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1 week agoA 19-year-old star wrestler and two other young men were hanged in Iran as regime continues with executions and crackdown on dissent during war | Fortune
Iran executed three men, including a star wrestler, amid fears of a wave of executions targeting protesters and dissenters.
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3 days agoMy year in solitary confinement has not broken me. My peaceful fight for Baloch rights in Pakistan goes on | Mahrang Baloch
Solitary confinement leads to severe isolation and mental strain, compounded by the targeting of family members due to political activism.
fromwww.dw.com
2 weeks agoBelarus releases 250 political prisoners as part of US deal
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko ordered the release of 250 political prisoners on Thursday in exchange for easing sanctions from Washington, according to the US embassy in nearby Lithuania. It is reportedly the largest one-time release of its kind so far, as Belarus is ramping up efforts to normalize ties with the United States.
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2 weeks agoNYC protesters call for regime change in Iran as conflict escalates
Advocacy groups in New York City rallied supporting regime change in Iran and backing American and Israeli military actions, framing the conflict as finishing a decades-long war rather than starting a new one.
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3 weeks agoCuban exile accused of masterminding terrorism plot from Florida speaks out
A Miami activist leading the 30th of November Revolutionary Movement vows to continue fighting for imprisoned men detained after a deadly February confrontation between alleged counter-revolutionaries and Cuba's coast guard.
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1 month agoComma by comma, a change here, a change there': The passage of Venezuela's amnesty law
Venezuela's National Assembly approved an amnesty law after intensive negotiations, allowing the government to claim greater political freedom while opposition lawmakers secured limited concessions including Article Seven requiring justice system submission.
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1 month agoRelatives of political prisoners in Venezuela stage hunger strike in response to broken promises of their release
Families and prisoners in Caracas stage prolonged hunger strikes and vigils as promised amnesty releases are delayed despite government assurances.
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4 months agoNicaragua's Ortega and Murillo release and parade political prisoners in whitewashing operation for US
Nicaragua's co-presidents, Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, resorted on Tuesday to an old whitewashing tactic: releasing and parading political prisoners who had been forcibly disappeared. The move comes on the eve of a crucial decision for the Sandinista regime: the Trump administration will have to determine whether to expel the country from the Dominican RepublicCentral AmericaUnited States Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA)
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