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Iran Executes Two Men Over Alleged MEK Links

Rights groups say the hangings serve to silence dissent, warning of further executions.

Iran Publicly Hangs Three Tied to January Protests, Including 19-Year-Old Wrestler

Iran Executes 19-Year-Old Wrestler Saleh Mohammadi After January Protest Cases

Venezuela Frees 11 Military Cadets Jailed Over 'Call of Duty' Screens as Amnesty Takes Hold

Freed Argentine Details SEBIN Detention, Alleges Foreigners Used as Bargaining Chips

Nobel Committee Accuses Iran of 'Life-Threatening' Abuse of Laureate Narges Mohammadi

Moscow Court Jails Comedian Artemy Ostanin for Nearly Six Years Over Veteran Joke

Venezuela Frees Argentine Roberto Baldo After Yearlong Detention

Iran Detains Co-Writer of Palme d’Or Winner ‘Un Simple Accident’ Ahead of Oscars

Iran Detains Oscar-Nominated Co-Writer Mehdi Mahmoudian in Tehran

Lukashenko Offers to Help Ensure 'Peaceful' Brazil Election, Voices Support for Lula

Iran Detains Oscar-Nominated Writer Mehdi Mahmoudian After Letter Blaming Khamenei

Iran Detains Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter Mehdi Mahmoudian

U.S. Urges Iran to Halt Reported Imminent Execution of 19-Year-Old Wrestler

Iran Unrest Intensifies as 17-Year-Old Amir Ali Haydari’s Killing Becomes a Flashpoint

UN Rights Chief Presses Guinea to Halt Pre‑Election Repression, Urges Guinea‑Bissau Junta to End Arbitrary Detentions

Machado Skips Nobel Peace Ceremony as Daughter Accepts, Panel Tells Maduro to Step Down

Iphan Finalizes Heritage Listing of Former DOPS HQ in Rio as First Federal Traumatic-Memory Site

Brazil Marks 50 Years Since Herzog’s Killing With Sé Ceremony, New Files and Military Justice Apology

Brazil Issues Corrected Death Certificates Blaming the State for Dictatorship‑Era Killings