Iranian authorities urged in #SaveToomaj campaign to spare and release prominent rapper after 'grotesque' death sentence stuns supporters
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Macron didn't say anything radically new in his big Europe speech, gathering previous themes, but put his vision in starker terms than ever before.
The phrase 'our Europe, today, is mortal and it can die' is likely to echo for sometime...
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#UPDATE Iran executed at least 834 people last year, the highest number since 2015 as capital punishment surged in the Islamic republic, rights groups say.

The number of executions was up some 43% on 2022

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Vladimir Putin never referred to Alexei Navalny by name yet the Russian leader's most significant domestic political opponent succeeded in haunting the Kremlin chief, though it remains to be seen how his influence will endure after his death Stuart Williams
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#BREAKING Iranian Nobel winner Narges Mohammadi begins hunger strike in prison: family

She has not seen her children for 8 yrs and sees no prospect of release. But behind bars #Iran campaigner #NargesMohammadi vows to keep fighting for rights, bouyed by protests for #MahsaAmini and arguing situation is 'irreversible'
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