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Damascus Court Sentences Assad, Maher and Senior Officers to Death

Enforcement is stalled by suspects sheltered in Russia, with rights groups raising concerns about rushed procedures.

Clashes Return in Suwayda as Damascus Opens Public Trials Over 2025 Massacres

‘Ben’Imana’ Debuts at Cannes as First Rwandan Film in Official Selection

Damascus Court Charges Ex-Daraa Intelligence Chief With War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity

‘The Darkest Files’ Wins Top Honors at 2026 Deutscher Computerspielpreis

Syria Opens First Public Trials of Assad-Era Officials as Najib Appears in Court

Syria Opens First Public Trial of an Assad-Era Official

World Press Photo Names Carol Guzy’s ‘Separated by ICE’ Photo of the Year

Russian-Installed Luhansk Court Jails Polish National 13 Years for Fighting for Ukraine

Argentina Marks 50 Years Since Coup With Mass Marches as Milei Releases Video Questioning Dictatorship Record

Dictatorship-Era Police Doctor Jorge Bergés Dies at 83 While Under House Arrest

Raúl Guglielminetti, Convicted Dictatorship-Era Operative, Dies at 84

Kenova Final Report Finds No State Collusion in 1974 Dublin–Monaghan Bombings

Colombia’s Peace Tribunal Issues First Definitive Sentences for FARC Kidnappings and Army ‘False Positives’

Colombia’s Peace Tribunal Hands First ‘False Positives’ Sentences to 12 Ex‑Soldiers

Colombia’s Peace Court Issues First Individual Sentences to 7 Ex‑FARC Leaders for 21,396 Kidnappings

Colombia Peace Court Sentences 7 Ex-FARC Leaders to Eight Years of Reparative Sanctions for Mass Kidnappings

French Judges Order Non-Lieu for Agathe Habyarimana in Rwanda Genocide Probe

Europe-Wide Project Seeks Families for Undelivered Farewell Letters of Nazi Death-Row Inmates

Court Convicts Three Former Salvadoran Officers in 1982 Murder of Dutch Journalists