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Iran Prisoners Sew Lips Shut in Mass Hunger Strike at Ghezel Hesar

Rights groups say the protest seeks to halt a recent surge in executions that monitors warn could put hundreds more at immediate risk.

Cardinal Zuppi Visits Ukraine to Pray for a Just Peace and Push Vatican Humanitarian Efforts

U.N. Says Israel’s Detention of Gaza Doctor Is Arbitrary as Rights Groups Warn He Is Near Death

Deported Palestinian Prisoners Remain Cut Off From Their Families

France's Prisons Hit Record 88,829 Inmates

Hegseth’s Guantánamo Visit Intensifies U.S. Pressure on Cuba

Manitoba Judge Clears $129‑Million Settlement Over Use of Segregation in Jails

British Couple Lose Appeal Against Iran Espionage Convictions

UN Rights Chief Urges Repeal of Israel’s New Oct. 7 Military Tribunal Law

Delhi Court Denies Interim Bail for MP Engineer Rashid to Visit Critically Ill Father

Lille Administrative Court Orders Urgent Repairs at Overcrowded Béthune Prison

Italian Peacekeepers Restore Crucifix in Lebanese Village After IDF Soldier Smashed Original

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

Ex-Hostage Benjamin Brière Says French Tax Office Dismissed His Captivity

Cuba Begins Releasing 2,010 Prisoners in Holy Week Pardon

Knesset Reinstates Death Penalty for West Bank ‘Terror’ Killings

Iran Executes Two Men Over Alleged MEK Links

Knesset Panel Clears Death-Penalty Bill for Final Votes

Stalin Urges Centre to Speed Return of 9 Tamil Nadu Fishermen Held in Sri Lanka

Abu Dhabi Talks Produce 157‑for‑157 Prisoner Swap as Core Disputes Persist