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Venezuela Frees Hundreds of Political Prisoners Under New Amnesty Drive

Caracas-Venezuela began releasing hundreds of political detainees this week under a new amnesty initiative introduced by interim leader Delcy Rodriguez,

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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

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

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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Advocate Shahanur Islam October 18, 2025October 18, 2025 authoritarianism, bangladesh, democracy, freedom of speech, government crackdown, human rights, judicial abuse, justice system, lawyers in prison, legal persecution, Muhammad Yunus, political prisoners, political repression, rule of law

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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France says Iran now holding five French nationals

France’s foreign minister said on Tuesday five of its nationals were being held in Iran and the European Union had

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Iran’s intelligence pursues Stalinist interrogation tactics against Ahwazi prisoners

by Rahim Hamid and Irina Tsukerman The secret killing of political prisoners is a method widely used by the Iranian

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