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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.

UN Reports 21 Executions and 4,000+ Arrests in Iran Since War Began

U.S. Issues Two-Week Ultimatum for Cuba to Free High-Profile Political Prisoners

Iran Sentences Four Protesters to Death, Including First Woman

Russia’s Supreme Court Labels Nobel-Winning Memorial ‘Extremist’

Iran Executes Another Protester as Wartime Death Sentences Accelerate

Iran Executes 18-Year-Old Protester as Watchdogs Warn More Imminent Killings

Iran Executes Two Men Over Alleged MEK Links

Iran Publicly Hangs Three Tied to January Protests, Including 19-Year-Old Wrestler

Iran Executes 19-Year-Old Wrestler Saleh Mohammadi After January Protest Cases

Iran Hangs Three Tied to January Unrest, Including 19-Year-Old Wrestler

Venezuela Frees 11 Military Cadets Jailed Over 'Call of Duty' Screens as Amnesty Takes Hold

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

Nobel Committee Accuses Iran of 'Life-Threatening' Abuse of Laureate Narges Mohammadi

Moscow Court Jails Comedian Artemy Ostanin for Nearly Six Years Over Veteran Joke

Venezuela Frees Argentine Roberto Baldo After Yearlong Detention

Iran Detains Co-Writer of Palme d’Or Winner ‘Un Simple Accident’ Ahead of Oscars

Iran Detains Oscar-Nominated Co-Writer Mehdi Mahmoudian in Tehran

Lukashenko Offers to Help Ensure 'Peaceful' Brazil Election, Voices Support for Lula

Iran Detains Oscar-Nominated Writer Mehdi Mahmoudian After Letter Blaming Khamenei