Christa Pike faces execution by lethal injection on September 30 at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, Tennessee. United Nations human rights experts and Amnesty International have called for an immediate halt to the execution, citing her history of childhood abuse and nearly three decades on death row. Death Row Timeline and Legal Status … Read more
Government-backed mass weddings in northern Nigeria are drawing intense scrutiny after viral videos exposed ceremonies pairing vulnerable women, teenagers, and orphans with significantly older men. According to news reports, the Kano State Government hosted a ceremony on August 7 and 8 uniting 1,500 couples at a reported cost of 1.5 billion naira, or roughly $US1.1 … Read more
Free HPV vaccination drives for adolescent girls aged 14 to 15 years are expanding in Kanpur to combat cervical cancer risks, according to district officials. District magistrate Jitendra Pratap Singh inspected immunization efforts at the Urban Primary Health Centre in Rawatpur, reporting that 18,377 eligible girls have received the shot out of a district target … Read more