More than a thousand Palestinian prisoners, many held without charge for years within the Israeli prison system, are preparing for their first taste of freedom. The…
1 of 11 | People celebrate In Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on Wednesday amid the ongoing war in the Palestinian territory between…
FEARS are emerging that the deadly Los Angeles wildfires may have been caused by surging spikes in faults on the power grid.Speculation has grown over…
Washington, DC – A flicker from the prison window was met with cheers from the small crowd waiting outside. The signal has become a near-nightly…
Myanmar’s military rulers announced an amnesty for 5,864 prisoners to mark Independence Day, state media reports.Myanmar’s military rulers will release 5,864 prisoners, including 180 foreigners,…
A former prisoner is enjoying his first festive period at home in years, after working in a cafe helped him to earn his freedom.Lee Jack…
Suspected riot erupts inside a prison in capital Maputo, with some officials denying the incident is linked to post-election unrest.A suspected riot inside a jail…
A visit to the mosque was not the only thing on Shakoor’s mind after he got his freedom back. Like many formerly incarcerated people re-entering…
In a rare sense of camaraderie, inmates and officers at the Maiduguri Medium Custodial Facility in Borno state, northeastern Nigeria, are discovering common ground through…
Idlib, Syria – “My name was number 1100,” Hala said, still fearful of being identified by her real name. Hala is one of the thousands…
Human rights group Viasna reports 1,275 political prisoners still jailed and face harsh conditions.Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned dozens of political prisoners, his office…
The exchange was the 58th to take place since the beginning of the war, Ukraine says.Russia and Ukraine have swapped 190 prisoners of war under…
It is the second such exchange since Ukraine launched a surprise incursion into Russia’s Kursk region on August 6.Russia and Ukraine have exchanged 103 prisoners…
The White House Thursday announced that the Biden-Harris administration has freed 135 people described as Nicaraguan political prisoners. The U.S. considers them wrongfully detained because…
ESTONIA has offered to hold UK prisoners with our jails full to bursting.The number of lags banged up in England and Wales this week hit…
Russian soldiers captured by Ukrainian forces during the recent military incursion into the Kursk region wait inside their cells somewhere in Ukraine on Aug.…
But just as the education programmes were flourishing, so too was the need. According to the most recent government data, the nationwide prison population reached…
RESIDENTS of a Scottish town are scared to leave their homes thanks to a gang of violent teenagers - but one mum is determined to…
When a parent goes to jail, everyone in the family does time. And in Black communities most severely affected by the impersonal whims of the…
On August 3, today, prisoner rights institutions and Palestinians all around the world are standing in solidarity with Gaza and Palestininian prisoners. This day is…