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Posted in Middle East News
Prisoners: Bahrain prisoners on hunger strike over jail conditions
DUBAI: Inmates at a Bahrain prison have launched a hunger strike over harsh prison conditions, including 23-hour cell confinement and restrictions on prayer, relatives and…
Posted in Middle East News
Kuwait: Kuwait executes 5 prisoners, including a man convicted in 2015 Islamic State-claimed mosque bombing
DUBAI: Kuwait said on Thursday it executed five prisoners, including an inmate convicted over the bombing of a Shiite mosque in 2015 that killed 27…
Posted in South Asia News
Pardon frees more than 2,100 Myanmar political prisoners
BANGKOK: Myanmar‘s ruling military council on Wednesday said it was releasing more than 2,100 political prisoners as a humanitarian gesture. Thousands more remain imprisoned on…
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Icrc: Major Yemen prisoners swap underway as the first plane leaves: ICRC
SANAA: Major exchange of prisoners from Yemen‘s brutal civil war got underway on Friday with the first plane departing rebel-held Sanaa for government-controlled Aden, the…