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Human Rights Watch In 2024, Zimbabwean authorities acted to undermine democratic processes, repressed civil society and restricted political pluralism. They continued to weaponize the criminal justice ...

The former MDC activist and Tungamirai Madzore, another opposition activist, were arrested for allegedly killing a police ...

South Korea's impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, was formally arrested early Sunday, days after being apprehended at his ...

Zimbabwe has just banned the death penalty. While it should remove an exemption clause, which might allow for capital punishment’s return were a state of emergency to ...

Commissioner General, Dr. Moses C.N Chihobvu, has announced plans to convert former prison killing sites into museums. This move ...

Amnesty International denounced Taiwan's execution of Huang Linkai on Thursday, calling the event a 'shameful setback' as it ...

The Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) has repurposed the infamous hanging gallows at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison into a museum and radio broadcasting ...

South Africa’s president is facing calls to order an inquiry into a police operation that was meant to combat illegal mining ...

The Vatican’s secretary of state called the gradual release of 553 prisoners in Cuba “a sign of great hope” at the beginning ...

The Cuban government’s announcement of the prisoner release dated Jan. 14 cited 'the spirit of the Ordinary Jubilee of 2025' ...

The President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, signed into law the Death Penalty Abolition Act (2024) effectively removing ...