news - 26 April 2026 - AFGHANISTAN

UNAMA URGES TALIBAN TO LIFT SCHOOL BAN AS MILLIONS OF GIRLS REMAIN OUT OF CLASS

On International Girls in ICT Day, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) renewed its call for Taliban to lift restrictions on girls’ education, warning that millions remain out of school nearly four and a half years after their return to power.

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news - 26 April 2026 - SRI LANKA

SRI LANKA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR SUSPECT WHO KILLED COP AFTER 18 YEAR TRIAL

An individual on April 22, 2026 was sentenced to death in Sri Lanka for the murder of a police officer during a raid in Baddegama in 2008.

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news - 26 April 2026 - IRAN

IRAN - Amer Ramesh executed in Zahedan on April 26

Baloch political prisoner

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IRAN - Maryam Hodavand sentenced to death

26 April 2026

A January Protester

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IRAN - Erfan Kiani Executed on April 25

26 April 2026

Ninth January Protester

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IRAN - Arrest of Several Individuals by IRGC

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IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Alborz

25 April 2026

Probably on April 24

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URGENT APPEAL BY HANDS OFF CAIN TO AVOID THE ERASING EVIDENCE OF 1980S EXECUTIONS BY DESTROYING BEHESHT-E-ZAHRA SECTION 41 IN IRAN

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