Arrested during the Woman, Life, Freedom (Jin, Jiyan, Azadi) protests

A Dhaka court on February 22, 2026 sentenced two men to death for the planned murder of Tejgaon College student Ikram Hossain Mollah, 22, in the capital’s Khilkhet area.

Lebanon’s human rights committee has approved a draft to abolish the death penalty.

Annalena Baerbock, President of the United Nations General Assembly, described attempts to appease the Taliban as unsuccessful in the face of the most severe human rights violations