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Two Former Syrian Security Officials Stand Trial in Vienna Over Alleged Raqqa Torture

Austria is testing extraterritorial jurisdiction by waiving the usual statute of limitations to try alleged Syrian abuses.

Ghana Parliament Approves Law Criminalizing Promotion of LGBTQ Activities

France Appoints Judge to Probe Jamal Khashoggi Killing After Rights Groups' Complaints

Israel Creates Special Military Tribunal for Oct. 7 Suspects With Death Penalty Option

Argentine Gendarme Testifies He Was Tortured During 448 Days in Venezuelan Detention

Argentina Summons Nahuel Gallo to Testify in Probe of Alleged Maduro-Era Crimes Against Humanity

Argentine Gendarme Nahuel Gallo Files as Plaintiff in Case Accusing Nicolás Maduro of Crimes Against Humanity

Prisoners’ Day Trains Spotlight on Israel’s New Death‑Penalty Law and Mass Detentions

Sweden Says Citizen Executed in Iran as Judiciary Reports Execution for Mossad Spying

US Transfers 5,700 ISIS Detainees From Syria to Iraq, Including About Two Dozen With German Ties

Giulio Regeni Documentary Screens Nationwide in Three-Day Release

Bangladesh Tribunal Sentences Ex-Dhaka Police Chief and Two Senior Officers to Death Over 2024 Protest Killings

Deutsche Welle Correspondent Detained in Niger After Refugee Report

Detained Russian–Australian Requested Priest After Health Concerns Raised

UN Rights Chief Reports Record 2025 Executions, Urges Immediate Global Moratorium

Thai Police Arrest Mother in Cross-Border Case of Thai Girl Forced to Work in Tokyo

Bangladesh Court Sentences Ex-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to Death Over 2024 Crackdown

Milan Opens Criminal Probe Into Alleged 'Human Safaris' During Sarajevo Siege

Peru Enacts Controversial Amnesty Law Shielding Security Forces From Human Rights Prosecutions

Argentina Officializes $11,000 Indemnization to “Concheto” Álvarez After Inter-American Court Ruling