8 d. ago Israel's strike on Iran’s Evin prison sparks fear for political prisoners

Rights activists in Iran fear intensified crackdowns following Israel's air campaign targeting Iran's nuclear program

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2 w. ago ‘Helpless and trapped’: political prisoners stuck in Tehran jail with no way to flee bombings

Families of detained activists talk of their fear and confusion as Israeli missiles strike Evin prison in IranWhen Mehraveh Khandan heard about Israel’s evacuation order in Tehran last week, the first thing she thought of was her father. Reza Khandan, imprisoned for his human rights activism in 2024, was sitting in a cell in Tehran’s Evin prison on the edge of the evacuation zone.She fielded calls from her friends, who were breathless from the shock of the Israeli bombs as tens of thousands fled the Iranian capital. Her father, by contrast, had no way to flee. He was stuck. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Italy’s citizenship referendum fails after voters heed Meloni call for boycott

Low turnout for two-day plebiscite aimed at granting faster citizenship to immigrants garners below 50% threshold needed to pass

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4 w. ago Italians head to polls in referendum on citizenship and labor, but vote risks sinking on low turnout

Italians are heading to the polls Monday on the second day of referendums that would make it easier for children born in Italy to foreigners to obtain citizenship, and on providing more job protections

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last month Activists fear low turnout threat to Italy referendum on easing citizenship rules

Parties denounce lack of public debate on move to make it easier for Italian-born children of foreigners to be citizens Italians are voting in a referendum on whether to make it easier for children born in Italy to foreigners to obtain citizenship, with activists saying apparently low public awareness risks rendering the vote invalid if turnout is not high enough.Campaigners for the change in the citizenship law say it will help Italians born in the country to non-European Union parents better integrate into a culture they already see as theirs. Continue reading...

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last month Italians vote on citizenship and job protections amid low awareness and turnout concerns

Italians vote over two days on referendums that would make it easier for children born in Italy to foreigners to obtain citizenship, and on providing more job protections

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