Amnesty International

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Called for the couple's release and all charges to be dropped

Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha, two human rights lawyers, were sentenced to 10 years in prison each by an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on 29 October. The court found they removed security barriers and obstructed police during England's cricket tour in October 2024.

Updated 1 hour ago

Force in Play

Says it confirmed 52 deaths and that residents drowned in the Benue River while fleeing

Gunmen on motorcycles raided Binnari village in Taraba State on October 23, opening fire after Friday prayers and looting shops for up to four hours. Police first reported 10 bodies, then 58 as searchers found more victims in bushes and the Benue River. On October 27 the National Emergency Management Agency put the toll at 62, with 52 people injured.

Updated 2 days ago

Force in Play

Condemned the Marte attack

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen ambushed villagers collecting firewood in Marte, a rural area in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state, on October 1. Initial reports put the death toll at 18; it rose to 28 over the following days as search teams found more bodies in the bush.

Updated Oct 21

Rule Changes

Its campaign to stop the amendments failed; the law took effect October 14

Algeria's death penalty for deliberate forest arson and for child abduction involving torture or sexual assault took effect after the amendments were published in the Official Gazette on October 14. Both chambers of parliament approved the changes, according to the Algerian Press Service. No execution has been carried out since 1993.

Updated Oct 20

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Had called for the death sentence to be overturned

Saudi Arabia's supreme court set aside a death sentence for a Sri Lankan migrant worker who posted a Facebook comment deemed insulting to Islam. The October 14 ruling came after Colombo mounted an urgent diplomatic and legal push.

Updated Oct 16

Rule Changes

Condemned death penalty request for Yoon

South Korea hasn't executed anyone in 28 years. On January 13, 2026, prosecutors asked a Seoul court for former President Yoon Suk Yeol's death sentence; three days later, another court handed down a five-year sentence for obstruction of justice—the first of eight verdicts from his December 3, 2024 martial law declaration.

Updated May 21