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Iran Sentences Jafar Panahi in Absentia as He Pledges Return After Awards Push

The verdict imposes a one-year term with added travel and association restrictions, with an appeal planned by his lawyer.

Nicaragua Releases About 40 Political Prisoners to House Arrest

Islamabad Court Withdraws Warrants for Imaan Mazari and Husband, Sets Saturday Hearing

Clara Charf, Brazilian Activist and PT Founder, Dies at 100

Supreme Court Gives Maharashtra One Final Week to Justify Delay in Surjagarh Arson Trial

Jailed Ufa Journalist Olga Komleva Says She Has Lost Her Voice in Detention

Nobel Peace Prize 2025 Awarded to Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado

Robert Badinter to Enter the Panthéon on Oct. 9 With Vigil, Readings and Presidential Address

Basque Government Grants Semiliberty to ETA Veteran 'Gadafi' as Victims Decry Move

Islamabad Court Frames Charges Against Imaan Mazari and Husband in Tweets Case

Jailed MP Engineer Rashid Announces Two-Day Gandhi Jayanti Fast in Tihar

Celebrities Join PSC Push Urging Starmer to Call Israel’s Gaza Actions Genocide

PHC Grants Protective Bail to Imaan Mazari as Islamabad Court Withdraws Arrest Warrants

Alaa Abd el‑Fattah Freed After Sisi Pardon

TMU Reassigns Guards After Videoed Detainment as Students Plan Walkout and Police Investigate

Egypt Pardons Activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, Frees Arab Spring Figure

China Sentences Citizen Journalist Zhang Zhan to Four More Years on 'Seeking Quarrels' Charge

Sansal Rejects Far-Right Sakharov Nomination as Support Committee Challenges Publisher

Ruben Wagensberg Resigns ERC Seat in Catalan Parliament

La Stampa Reporter Expelled From Gaza Flotilla After Being Branded ‘Dangerous’