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Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s documentary “Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness” has been nominated for an Academy Award. The documentary is about an 18-year-old Pakistani girl, Saba, who fell in love and eloped with her lover. Though caught by her father and other family members, she lived to tell her story. Unfortunately, many girls who…

Sri Lanka’s foreign ministry successfully convinced a Saudi court to overturn the death sentence of a Sri Lankan maid accused of adultery in Saudi Arabia. The accused woman, whose name has not been disclosed by Saudi and Sri Lankan officials, was involved in an affair with a Sri Lankan migrant worker, also living in Saudi…