Sharp global rise in executions
Death penalty executions worldwide increased sharply in 2025, reaching their highest level since 1981, according to Amnesty International’s annual report...
Israel’s parliament has passed a law making the death penalty the default sentence for Palestinians convicted of deadly terror attacks. The bill passed its...
Nigeria’s police have confirmed that worshippers were abducted from three churches in the northern state of Kaduna, reversing an earlier position that had cast...
The human rights organisation Amnesty International has today accused Israel of committing "genocide" against Palestinians since the start of the war in the Gaza...
