Ukraine ‘Azov regiment’ prisoners of war go on trial in Russia | Military News
Eight women are among the 22 Ukrainian prisoners of war who are accused by Russia of membership in a ‘terrorist group’. More than 20 Ukrainian…
Iran, Belgium agree to swap prisoners: Oman | News
BREAKINGBREAKING, Statement by Omani Foreign Ministry does not identify freed individuals, but Belgium says deal involved aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele. Iran and Belgium have agreed…
Guantanamo Bay prisoners show signs of ‘accelerated ageing’: ICRC | Human Rights News
The Guantanamo prison camp has come to symbolise the brutality of the US’s so-called ‘war on terror’. Prisoners who have been held for years by…
In Chad, freed rebel prisoners call for leader’s release | News
In March, Chad’s interim president Mahamat Idriss Deby had pardoned 380 jailed members of a rebel group accused of killing his father in 2021. With…
What is Palestinian Prisoners’ Day? | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Palestinian Prisoners’ Day is commemorated every year on April 17 – a date approved by the Palestinian National Council in 1974 as a national day…
Myanmar military pardons more than 3,000 prisoners for New Year | Prison News
The military did not specify whether those jailed for opposing its power grab in February 2021 would be freed. Myanmar’s military has announced plans to…
‘An Easter exchange’: 130 Ukrainian prisoners of war freed | Russia-Ukraine war News
More than 100 Ukrainian prisoners of war have been released and returned home in a “great Easter exchange”, a senior Ukrainian official has said, as…
Hundreds of war prisoners exchanged between Houthis, Saudi Arabia | News
Nearly 900 detainees are expected to be released according to an agreement reached between warring parties in Yemen. The release and swap of nearly 900…
Israel passes law allowing deportation of Palestinian prisoners | News
Occupied East Jerusalem – The Israeli parliament has passed a law making it easier for authorities to revoke citizenship and residency from Palestinians imprisoned over…
400 love letters and a play: How two Indian prisoners found love | Prison
At the entrance to a small bright-green house with a wooden door in the village of Kazhuthapali in India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu, sits…
Newsom granted these prisoners mercy, but they’re still locked up
SACRAMENTO — Rahsaan Thomas walked out of San Quentin State Prison on Wednesday, more than a year after Gov. Gavin Newsom said he should have his…
Spain offers citizenship to freed Nicaraguan political prisoners | Human Rights News
The announcement comes after Nicaragua’s legislature moved to strip released prisoners of their citizenship. Spanish officials say they have offered citizenship to more than 200…
Nicaragua frees 222 political prisoners, now heading to US | Prison News
Nicaragua has released 222 inmates, many of whom were considered to be political prisoners of longtime Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s government, and they are on…
Iran supreme leader pardons ‘tens of thousands’ of prisoners | Protests News
Those released from prison include some arrested in recent anti-government protests. Iran’s supreme leader has pardoned or allowed a reduction in jail sentences for “tens…
Ukraine, Russia exchange prisoners; bodies of slain volunteers returned
Russia and Ukraine on Saturday completed a prisoner exchange in which 116 Ukrainians were returned to Kyiv while the bodies of two slain foreign civilian…
Russia, Ukraine swap prisoners as battle for Bakhmut rages | Russia-Ukraine war News
Russia says 63 Russian soldiers were released while Ukrainian authorities say 116 of their servicemen have been freed, amid continued fighting in the east. Ukraine…
Tensions simmer among Palestinian prisoners as Israel cracks down | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Ramallah, occupied West Bank – After Hamas’s armed wing in the besieged Gaza Strip launched rockets towards Israel on Wednesday night, it explained its reasons;…
Scotland to deny trans prisoners with violent history toward women transfers to women’s prison
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon signed the Gender Recognition Reform creates a pathway for a person to have their gender legally recognized if it is…