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Israel Passes Law Making Death Penalty Default for West Bank Palestinians

The move faces a Supreme Court test after European ministers and UN experts called it discriminatory.

El Salvador Authorizes Life Sentences for Minors in Homicide, Rape and Terrorism Cases

Knesset Panel Clears Death-Penalty Bill for Final Votes

Senegal Submits Bill to Raise Prison Terms for Same-Sex Relations to 5–10 Years

Coalition Moves to Criminalise Help for IS-Linked Australians as Government Denies Repatriation Plan

Moraes Authorizes Derrite’s Prison Visit to Bolsonaro on Feb. 25

Netanyahu Orders Citizenship Revoked, Deportation of Two Palestinian-Israelis

Saxony Justice Minister Moves to Toughen Juvenile Law at Federal Level

UN Experts Urge Israel to Withdraw Fast-Tracked Death Penalty Bill

Holyrood Rejects Ash Regan’s Bill to Criminalise Buying Sex

Dan Norris Further Arrested on Suspicion of Rape, Sexual Assault, Voyeurism and Upskirting

Argentina Pushes Juvenile Justice Bill as Catholic Church Calls for Broader Response

Argentina Puts Juvenile Penal Reform on Extraordinary Sessions Agenda

Thuringia Files Bid to Criminalize Nazi Symbols in Schools, Facing Resistance

Thuringia Moves to Extend Nazi Symbol Ban to Classrooms With Bundesrat Bid

Israel Coalition Files Bill to Scrap Fraud and Breach-of-Trust Offenses Central to Netanyahu Trial

Lula Vetoes Sentencing Bill That Would Have Eased Bolsonaro’s 27-Year Term

Lula Vetoes Bill to Reduce Bolsonaro’s Prison Term

Brazil’s High Court Approves Hospital Tests for Bolsonaro After Prison Fall

Shah Chairs MHA Panel in Andamans as CDS Tours Islands, Security Tightened