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Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi Hospitalized After Cardiac Crisis

Dubai— Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi was transferred to a hospital in Iran after suffering what her family foundation

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Myanmar Cuts Aung San Suu Kyi’s Prison Term Again in Holiday Amnesty

Bangkok– Myanmar’s military-backed government on Thursday reduced the prison sentence of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi as part of

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UN Says Iran Executed 21, Arrested 4,000 Since Regional War Began

Geneva– Iran has executed at least 21 people and arrested more than 4,000 others on national security-related charges since the

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Pope Leo XIV Prison Visit Spotlights Rights Concerns Amid US Migrant Deportations

Malabo— Pope Leo XIV visited a prison in Equatorial Guinea’s port city of Bata on Wednesday, drawing renewed scrutiny to

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Myanmar Cuts Suu Kyi Sentence in New Year Amnesty Move

Naypyidaw – Myanmar’s military-backed authorities have reduced the prison sentence of detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi by one-sixth

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Imprisoned Nobel laureate Mohammadi may have suffered heart attack, lawyer says

Beirut— Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi may have suffered a heart attack in prison, her lawyer said on

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OPINION: How the Yunus Interim Government Weaponized Justice in Bangladesh

Statistics cannot capture the sound of a cell door closing on a lawyer who once argued for others’ freedom. It

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