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Imran Khan's Sons To Enter Political Spotlight As They Demand His Release
Ahead of the nationwide protest by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on August 5, former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's sons, Sulaiman and Qasim, will lead a rally demanding their father's release.
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Jailed Russian Dissidents Call For Mass Prisoner Release As Part Of Ukraine Peace Deal
The dissidents called for "the immediate and unconditional release of sick political prisoners who are dying in Russian prisons" in their statement, which was backed by a message from Russian Nobel Peace Prize winner Dmitry Muratov.
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Will The EU Delay Enforcing Its AI Act?
With less than a month to go before parts of the European Union's AI Act come into force, companies are calling for a pause in the provisions and getting support from some politicians. European companies have urged the AI act to be delayed by years.
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"Our Lips Were Sealed But...": Ex Tihar Official Recalls 1975 Emergency Days
"Our lips were sealed but our conscience wasn't," said a retired Tihar Jail official, claiming that during the 1975 Emergency, probe agencies covertly deployed officers inside the prison to monitor staff and political detainees.
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Evin Prison: The Infamous Iranian Jail Struck By Israel
Built in 1971, the Evin Prison was used by the Shah regime to detain thousands of political prisoners in horrifying conditions.
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Belarus Opposition Figure Urges Continued Fight for Political Prisoners
A leading Belarusian opposition figure freed from prison by President Alexander Lukashenko said on Sunday his wife would continue to lead the exiled movement, and urged supporters to keep fighting for change and the release of political prisoners.
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Delhi Announces Pensions For People Jailed During Emergency
The BJP government in Delhi will provide pensions to those who were political prisoners during the Emergency and felicitate them, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on Tuesday.
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Civil War-Era Skeletons, Jewellery, Bullets Found Near Notorious Greek Jail
Construction work near one of Greece's most notorious prisons in Thessaloniki has unearthed the remains of dozens of people executed during the Greek civil war era, relatives and officials said Wednesday.
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Mahmoud Khalil Calls Himself "Political Prisoner" After US Arrest
Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University Palestinian graduate student who the Trump administration is seeking to deport for his role in pro-Palestinian protests, called himself a political prisoner on Tuesday, in his first direct comments since his de
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Trump Administration Bans All 'Non-US' Flags At Embassies: What It Means
The only exceptions to the rule are the "Prisoner of War/Missing in Action" (POW/MIA) emblem and the "Wrongful Detainees" flag.
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Travis Timmerman, Missing US Citizen Found In Syria After Release From Prison
The United States is working to get an American citizen found on Thursday in Syria out of the country and bring him home, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in Jordan, where he held meetings to discuss the political transition of Syria.
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'Like WWII Concentration Camp': Ex-US Marine's Experience In Russian Prison
Paul Whelan was taken and locked inside a cramped, nine-foot-square cell in Moscows Lefortovo Prison, known for holding political prisoners.
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"I Will Die Here": Putin Critic Alexei Navalny Wrote Before Death In Prison
Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, who was President Vladimir Putin's top political opponent before his death in February, believed he would die in prison, according to his posthumous memoir which will to be released on October 22.
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US Secures Release Of 135 Political Prisoners From Nicaragua
The United States said Thursday it had secured the release of 135 political prisoners from Nicaragua, the latest mass transfer by President Daniel Ortega's increasingly authoritarian government.
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Russian Court Imprisons 5 Men Over Anti-Israel Riots At Dagestan Airport
A court in southern Russia on Friday sentenced five men to more than six years in prison each in the first convictions related to a mass anti-Israel protest last October at an airport in the predominantly Muslim Dagestan region.
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Imran Khan's Sons To Enter Political Spotlight As They Demand His Release
Ahead of the nationwide protest by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on August 5, former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's sons, Sulaiman and Qasim, will lead a rally demanding their father's release.
-
Jailed Russian Dissidents Call For Mass Prisoner Release As Part Of Ukraine Peace Deal
The dissidents called for "the immediate and unconditional release of sick political prisoners who are dying in Russian prisons" in their statement, which was backed by a message from Russian Nobel Peace Prize winner Dmitry Muratov.
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Will The EU Delay Enforcing Its AI Act?
With less than a month to go before parts of the European Union's AI Act come into force, companies are calling for a pause in the provisions and getting support from some politicians. European companies have urged the AI act to be delayed by years.
-
"Our Lips Were Sealed But...": Ex Tihar Official Recalls 1975 Emergency Days
"Our lips were sealed but our conscience wasn't," said a retired Tihar Jail official, claiming that during the 1975 Emergency, probe agencies covertly deployed officers inside the prison to monitor staff and political detainees.
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Evin Prison: The Infamous Iranian Jail Struck By Israel
Built in 1971, the Evin Prison was used by the Shah regime to detain thousands of political prisoners in horrifying conditions.
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Belarus Opposition Figure Urges Continued Fight for Political Prisoners
A leading Belarusian opposition figure freed from prison by President Alexander Lukashenko said on Sunday his wife would continue to lead the exiled movement, and urged supporters to keep fighting for change and the release of political prisoners.
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Delhi Announces Pensions For People Jailed During Emergency
The BJP government in Delhi will provide pensions to those who were political prisoners during the Emergency and felicitate them, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on Tuesday.
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Civil War-Era Skeletons, Jewellery, Bullets Found Near Notorious Greek Jail
Construction work near one of Greece's most notorious prisons in Thessaloniki has unearthed the remains of dozens of people executed during the Greek civil war era, relatives and officials said Wednesday.
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Mahmoud Khalil Calls Himself "Political Prisoner" After US Arrest
Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University Palestinian graduate student who the Trump administration is seeking to deport for his role in pro-Palestinian protests, called himself a political prisoner on Tuesday, in his first direct comments since his de
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Trump Administration Bans All 'Non-US' Flags At Embassies: What It Means
The only exceptions to the rule are the "Prisoner of War/Missing in Action" (POW/MIA) emblem and the "Wrongful Detainees" flag.
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Travis Timmerman, Missing US Citizen Found In Syria After Release From Prison
The United States is working to get an American citizen found on Thursday in Syria out of the country and bring him home, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in Jordan, where he held meetings to discuss the political transition of Syria.
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'Like WWII Concentration Camp': Ex-US Marine's Experience In Russian Prison
Paul Whelan was taken and locked inside a cramped, nine-foot-square cell in Moscows Lefortovo Prison, known for holding political prisoners.
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"I Will Die Here": Putin Critic Alexei Navalny Wrote Before Death In Prison
Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, who was President Vladimir Putin's top political opponent before his death in February, believed he would die in prison, according to his posthumous memoir which will to be released on October 22.
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US Secures Release Of 135 Political Prisoners From Nicaragua
The United States said Thursday it had secured the release of 135 political prisoners from Nicaragua, the latest mass transfer by President Daniel Ortega's increasingly authoritarian government.
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Russian Court Imprisons 5 Men Over Anti-Israel Riots At Dagestan Airport
A court in southern Russia on Friday sentenced five men to more than six years in prison each in the first convictions related to a mass anti-Israel protest last October at an airport in the predominantly Muslim Dagestan region.
