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File photo: Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammad (Picture credit: AP) Iran has sentenced Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi to more than seven additional years in prison, according to her supporters and lawyer. The development comes as Mohammadi has reportedly been on a hunger strike since early February.Her lawyer, Mostafa Nili, confirmed the verdict…
North Korean citizens, including schoolchildren, are being executed for watching South Korean TV shows such as Squid Game and listening to K-pop, according to new testimony shared with Amnesty International.The testimony comes from 25 in-depth interviews with North Koreans, including 11 who fled the country between 2009 and 2020, reported the Independent. Most of the…
For years, Alaa Abd el-Fattah was one of the West’s most familiar symbols of Arab Spring idealism crushed by authoritarian rule. A blogger jailed for dissent, a hunger-striking political prisoner, and a cause taken up by foreign ministers and human-rights groups, his name came to stand for Egypt’s long democratic winter.That story was meant to…
Former JNU student and activist Umar Khalid addresses during a protest against the proposed fee hike in Jawaharlal Nehru University, in New Delhi, on November 23, 2019. (Times Content Photo/ TOI Archives) NEW DELHI: Amnesty International and six other global human rights organisations released a joint statement on Friday calling on the central govt to…
