Shailin managed to refer some families to human-rights groups that advocate for prisoners in Iran.
—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
Far-right Israeli politicians celebrated the passage through parliament of a new law that allows execution by hanging, but effectively only for Palestinian prisoners.
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