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War in Ukraine
4/17/2023 1:20:00 PM
A top Kremlin foe was convicted Monday on charges of treason and denigrating the Russian military and sentenced him to 25 years in prison after a trial that marked the latest move in a relentless crackdown on the opposition amid the fighting in Ukraine.
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Region
4/17/2023 1:15:49 PM
Around 5,000 Palestinian prisoners are currently held captive in Israel, including 31 women and 160 minors, one of whom is a girl, according to Palestinian prisoners' advocacy groups, marking the Palestinian Prisoner’s Day on Monday
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4/17/2023 12:38:09 PM
More than 100 prisoners of war were flown from Saudi Arabia to Yemen on Monday, further buoying peace hopes a day after a major exchange of 869 captives ended, the ICRC said.
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4/16/2023 11:35:32 AM
Yemeni rebels and government forces freed scores of prisoners Sunday on the last of a three day exchange of nearly 900 detainees, boosting hopes of ending their protracted civil war.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
4/15/2023 3:17:00 PM
Egypt has lauded the start of a prisoner swap between the Yemeni government and Houthi militia under the patronage of the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
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Region
4/15/2023 10:47:00 AM
Scores of prisoners of war, including Saudis, were freed on Saturday as part of a cross-border exchange between a Saudi-led military coalition and Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels, the International Committee of the Red Cross said.
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World
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War in Ukraine
4/14/2023 8:46:36 PM
Jailed Kremlin opponent Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr. likened judicial proceedings against him on Monday to the sham Stalin-era and later proceedings that condemned his countrymen to prison or death sentences.
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Region
4/14/2023 2:12:42 PM
Hundreds of captives from Yemen's brutal civil war were set to be reunited with friends and family as a major prisoner swap started on Friday, hours after truce talks broke up with an agreement to meet again.
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World
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Africa
4/13/2023 2:11:28 PM
A Ugandan military court has sentenced dozens of Kenyan pastoralists to 20 years in prison after they pleaded guilty to illegal possession of firearms, an official said Thursday.
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Region
4/10/2023 10:51:17 PM
Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Yemen said Monday his trip to the Houthi-held capital of Sanaa was aimed at reviving a cease-fire and re-starting political talks to end the nine-year conflict.
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World
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War in Ukraine
4/10/2023 6:46:47 PM
More than 200 Russian and Ukrainian soldiers have returned home in a prisoner swap, the warring countries said Monday.
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Region
4/8/2023 9:46:13 PM
Saudi Arabia on Saturday released over a dozen war prisoners to their rivals, the Houthi rebels in Yemen, a Houthi official said. The release came as Omani officials arrived in the Yemeni capital as part of international efforts to end Yemen’s years-long conflict.
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World
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Region
4/8/2023 5:45:41 PM
there are currently 1016 Palestinians being held in Israeli jails under administrative detention without charge or trial, under the pretext of having a "secret file", said the Palestinian Prisoner Club (PPS), as reported by the Palestinian news agency WAFA.
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World
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Region
4/8/2023 4:31:07 PM
The exchange of 887 prisoners in Yemen, originally scheduled from 11 to 13 April, has been postponed for three days, at the request of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), said an official from the internationally recognised Yemeni government on Saturday.
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World
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International
4/3/2023 3:37:39 PM
An Indian court on Monday suspended a two-year prison sentence for Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi as he appeals his criminal conviction for mocking the prime minister’s surname which resulted in his expulsion from Parliament, dealing a huge blow to his Congress party ahead of general elections next year.
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Egypt
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Society
3/21/2023 3:34:34 PM
Egypt has closed 15 traditional prisons and replaced them with modern correctional and rehabilitation centres, according to Major General Tariq Marzouk, assistant minister for social protection.
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World
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Region
3/20/2023 4:02:54 PM
Yemen's Huthi rebels and the internationally recognised government have agreed at talks in Switzerland to swap more than 880 prisoners, both sides said Monday as efforts accelerate to end the war.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
3/19/2023 6:17:10 PM
A criminal court in Egypt’s Assiut governorate sentenced a young male to seven years in prison on Sunday for blackmailing 12 girls, demanding illicit relationships with them and threatening them through social media with defamation after fabricating sexually explicit photos.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
3/18/2023 11:59:56 PM
A man was sentenced by a Misdemeanor Court on Saturday to six months in prison for killing a cat intentionally earlier this month.
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World
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Region
3/17/2023 1:18:35 PM
Iran on Friday executed a Kurdish man viewed as a political prisoner by activists for membership in an outlawed group, rights groups said.
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