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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
7/28/2022 6:22:04 PM
Moscow confirmed Thursday that it was in talks with Washington on a possible prisoner swap but said there was no concrete agreement "yet" on a deal that reportedly might include a notorious Russian gun runner.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
7/28/2022 1:04:00 PM
Russia said on Thursday that talks were underway about a possible prisoner swap between Moscow and Washington but there was no agreement "yet".
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World
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International
7/26/2022 10:44:10 AM
International outrage over Myanmar's execution of four political prisoners intensified Tuesday with strong condemnation from world governments and grassroots protests.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
7/23/2022 7:37:59 PM
Egypt’s Ministry of Interior announced on Saturday the release of 727 prisoners as per a presidential pardon on the 70th anniversary of the July 1952 Revolution.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
7/9/2022 5:16:21 PM
Egypt’s Ministry of Interior has announced the release of 1,270 prisoners as per a presidential pardon on the occasion of Eid El-Adha, which started on Saturday.
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World
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Region
7/5/2022 2:59:34 PM
Algeria is celebrating 60 years of independence from France on Tuesday with nationwide ceremonies, a pardon of 14,000 prisoners and its first military parade in years.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
7/5/2022 11:13:19 AM
Russia said on Tuesday it was investigating the torture of Russian soldiers held prisoner in Ukraine and recently released as part of a prisoner swap with Kyiv in late June.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
6/29/2022 6:45:21 PM
Ukrainian intelligence said Wednesday that 144 Ukrainian soldiers, including scores of defenders of the Azovstal steelworks in the southern port city of Mariupol, had been freed in a prisoner swap with Moscow.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
6/16/2022 7:05:38 PM
A new group of pretrial detainees have been released and three prisoners have received a presidential pardon and are set to be freed within hours, according to a presidential decree published in the Egyptian Gazette on Tuesday.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
6/14/2022 7:31:46 PM
Prominent human rights lawyer Khaled Ali announced on Tuesday the release of 10 pre-trial detainees who had been imprisoned on charges of joining a terrorist group, publishing and spreading false news and statements.
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World
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Region
6/7/2022 10:08:52 PM
Iran has carried out a mass execution of 12 inmates at a prison in its southeast, an NGO said on Tuesday, as concern grows over the rising number of executions in the Islamic republic.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
6/2/2022 7:07:00 PM
Former president of opposition Dostour Party Khaled Dawoud tells Al-Ahram Weekly the recent release of dozens of political prisoners will contribute to the success of the political dialogue initiated by President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi six weeks ago.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
5/29/2022 5:29:47 PM
Egypt is expected to release a group of prisoners via a presidential pardon within around 24 hours, said Mohamed Abdel-Aziz — a member of the country’s newly reactivated Presidential Pardon Committee.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
5/25/2022 12:33:19 PM
Moscow said Wednesday it would be "premature" to consider a prisoner swap with Kyiv before Ukrainian soldiers who surrendered to Russian troops stand trial.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
5/22/2022 12:04:00 PM
With Russia claiming to have taken prisoner nearly 2,500 Ukrainian fighters from the besieged Mariupol steel plant, concerns grew about their fate as a Moscow-backed separatist leader vowed they would face tribunals.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
5/21/2022 10:35:32 PM
Moscow will consider exchanging prisoners from Ukraine's Azov battalion for Viktor Medvedchuk, a wealthy Ukrainian businessman close to President Vladimir Putin, a Russian negotiator said on Saturday.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
5/19/2022 10:01:07 PM
Hundreds more Ukrainian fighters who made their stand inside Mariupol's bombed-out steel plant surrendered, bringing the total to over 1,700, Russia said Thursday, amid international fears about the fate of the prisoners in Moscow's hands.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
5/17/2022 7:05:18 PM
Russia said Tuesday that 265 Ukrainian soldiers had surrendered after staging a last stand at the besieged Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol, prompting Kyiv to call for a prisoner exchange.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
5/15/2022 3:42:00 PM
While political forces welcomed President Al-Sisi’s call for dialogue, they insisted the Muslim Brotherhood be excluded.
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Egypt
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Politics
5/14/2022 9:28:30 PM
Egypt's National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) said in a statement that it has received a petition signed by 500 Egyptian women urging the admission of jailed "prisoner of consience" and hunger-striker Alaa Abdel-Fattah to the prison's hospital in order to be placed under medical observation.
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