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Recent Corrections
The photo’s caption was amended to reflect Consuelo Porras’s tenure as Attorney General.
This news release was adjusted to reflect the correct spelling of Raheleh Rahemi-Pour's and Mahvash Sabet's names.
November 14, 2024: This version of the dispatch includes the correct number of civilians killed in northern Israel and the Occupied Golan Heights.
The statement was updated to reflect the accurate spelling of Javidan Aghayev's name.
We corrected a date in this article. The ProPublica report on the deaths of two women due to Georgia’s abortion ban was published last month. Their deaths (still due to the ban) happened earlier.
- 10/8/2024: This piece has been updated to reflect the correct spelling of Ahiad Ben Yitzchak's name.
A previous version misidentified the Israeli minister who said Lebanon would be “annihilated.”
On October 10, a reporter for the Portuguese media outlet Sábado shared footage with Human Rights Watch of one portion of this incident. The footage indicates two projectiles hit the ground near the migrant and that the migrant was already on the ground when the rounds were fired.
The news release was corrected to clarify that the reasons for Fu Cha's arrest should be attributed to Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council.
We have corrected this news release to adjust that the Special Court for Minors in Razavi Khorasan province issued a six-month prison sentence for Faramarz Abil Barahoui.