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Hungarian prosecutors drop charges against Budapest mayor for organising Pride march
Hungarian prosecutors have dropped charges against Budapest’s liberal Mayor Gergely Karacsony over his role in organising an LGBTQ+ rights rally in 2025, prosecutors said on Thursd…
US military says it struck vessel in Eastern Pacific, killing two
WASHINGTON: The US military said on Friday it struck a vessel in the Eastern Pacific, killing two people, in the latest such attack, condemned by rights groups as “extrajudicial ki…
Death penalty rates at 40-year high globally, Amnesty International says
A crackdown in Iran drove a surge in the number of people executed worldwide in 2025, but China remains the "leading executioner," human rights group Amnesty International says.…
Executions nearly doubled in the U.S. last year, and soared abroad
The number of people killed in state-sanctioned executions worldwide rose to a 44-year high in 2025, according to a new report from Amnesty International.…
'Staggering' Iran toll drives up global executions to their highest since 1981, says Amnesty International
In 2025, at least 2,707 people were executed globally, and of these cases, 2,159 were in Iran, Amnesty International said on Sunday. The UK-based rights group, among others, has no…
Taliban legalizes sick child marriages with special rules for ‘virgin girls’ in Afghanistan
In mid-May, the Taliban put into law new regulations called “Principles of Separation Between Spouses,” that formally recognize child marriages, and sets out rules and specific gui…
Amnesty calls for US strike on Yemen to be investigated as war crime
The attack last year on a migrant detention facility killed at least 68 people.…
FIFA urged to push US for ‘ICE Truce’ at World Cup by Human Rights Watch
ICE has represented the US immigration crackdown and deportation drive, but HRW wants a truce for duration of World Cup.…