Tag: prisoners
Saudi Arabia executed six Iranian prisoners | News in brief
Saudi Arabia has executed six Iranian citizens convicted of drug trafficking, Saudi Arabia’s state news agency Spa reported on Wednesday. According to the statement of the Ministry of Interior of…
Hopes for a cease-fire in Gaza collapsed again | News in brief
The parties still feel great suspicion towards each other. Hopes for a cease-fire between Israel and the Hamas organization in Gaza have weakened again, says The Wall Street Journal referring…
Biden administration tries to empty Guantanamo prison | News in brief
A few prisoners are going to remain in Guantanamo even after the end of Biden’s term. The United States has released a Tunisian who had been there for more than…
Ukraine and Russia announce a new exchange of hundreds of prisoners – L’Express
Russia and Ukraine announced this Monday, December 30, that they had carried out a new exchange involving more than 300 prisoners, following mediation by the United Arab Emirates and on…
Over 6,000 prisoners escaped from security prison
Government sources: “Russian air defense shot down the plane” 1:06 a.m Over 6,000 prisoners escaped from security prison Protesters outside a police station in the Mozambican capital Maputo. Archive image.…
In the capital of Mozambique, two thousand prisoners escaped amid the election unrest | News in brief
In Mozambique, more than 1,500 prisoners escaped from a prison on Wednesday amid renewed election unrest. According to the head of the Mozambican police, at least 33 prisoners died in…
Austin Tice, the American journalist who disappeared in Syria, is allegedly alive | News in brief
Tice is believed to have been a prisoner of dictator Bashar al-Assad for more than ten years. 11:28•Updated 12:11 American journalist who disappeared in Syria Austin Tice is said to…
The Russians are killing more prisoners of war than ever before
Russian forces have executed 147 Ukrainian prisoners of war since the full-scale invasion began in February 2022. 127 of the executions have been carried out in 2024, according to the…
Biden’s “Christmas gift” to death row inmates: 37 prisoners’ sentences were commuted to life | News
Among those pardoned are, among others, nine people who have killed other prisoners in prison. 18:52•Updated 19:17 In the United States, the president Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of…
Sources: Israel and Hamas cease-fire negotiations nearing completion | News in brief
According to the BBC and an Egyptian newspaper, Israel and Egypt are close to an agreement on the exchange of prisoners as well. Israel and the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas…