At least 901 people were reportedly executed in Iran last year, including about 40 in a single week in December, according to ...

Coverage of Syria’s prisons overlooks their decades-long use as key destinations for extraordinary rendition, where terror ...

No one should put any trust in the court system to stop the U.S. government from using tax dollars for war. But suing members ...

The Israel Defense Forces continues its intense airstrike and ground campaigns in Gaza, particularly in the north of the ...

Iran executed a record 1,000 people in 2024, almost 70 per cent of them after its new “reformist” president took office.

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Negotiators have made little progress towards an enduring ceasefire over a year into deadly conflict and humanitarian crisis, ...

Amnesty Israel denies claims that it is conducting itself in a racist manner towards Palestinians, a reason given by the ...

Saudi Arabia has put six Iranians to death for drug trafficking, the interior ministry said Wednesday, after a year in which ...

Zimbabwe officially abolished the death penalty Tuesday after President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed into law an act that will ...

Nineteen-year-old Charles Owino was killed by a gunshot to the head during a day of anti-government protests near Nairobi in ...

The shooting incident occurred on Thursday, January 2, which killed a car rental owner and injured one other person.