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Alabama Suspends Executions After Lethal Injection Problems

Alabama’s governor issued a sweeping order on Monday suspending all executions in the state and calling for a review of…

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Ex-President Unlawfully Released From Jail, South African Court Rules

JOHANNESBURG — A South African court ruled on Monday that a decision to allow former President Jacob Zuma to serve…

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Alabama to Execute Man Whose Jury Voted 11-1 to Spare Him

All 12 jurors agreed to convict Kenneth Eugene Smith in the 1988 murder of a pastor’s wife in Alabama, but…

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Family of Egyptian Political Prisoner Says He Had Near-Death Experience

CAIRO — Alaa Abd El Fattah, Egypt’s best-known political prisoner, is thin, frail and psychologically unstable after spending months with…

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Navalny says he is now in permanent solitary confinement.

Aleksei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader jailed after surviving an assassination attempt said on Thursday that he has been transferred…

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Myanmar Frees Former British Ambassador and Others in Amnesty

Myanmar’s military junta said Thursday it was releasing and expelling four foreign prisoners as part of a broad amnesty that…

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Electrical Cords, Metal Pipes: In Kherson, Signs of Torture Emerge

KHERSON, Ukraine — To reach the dank, eerie basement were the Russian police detained Ukrainian civilians required navigating a crumbling…

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