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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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Restoration Of J&K Statehood Centrepiece Of Omar Abdullah's Party Manifesto
Fight for the restoration of autonomy of Jammu and Kashmir, repealing Public Safety Act, release of political prisoners, one lakh jobs, free electricity and other issues are among promises made by the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference in its elec
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Bangladeshi Lawyer Reveals Sheikh Hasina's Secret Jail "House Of Mirrors"
Blindfolded, handcuffed and bundled out of his secret prison for the first time in eight years, Bangladeshi barrister Ahmad Bin Quasem held his breath and listened for the sound of a cocked pistol.
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High-profile Russian Political Prisoners Reported Disappeared
At least five Russian political prisoners have been moved from jails and prison colonies in recent days, in an apparently coordinated move that has raised speculation of a possible prisoner exchange.
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"Proud Of Going To Prison": Former Trump Aide Begins 4-Month Sentence
Steve Bannon, an outspoken right-wing figure in American politics and former senior advisor to Donald Trump, reported to prison Monday to begin a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress.
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Trump Says Sending Him To Prison Would Be "Breaking Point" For Supporters
Donald Trump has suggested that sending him to prison could prove a "breaking point" for his supporters -- a warning that will fuel concerns of political violence around the US presidential election on November 5.
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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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Restoration Of J&K Statehood Centrepiece Of Omar Abdullah's Party Manifesto
Fight for the restoration of autonomy of Jammu and Kashmir, repealing Public Safety Act, release of political prisoners, one lakh jobs, free electricity and other issues are among promises made by the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference in its elec
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Bangladeshi Lawyer Reveals Sheikh Hasina's Secret Jail "House Of Mirrors"
Blindfolded, handcuffed and bundled out of his secret prison for the first time in eight years, Bangladeshi barrister Ahmad Bin Quasem held his breath and listened for the sound of a cocked pistol.
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High-profile Russian Political Prisoners Reported Disappeared
At least five Russian political prisoners have been moved from jails and prison colonies in recent days, in an apparently coordinated move that has raised speculation of a possible prisoner exchange.
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"Proud Of Going To Prison": Former Trump Aide Begins 4-Month Sentence
Steve Bannon, an outspoken right-wing figure in American politics and former senior advisor to Donald Trump, reported to prison Monday to begin a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress.
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Trump Says Sending Him To Prison Would Be "Breaking Point" For Supporters
Donald Trump has suggested that sending him to prison could prove a "breaking point" for his supporters -- a warning that will fuel concerns of political violence around the US presidential election on November 5.
