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World
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Region
12/8/2022 1:14:12 PM
Iran said Thursday it executed a prisoner convicted for a crime allegedly committed during the country's ongoing nationwide protests, the first such death penalty carried out by Tehran.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
12/5/2022 8:08:29 PM
Egyptian journalist and researcher Ismail Eskandrani was released from prison on Monday after serving a seven-year prison sentence over charges including spreading fake news.
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World
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Region
11/29/2022 7:37:40 PM
A Belgian aid worker detained in Iran is on a hunger strike over the "inhuman" treatment by his captors, his family said on Tuesday, expressing worries about his failing health.
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World
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War in Ukraine
11/29/2022 5:34:47 PM
Russia and the United States have repeatedly been on the verge of agreement on a prisoner exchange, a senior Russian diplomat said Tuesday, adding that a deal is still possible before the year's end.
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Egypt
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Society
11/17/2022 4:43:12 PM
Egypt's cabinet issued a decree that will remain in effect for three months penalising vendors who monopolise or stock up on rice with at least one year in prison and hefty fines to prevent any shortages in the strategic commodity in the market.
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World
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International
11/4/2022 2:46:32 PM
Six police were wounded Thursday in the latest prison riot to hit Ecuador, officials said, as the country is gripped by violence blamed on organized crime groups waging a deadly drug war.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
11/2/2022 6:08:08 PM
A Giza misdemeanour court sentenced the landlord of Faisal building to both 3 year imprisonment and an EGP 80 million fine for endangering the residents' lives and for constructing a building without a permit.
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Sports
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World
11/1/2022 10:47:33 AM
Neymar's trial concluded on Monday with the company that accused him of fraud and corruption reducing the prison sentence it sought for the player's alleged involvement in irregularities related to his transfer from Santos to Barcelona in 2013.
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World
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Africa
10/31/2022 8:54:43 PM
More than 2,000 people were detained during and after the deadly clashes between security forces and protesters in Chad last month, a rights group said Monday, voicing fears of more violence to come.
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World
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International
10/31/2022 12:47:41 PM
Four years ago, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's reputation and political future were in tatters. After an unlikely rise from poverty to union leader to Brazil's presidency, the man universally known as Lula had landed in prison.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
10/18/2022 11:04:32 AM
A military cassation court has reduced the prison sentence against Egyptian journalist and researcher Ismail Eskandrani to seven years instead of ten, human rights lawyer Khaled Ali said on Monday.
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World
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Region
10/17/2022 9:48:44 AM
Iran's judiciary raised the death toll Monday in a blaze at Tehran's notorious Evin prison, saying that at least eight prisoners were killed as protests continue nationwide.
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World
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Region
10/16/2022 1:00:45 PM
A towering blaze at a notorious prison housing political prisoners and anti-government activists in Iran's capital killed four inmates, the country's judiciary said Sunday.
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World
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Region
10/15/2022 10:48:19 PM
"Troubles" erupted between inmates and guards at Tehran's Evin prison and a fire broke out but the situation is "under control", Iranian state media reported Saturday.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
10/9/2022 11:09:15 PM
A Cairo criminal court has sentenced a 47-year-old man, an employee at an Egyptian university, to three years in prison for reckless driving on Suez Road while under the influence of narcotics.
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Egypt
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Society
10/6/2022 8:27:36 PM
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi issued a decree pardoning 1,557 prisoners at various correctional centres nationwide on the occasion of the 49th anniversary of the 6 October 1973 War, the Ministry of Interior announced on Thursday.
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World
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Region
10/5/2022 10:58:12 AM
Detained US citizen Baquer Namazi has been allowed to leave Iran and his son has been granted furlough from prison, the State Department said Wednesday, confirming their release.
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World
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Region
10/2/2022 7:10:04 PM
Israel is holding nearly 800 Palestinians without trial or charge, the highest number since 2008, an Israeli rights group said Sunday.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
9/25/2022 9:59:02 AM
Moroccan prisoner of war released as part of an exchange between Moscow and Kyiv said he wanted to draw attention to the "struggle" of Ukraine as he returned home Saturday.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
9/22/2022 5:43:55 PM
Russian and Ukrainian forces exchanged missile and artillery barrages that killed at least seven people Thursday as both sides refused to concede any ground despite recent military setbacks for Moscow and the toll on the invaded country after almost seven months of war.
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