By Cai Nebe January 5, 2026 Kinshasa says Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have killed 1,500 civilians despite press conference, the Congolese army presented 15 prisoners of war — seven Rwandan soldiers and eight civilians accused each other of jeopardizing the peace agreement. © OpenStreetMap contributors Fresh clashes, mass deaths Since the beginning of December "Rwandan operations" have caused the deaths of around 1,500 civilians

execute Palestinian militants.Credit...Erik Marmor/Getty Images Genocide Emergency Alert: Israel’s Death Israeli settlers in the West Bank are subject to civilian courts. Palestinians may be sentenced to death. Israelis will not be subject to capital punishment. The law weakens safeguards traditionally associated with use of the death penalty. Genocide Watch condemns the 2026 Israeli death penalty law and calls for its repeal.

Amnesty International on Thursday said a growing number of Southeast Asian states are cutting back on the death The statement came ahead of the World Day Against the Death Penalty on October 10, alongside a new briefing Malaysia’s 2023 abolition of the mandatory death penalty helped reduce the number of people on death Indonesia’s new Criminal Code, which took effect in January 2026, treats the death penalty as a “special Amnesty International also criticized Singapore for targeting anti-death-penalty activists, including

The claimants argue the deaths were part of a wider pattern of ​excessive force against local residents have not produced medical evidence or post-mortem reports to support key allegations surrounding the deaths

Chaos and violence in Mexico following the death of El Mencho, leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel rural area led to an armed confrontation in which the military repelled an attack, resulting in the deaths

investigates Myanmar military's mass killings The Myanmar military carried out a series of mass killings of civilians in July that resulted in the deaths of at least 40 men, a BBC investigation has found. The military has faced resistance from civilians since it seized control of the country, which is also The largest killing took place in Yin village, where at least 14 men were tortured or beaten to death The killings appeared to be a collective punishment for attacks on the military by civilian militia groups

Lidia Thorpe has made a claim about the Northern Territory Chief Minister over Indigenous deaths in custody been calls, including from Indigenous Affairs Minister Malindiri McCarthy, for an external review of deaths “The politicisation of a death in custody by federal independent and Labor MPs shows just how little “Similarly, the recent AFP death in custody incident will also be investigated by NT Police.” Meanwhile, Anthony Albanese has weighed in on the deaths in custody, saying “all governments have not

Cali, a high-ranking official said on Monday, while the attorney general's office linked three more deaths The attorney general's office on Monday said 20 deaths have been linked to demonstrations - three more Over the weekend Cali Mayor Jorge Ivan Ospina reported more than a dozen violent deaths took place in "It is essential that all those who are reportedly involved in causing injury or death, including state As the death toll rises, negotiations between the government and protest leaders have stalled.

Revolutionary Court has sentenced another dissident, Iranian social media activist Mahmoud Mehrabi, to death criminal offenses under the Islamic Republic's interpretation of Sharia law, both carrying the penalty of death Prominent Iranian dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi was sentenced to death by the same court just last month This sentence comes amid an escalating use of the death penalty in Iran, following the unprecedented

That wait is now over; Salehi has been sentenced to death. was arrested in October 2022 after publicly supporting the massive protests that broke out after the death Her death inspired the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement in Iran. A revolutionary court in Isfahan recently issued the verdict and the sentence of death. He said, “We once again condemn the Iranian regime’s use of the death sentence as a tool to suppress

“All parties to the talks should publicly commit to immediately end abuses against civilians and ensure grenade was fired into the courtyard of the district hospital in Bali, North-West region, leading to the death Background Violent attacks against civilians in Cameroon by separatist groups have been rife since Neither the call for a ceasefire nor the peace talks have led to an end to violence against civilians husband several times not to provide information to the security forces, including hours before his death

By NOHA ELHENNAWY CAIRO (AP) — The death toll from tribal violence in Sudan’s restive Darfur region has A military-civilian government now rules the country.