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    Iran’s wartime executions – podcast

    By April 30, 2026

    Over the last six weeks, the Iranian regime has carried out a spate of executions of political prisoners. The Guardian journalist Daniel Boffey reportsIran has hanged 18 political prisoners during the last six weeks.Chief reporter Dan Boffey tells the …

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    Family of ailing Iranian Nobel laureate say keeping her in jail is a death sentence

    ByDeepa Parent April 29, 2026

    Narges Mohammadi denied medical leave from prison in spite of sharp decline in health and drastic weight loss, say lawyersThe family of the jailed Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi say they fear for her life after a sharp deterioration in her hea…

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    Hanged under the cover of war: letters and videos tell stories of Iran’s death row victims

    ByDaniel Boffey Chief reporter April 25, 2026

    Testimony emerges from Babak Alipour, who spent three years on death row before being taken to gallows in March Writing from his cell in the Rajai Shahr prison in the northern Iranian city of Karaj, Babak Alipour wanted to tell his friends about those …

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    Venice Biennale jury ‘will not award artists from countries facing war crimes charges’

    ByAngela Giuffrida in Rome April 24, 2026April 24, 2026

    Statement, apparently aimed at Russia and Israel, makes clear it is committed to the defence of human rightsThe jury of the Venice Biennale has said it would not give awards to artists from countries whose leaders are facing charges of crimes against h…

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    Israeli soldiers using sexual assault to force Palestinians out of West Bank, report says

    ByEmma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem April 21, 2026

    Experts say attacks, also carried out by settlers, are leading girls to quit school and enter early marriagesIsraeli soldiers and settlers are using gendered violence and sexual assault and harassment to force Palestinians from their homes in the occup…

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    Sudan is not lost. Here at last is a way to break the cycle of violence in our country | Abdalla Hamdok

    ByAbdalla Hamdok April 14, 2026

    For three years, ceasefires have been ignored and we have descended back into chaos. Now there is a credible plan for peace on the tableFreedom, peace and justice. Three words that united the Sudanese people and became the banner under which 30 years o…

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    ‘My life has become a rollercoaster’: Francesca Albanese on death threats, danger and dread after accusing Israel of genocide

    ByJulian Borger in Geneva April 14, 2026

    When the UN special rapporteur published her report Anatomy of a Genocide in March 2024, she was lionised by some and demonised by the Trump government. She describes what happened nextIn retrospect, arranging to interview Francesca Albanese in a cafe …

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    ‘Everyone is thinking about oil prices’: is Iran using the war to hide a surge in executions?

    BySarah Johnson and Maryam Foumani April 2, 2026

    Regime has long used the death penalty to suppress dissent but now appears to be withholding information on the killing of hundreds of prisoners, say rights groupsIt has been almost three months since Peyvand Naimi, 30, was arrested in connection with …

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    Israel’s death penalty bill for Palestinian prisoners moves to final vote

    ByLorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem March 25, 2026

    Legislation initiated by far-right Otzma Yehudit party drew mounting criticism from opponents and rights groups as it moved through the KnessetMiddle East crisis – live updatesIsrael’s parliament has advanced a contentious bill to impose the death pena…

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    Minab school bombing: what evidence is there that the US was responsible?

    ByTess McClure March 10, 2026March 10, 2026

    Trump has blamed Iran for the mass killing at Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school but geolocation, videos, satellite imagery and fragments apparently recovered from the site indicate otherwiseThe bombing of a primary school in Minab on 28 February killed …

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