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Queensland to Impose Mandatory Jail for Youths Who Reoffend on Bail

The premier says the policy will strengthen deterrence and victim focus but it risks adding pressure to already strained youth detention systems.

Toledo Authorizes Lawyer to Seek Humanitarian Pardon

World Congress Against the Death Penalty Opens in Paris as Executions Rise

Government to Abolish 1824 Vagrancy Act and End Criminalisation of Rough Sleeping

Motta Delays Vote on Rural Debt Deal After Meetings With Agro and Sugar Industry

Saxony Asks States to Test Court‑Style Procedure for Children Below 14

Peru Authorizes Temporary Review To Reduce Sentences For Parents Who Pay Child Support

Berlin Reports Rise in Clan-Linked Crime in 2025

German Cabinet Approves Major Overhaul of Human-Trafficking Laws

Suspect Linked to Process in Ensenada Mutilated-Cat Case

Mass Shootings Kill Scores in Northern Honduras

Senegal’s Prime Minister Rejects Western Criticism and Defends Tough New Anti‑LGBTQ Law

Brazil’s Lower House Backs Tougher Child‑Sex Crime Penalties as Bill Moves to Senate

Global Executions Soar to Highest Level Since 1981, Amnesty Reports

Executions Hit Highest Level Since 1981, Amnesty Reports, With Iran Driving the 2025 Surge

France Confirms Citizen Jailed in Senegal on 'Acts Against Nature' Charge

NSW Moves to Toughen Penalties for 'Kill Cars,' Firebombings and Public Shootings

Finnish MP Appeals Hate-Speech Conviction to the European Court of Human Rights

UN Anti-Racism Panel Demands Repeal of Israel’s New Death Penalty Law

Peru’s Congress Approves National DNA Database to Bolster Criminal Investigations