Amnesty International

Force in Play

Says it confirmed 52 deaths, called for an impartial investigation and reparations, and said Governor Kefas had not spoken publicly about the attack

Gunmen on motorcycles raided Binnari village in Taraba State on October 23, shooting residents and burning homes and shops. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) put the toll at 62 dead and 52 injured on October 27, with 5,187 residents displaced.

Updated 3 hours ago

Rule Changes

Called the conviction and sentence a travesty of justice

Tundu Lissu is serving four years for incitement after a three-judge panel in Dar es Salaam acquitted him of treason on November 6, 2026. He had spent 577 days in custody before the verdict, most of it at Ukonga Prison.

Updated 2 days ago

Rule Changes

Said on November 9 that the findings confirmed its research and should force design changes

On November 6, 2026, the European Commission told TikTok that its For You feed may violate the Digital Services Act. The preliminary findings say the recommender drives users down 'rabbit holes' of videos about sadness, isolation and body image, and that TikTok's tools for breaking those loops do not work.

Updated 2 days ago

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Called for the couple's release and all charges to be dropped

An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan sentenced human rights lawyers Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha to 10 years each on 29 October, over barriers removed during England's 2024 cricket tour. The court fined them and added shorter concurrent terms for obstructing public servants.

Updated Nov 1

Force in Play

Condemned the Marte attack

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen ambushed villagers collecting firewood in Marte, a rural area in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state, on October 1. Initial reports put the death toll at 18; it rose to 28 over the following days as search teams found more bodies in the bush.

Updated Oct 21

Rule Changes

Its campaign to stop the amendments failed; the law took effect October 14

Algeria's death penalty for deliberate forest arson and for child abduction involving torture or sexual assault took effect after the amendments were published in the Official Gazette on October 14. Both chambers of parliament approved the changes, according to the Algerian Press Service. No execution has been carried out since 1993.

Updated Oct 20

Rule Changes

Had called for the death sentence to be overturned

Saudi Arabia's supreme court set aside a death sentence for a Sri Lankan migrant worker who posted a Facebook comment deemed insulting to Islam. The October 14 ruling came after Colombo mounted an urgent diplomatic and legal push.

Updated Oct 16

Rule Changes

As of May 2026: Condemned death penalty request for Yoon

South Korea hasn't executed anyone in 28 years. On January 13, 2026, prosecutors asked a Seoul court for former President Yoon Suk Yeol's death sentence; three days later, another court handed down a five-year sentence for obstruction of justice—the first of eight verdicts from his December 3, 2024 martial law declaration.

Updated May 21