A report by Amnesty International found that executions in Iran had reached an eight-year high in 2023, after the country executed 853 individuals. But in the span of just 10 days, another 37 have ...
Activists say Swedish nationals have been especially targeted over the life sentence given in Sweden to former Iranian prison official Hamid Noury for his role in mass executions in Iran in 1988.
It's also regularly applied to certain drug traffickers. Iran is second only to China in the number of executions it carries ...
Amid escalating tensions, Saudi Arabia issues a stern warning to Israel against a ground operation in Rafah City, Gaza. Israeli forces seize control of Gaza's Rafah crossing with Egypt, prompting ...
Matthias Glasner’s Dying was the winner of the top prize at this year’s German Film Awards, clinching the Golden Lola in the ...
Arrested multiple times and tortured, the popular Iranian music artist was sentenced to death on April 24 for his participation in the protests after the 2022 death of young Mahsa Amini.
Hamas accepts Gaza ceasefire as IDF orders 100,000 to evacuate Rafah - Israel, who struck Rafah with airstrikes on Monday, is ...
Ukraine's Security Service said on May 7 it detained members of a network of agents of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB ...
Two Belarusian activists went on trial in Minsk on May 7 in separate cases amid a continuing crackdown on dissent.
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Amnesty International on Tuesday slammed Iraqi authorities for an “alarming lack of transparency” over the execution of 11 prisoners on the same day for “terrorism” charges, ...