlight on Hollywood – and even pulled Gal Gadot into the mess.

 ACTRESS AMBER HEARD listens to ex-husband Johnny Depp as a picture of an injury to his face is seen on screen, during his defamation trial against her, April 20.

Israeli woman strangled to death by ex-husband in Ashdod

The ex-husband called police to confess and turn himself in, according to reports. A suspect was arrested shortly after.

 Israel Police officer in a police car

This week in Jerusalem: More coronavirus damage

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 USSISHKIN: UPGRADED

Johnny Depp: Amber Heard roundhouse punched me

Asked to describe the violence, Depp said Heard would "strike out."

 Johnny Depp defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard, in Fairfax

Michal Sela Forum: Saving lives, preventing domestic violence with tech

"I’ve received hundreds of messages from women telling me that we’ve saved their lives."

 ‘WE UNDERSTAND all too well how fragile life is.’

Anti-domestic violence play canceled for 'violating' Islamic tradition

Jatt Mayor Khaled Jarrah argued that the show essentially calls for a rebellion against the traditional family roles and violates Islamic law.

 Abuse (illustrative)

Attempted murderer of Shira Isakov sentenced to 23 years in prison

Aviad Moshe was sentenced to 23 years in prison and to pay a compensation fee of NIS 258,000 for the attempted murder of former partner and abuse of their child.

A picture of Aviad Moshe, who allegedly tried to murder his wife Shira in Mitzpe Ramon earlier this month, appears on a billboard on Ayalon highway in Tel Aviv, September 30, 2020.

New York City police officer shot and killed

Two officers were shot while responding to a report of domestic violence. One remains in critical condition.

Emergency personnel respond at the scene where NYPD officers were shot while responding to a domestic violence call in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, US, January 21, 2022.

Femicide cases down during 2021, matricide cases rise in disturbing upwards trend

Of the 16 femicide cases reported in Israel in 2021, six were perpetrated by the women’s partners and four by their sons.

Israelis protest sexual violence in the country. Photo taken in 2020

Eliran Malul receives life sentence for murder of Michal Sela

During the hearing for Malul's sentencing, he publicly apologized to Sela's parents.

Michal Sela, who was stabbed to death in October 2019.