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World
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Region
10/5/2023 3:08:56 PM
Family members of jailed lawyers and politicians in Tunisia want the International Criminal Court to investigate claims of political persecution and human rights violations as an increasing number of President Kais Saied's opponents are arrested and several in prison stage hunger strikes.
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Egypt
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Presidential Elections 2024
10/4/2023 10:09:47 AM
Farid Zahran, chairman of the Egyptian Social Democratic Party and potential presidential candidate, stated that releasing the prisoners of conscience is one of his top priorities and a fundamental step toward achieving democracy in Egypt.
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World
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International
10/2/2023 10:03:02 AM
Jailed former Maldives President Abdulla Yameen was transferred from prison to house arrest on late Sunday, fulfilling the campaign promise of his party candidate who won the presidential election runoff.
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World
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Region
9/18/2023 7:57:30 PM
Five prisoners sought by the US in a swap with Iran were freed Monday and headed home as part of a deal that saw nearly $6 billion in Iranian assets unfrozen.
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World
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Region
9/18/2023 12:32:11 PM
Iran voiced hope Monday that a prisoner swap with the United States would take place later in the day, once Tehran gains access to $6 billion frozen by US ally South Korea.
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World
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Region
9/13/2023 12:03:00 PM
Prisoners in Bahrain have "ended" a mass hunger strike over jail conditions, a government source told AFP, after activists warned the action could resume.
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Sports
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World
9/11/2023 7:54:01 PM
A Portuguese hacker whose bombshell revelations on the “Football Leaks” website rocked European soccer was convicted Monday by a Lisbon court of nine crimes and given a suspended prison sentence of four years.
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World
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Region
9/11/2023 6:52:25 PM
The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog said on Monday he was concerned the international community was losing interest in holding Iran to account over its advancing nuclear programme.
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World
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Region
8/31/2023 10:11:22 PM
An Iranian man originally sentenced to death in connection with last year's protests triggered by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini died in hospital on Thursday, the judiciary said.
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World
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War in Ukraine
8/29/2023 3:32:00 PM
Russia on Tuesday handed 11-year jail terms to two exiled journalists accused of spreading misinformation about the military, pursuing a historic crackdown on criticism of the conflict in Ukraine.
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World
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Region
8/29/2023 1:28:16 PM
Bahraini authorities have agreed to offer prisoners extra rights, including more visiting hours, following a hundreds-strong hunger strike that activists say is the largest in the country's history.
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World
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International
8/29/2023 11:51:55 AM
A Pakistani appeals court on Tuesday suspended the corruption conviction and three-year prison term of Imran Khan in a legal victory for the embattled former prime minister, his lawyer said.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
8/27/2023 8:19:37 PM
A Cairo criminal court agreed on Sunday to hear a request for name-clearing submitted by business tycoon Hesham Talaat Mostafa, six years after the end of his time in prison for involvement with the 2008 murder of Lebanese singer Suzanne Tamim.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
8/24/2023 7:30:00 PM
President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi issued a decree on Saturday granting presidential pardons to 30 prisoners, including political activist Ahmed Douma.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
8/20/2023 7:17:59 PM
Expressing appreciation for recent presidential pardons granted to prisoners of conscience, the Egyptian Press Syndicate’s Freedoms Committee called on Sunday for the release of 24 detained journalists, including Karim Asaad.
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World
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Region
8/18/2023 6:37:02 PM
Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails are gearing up for an open-ended hunger strike against the aggressive tactics practised by Israeli guards and authorities.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
8/17/2023 9:26:06 PM
A court in Iran has sentenced prominent movie director Saeed Roustaee to six months' prison for the screening of his film "Leila's Brothers" at the Cannes Film Festival last year, local media reported Tuesday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
8/17/2023 3:24:00 PM
Israel is worried about understandings between the US and Iran that recently resulted in an agreement on the exchange of prisoners and the release of frozen funds from Iranian oil revenues.
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World
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Region
8/12/2023 10:13:06 AM
The United States and Iran reached a tentative agreement this week that will eventually see five detained Americans in Iran and an unknown number of Iranians imprisoned in the US released from custody after billions of dollars in frozen Iranian assets are transferred from banks in South Korea to Qatar.
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World
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Region
8/10/2023 9:28:27 PM
Iran has transferred five Iranian-Americans from prison to house arrest, U.S. officials said Thursday. The move comes after Tehran has spent months suggesting a prisoner swap with Washington in exchange for billions of dollars frozen in South Korea.
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