The number of worldwide executions jumped to their highest level since 1981 in 2025, pushed in part by a "staggering" ...

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri postponed Wednesday a parliamentary session that was scheduled for Thursday to discuss the amnesty draft law, after "sectarian" protests across Lebanon. "Despite the ...

Executions worldwide rose to their highest level since 1981 last year, with 2,707 people put to death across 17 countries, ...

Indonesian authorities, including the military, used online disinformation campaigns to brand activists and journalists as ...

Of the 2,707 confirmed executions globally in 2025, 2,159 were in Iran. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

Venezuela’s new amnesty law has serious shortcomings that exclude many people who have been arbitrarily detained and is being ...

Amnesty International urged the United Nations on Wednesday to launch an inquiry into the killing of protesters by Iranian security forces, six months after they erupted over petrol prices. The ...

Amnesty International said 2025 would be remembered for international ‘bullies and predators’ and the ‘politics of appeasement’ that took the place of resistance.

Iran has ramped up its executions since the outbreak of war with Israel and the US, putting to death 9 people linked to the protests since mid-March ...

Feb 19 (Reuters) - Venezuela's ruling party-controlled legislature on Thursday approved a limited amnesty bill that human rights organizations say falls short of offering relief for hundreds of ...