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UAE pardons over 100 Egyptian prisonersThe UAE has pardoned more than 100 Egyptian prisoners in a move hailed by the Egyptian ambassador to Abu Dhabi as a gesture that will improve strained relations between the two countries. Ties between Egypt and the UAE soured afte More… |
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Bahrain mulls giving time off to prisonersInmates of Bahrain jails who have completed half of their sentences could soon be allowed time outside prison with their families, a report said. The Shura Council yesterday backed the plan, which would give them time off every si More… |
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Tunisia needs $4.4bn in loans, aid next yearTunisia's government will need about 7 billion dinars ($4.4 billion) of loans and aid next year as it proceeds with a costly plan to compensate former political prisoners freed by the 2011 revolution, Finance Minister Slim More… |
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Kidnapped envoy seeks Saudi King's helpA Saudi Arabian diplomat kidnapped by Al Qaeda militants in Yemen urged the Saudi king to meet his captors' demand for the release of women prisoners, in a video message posted on the Internet. 'I plead the custodian of the two mos More… |
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Militants attack Pakistan jail, nearly 400 escapeNearly 400 prisoners escaped from a jail in northwest Pakistan early on Sunday after it was attacked by Islamist militants armed with guns and rocket propelled grenades, a senior police official said. Some wh More… |
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Saudi, Iraq sign prisoners dealIraq has agreed to repatriate Saudi prisoners who fought alongside Islamist insurgents against US-led forces under a deal that signals further improvement of relations between the two major Arab countries. The prisoner exchange deal comes More… |
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Syria releases 552 detainees: TVSyrian authorities have released 552 people detained during the 10-month revolt against the rule of President Bashar Al-Assad, Syrian state television said on Thursday. "(Syria) released 552 people who were involved in recent events whose More… |
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Bahrain commission calls in global expertAn international expert will help the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) analyse the situation of prisoners currently on hunger strike. Dr Sondra Crosby specialises in the analysis of hunger strikes and will visit the 84 pris More… |
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Iran pardons 100 ‘security’ prisonersIran's supreme leader has ordered the pardon of 100 'security'-related prisoners including some involved in the huge protests against the disputed June 2009 re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The decision, reported l More… |
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Bahrain to release 147 detaineesA total of 147 Bahraini detainees are set to be released, head of the kingdom’s independent commission of inquiry told The Washington Times newspaper in a phone interview last night (August 6). “I confirm that I have been promised that,” s More… |
