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Cuban State Media Photo of Detained 16-Year-Old Prompts Rights Outcry

Rights monitors call a new state photo staged propaganda.

U.S.-Brokered Prisoner Swap Frees Poczobut in 5-for-5 Exchange at Belarus Border

Myanmar Frees 4,335 in New Year Amnesty and Commutes All Death Sentences

Iran Sentences Four Protesters to Death, Including First Woman

Barghouti’s Lawyer Says Israeli Guards Assaulted Him Three Times in a Month

Imran Khan’s Son Appeals to UN, Drawing Government Pushback and International Focus

Belarus Frees 250 Prisoners in U.S.-Brokered Deal as Washington Lifts Key Sanctions

Ukraine Marks 12 Years Since Crimea Annexation, Says Nearly 300 Held on Political Charges

Belarus Dissident Maria Kolesnikova Collects Charlemagne Prize in Aachen

Nahuel Gallo, Recently Freed From Venezuela, Urges Release of El Rodeo I Prisoners

Family of Freed Argentine Gendarme Nahuel Gallo Publishes Thank-You After 448 Days Held in Venezuela

Argentine Detainee Nahuel Gallo Calls Home After 445 Days, Ends Hunger Strike

Venezuela’s Amnesty Rollout Faces Scrutiny as Official Tallies Clash With NGO Counts

Azerbaijani President’s Guards Clash With Protesters Outside D.C. Hotel, Videos Show

Belarus Opposition Veteran Mikalay Statkevich Released Home After Stroke

Russia Detains Navalny Memorial Participants as Countries Renew Calls for Probe and Prisoner Releases

Freed Argentine Details SEBIN Detention, Alleges Foreigners Used as Bargaining Chips

UK Expands BN(O) Visa to Let Hong Kong’s 1979–97 Cohort Apply Independently

Hong Kong Court Sentences Pro-Democracy Publisher Jimmy Lai to 20 Years Under Security Law

Iran Sentences Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi to Six Years in Prison