Death toll rises from Tehran prison fire as protests in Iran continue
Issued on: 17/10/2022 – 10:00 Eight Iranian inmates were killed in a fire that raged through Tehran’s notorious Evin prison, the judiciary said Monday, doubling...
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Dozens dead in Ecuador prison riot, more than 100 inmates escape
Issued on: 10/05/2022 – 00:48 At least 43 inmates died on Monday in Ecuador’s latest grisly prison riot, the public prosecutor said, as another 100 prisoners...
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Venezuela frees two imprisoned Americans after talks with US
Issued on: 09/03/2022 – 06:24 Venezuela released two jailed U.S. citizens on Tuesday in an apparent goodwill gesture toward the Biden administration following a visit...
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Myanmar junta announces amnesty for hundreds of prisoners
Issued on: 12/02/2022 – 07:53 Myanmar’s junta on Saturday announced an amnesty for more than 800 prisoners to mark the country’s Union Day, as it...
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Syrian Kurds say ‘last pockets’ of IS group fighters defeated in retaken prison
Issued on: 30/01/2022 – 22:08 US-backed Kurdish forces on Sunday said they had defeated all Islamic State group fighters left inside the Syrian jail that...
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Teen’s testimony reflects plight of children held in jails for IS group fighters
Issued on: 28/01/2022 – 20:35 A massive operation by the Islamic State (IS) group to free thousands of the terror group’s fighters from a prison...
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Syrian Kurds say prison recaptured after IS group attack
Issued on: 26/01/2022 – 14:52 US-backed Kurdish forces in Syria on Wednesday said they fully recaptured a prison in the northeastern city of Hasaka that had...
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Kurds locked in tense five-day prison standoff with jihadists in Syria
Issued on: 25/01/2022 – 11:11 US-backed Kurdish forces tightened the noose around armed jihadists hunkering down inside a Syrian prison Tuesday, with both sides facing...
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Kurdish security forces killed, IS fighters freed in major Syrian prison break
Issued on: 21/01/2022 – 16:36Modified: 21/01/2022 – 17:10 Kurdish forces battled jihadists in northeastern Syria’s largest city Friday following a prison attack that claimed hefty...
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IS group kill Kurdish security forces in ongoing attack on Syrian prison
Issued on: 21/01/2022 – 11:47 At least 18 Kurdish security forces, including guards, were killed in an ongoing Islamic State group attack on a Syrian...
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Dozens killed in massive pre-dawn fire at overcrowded Burundi prison
Issued on: 07/12/2021 – 14:38 A massive fire ripped through an overcrowded prison in Burundi before dawn on Tuesday, killing dozens of inmates and seriously...
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All three accused convicted of murder in death of Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery
Issued on: 24/11/2021 – 21:01 All three White men charged in the death of Ahmaud Arbery were convicted of murder Wednesday in the fatal shooting...