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Palestinian Prisoner’s Day: What happened in Palestine on April 17, 1971?
Nearly 10,000 men, women and children are held in Israeli prisons, a third without charge or trial.
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‘Dangerous escalation’: World reacts to Israel passing death penalty law
Rights groups denounce Israeli legislation as a violation of international law that puts Palestinian prisoners at risk.
European nations criticise Israel’s death penalty plans
France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom raise concern over ‘de facto discriminatory character of the bill.’
Amnesty demands Israel drop death penalty bills ‘entrenching apartheid’
Amnesty International says bills would mean ‘punishment is being reserved for, and weaponised against, Palestinians’.
China carries out further executions of Myanmar scam centre suspects
Executions are part of broader crackdown by Beijing on scam centres across Southeast Asia built on an industrial scale.
China executes 11 linked to Myanmar scam operations: State media
Among the executed were members of the “Ming family criminal group”.
Iran’s judiciary to speed up trials of accused in protests crackdown
Prosecutors say they are bringing capital charges of ‘waging war against God’ against ‘rioters and saboteurs’.
South Korea prosecutors seek death penalty for ex-President Yoon
Prosecutors say Yoon, who was impeached over a failed 2024 martial law declaration, threatened ‘constitutional order’.
Houthis detain 10 more United Nations staff in Yemen, bringing total to 69
The Houthis have stepped up arrests of UN staff since Israel launched its genocidal war on Palestinians in Gaza.
Bulgarian court rejects Lebanon’s extradition request over Beirut blast
No senior figure has been held accountable since the devastating explosion more than five years ago.
![A drone picture shows the destruction after an explosion at the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Aug. 5, 2020 [File: AP Photo/Hussein Malla]](/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/beirut-port-1722767320.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Why India likely won’t return Hasina to face Bangladesh death penalty
Bangladesh protesters applaud death penalty for former PM. But she is far from the gallows, in India.
![A mural of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was vandalised as students demanded her resignation at the University of Dhaka on August 3, 2024 [Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025-11-17T010309Z_541395364_RC2C89AYTHNJ_RTRMADP_3_BANGLADESH-POLITICS-HASINA_cropped-1763391578.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)