PDP expresses grief over Pak prisoner’s death

Scoop News 2 weeks ago Region: India

Srinagar, May 9 (Scoop News) –Expressing grief at the death of Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Haq, who was attacked in Kot Bhawal jail of Jammu some days back and succumbed to injuries at PGI Chandigarh this morning, P... more

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Lockerbie Bomber Released: Washington Reacts

Betsy Ross 3 years ago Region: United States

Yesterday the convicted bomber of the 1988 Pan Am explosion which occurred in Lockerbie, Scotland was released from prison after eight years of his life sentence by Scottish officials  on humanitarian g... more

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Sudan: Sami al-Hajj Released, Khartoum Attacked

Global Voices 5 years ago Region: Sudan

 by SudaneseDrima This round-up highlights the two most talked about recent topics in the Sudanese blogosphere. Let's get started with the release of the Sudanese al-Jazeera journalist Sami al-Hajj from Guant... more

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Cuba: The Target Ladies

Global Voices 5 years ago Region: Cuba

by Janine Mendes-Franco “‘They are dying, they are dying.' It was the lament of one of the handful of women in white who attempted to demonstrate peacefully in Havana…” - Ninety miles away&hel... more

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Prisoner Sues Over Weight Loss

Hanson Okoh 4 years ago Region: Nigeria

If you are in Afircan prison, you automatically lose your claim to any human rights. Here prisoners sometimes have no bed to sleep; they are served little food and are made to undergo hard labour. Yet there is no autority ... more

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Lebanese freed in return for remains of Israeli soldiers.

Karim Hussein 4 years ago Region: Lebanon

Naqoura - Israel has released a Lebanese-born man ( to a Jewish Lebanese mother and a Shia father) who had served a six-year jail term on charges of spying for Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shia organization. "The coffin will b... more

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