- Women’s shelters across Afghanistan are being forced to operate in secret or close as the Taliban takes over the country.
- Abortion rights groups file an emergency request urging the U.S. Supreme Court to block a Texas law banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, set to take effect on September 1.
- The Guardian reports at least 12,000 women in Kryghstan fall victim to traditional bride kidnapping every year, where they are abducted and forced into marriage.
- A supporter of the LGB Alliance is escorted from Manchester Pride by police after crowds harassed him for wearing a shirt with the organization’s logo.
- A priest and three other men are charged with the gang rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl from a “lower caste,” closing the case that sparked days of protests in New Delhi.