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File - The Iraqi police duty officer of the jail, orders inmates to move to the other side of the room as he prepares to walk inside the cell, during a walking tour of the Bab al Sheikh Police Station, in Eastern Baghdad, Iraq, May 27, 2008.

Iraqis held illegally in 'closed' prison, rights group claims
The Guardian Human Rights Watch accuses Iraqi security forces of 'grabbing people outside of the law' and putting them in secret jails Human Rights Watch claims troops controlled by Nouri al-Maliki are running... (photo: US Army file / Staff Sgt. Brian D. Lehnhardt)

Palestinians hold pictures of prisoners and Palestinian flags as they celebrate the end of a prisoners' hunger strike in Israeli jails, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, May 14, 2012.

Palestinian prisoners, Israel make deal to end hunger strike
Scoop Tuesday, 15 May 2012, 12:24 pm Article: The Scoop Team Palestinian prisoners and Israel make deal to end hunger strike The Scoop Team May 15, 2012 An Egyptian and Jordanian-brokered deal has been... (photo: AP / Majdi Mohammed)

Palestinian women shouts slogans as holds poster their son during a protest in front the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) offices in Gaza City, calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails, February 6, 2012. Photo by Ahmed Deeb/ WN

Palestinian prisoners to end mass hunger strike
The Daily Telegraph Israel has reached a deal with Palestinian prisoners to end a mass-hunger strike in its jails, resolving a dangerous stand-off that had led to warnings of a major uprising in the West Bank. Bilal... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)

Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority, addresses the general debate of the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly, after submitting to the Secretary-General a formal application for UN membership, 23 September, 2011.

Mahmoud Abbas warns of 'national disaster' if hunger striking prisoners were to die
The Daily Telegraph Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian leader, has warned of a "national disaster" if any of the 1,550 Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails were to die. 'The situation of the prisoners is... (photo: UN / Marco Castro)

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Palestinian Hunger Strike: Israel Prisoners' Portraits Underscore Absence (PHOTOS)
Huffington Post KUFR RAI, West Bank -- For the thousands of Palestinian families who have a relative in Israeli detention, a photograph is the only real contact with their loved ones. In... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)

A journalist records the verdict of the judges in the trial against former Liberian President Charles Taylor, seen on the screen standing in the court room of the Special Court for Sierra Leone in Leidschendam, near The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday April 26, 2012.

Liberian warlord 'would not be safe' in UK prison
The Independent In submissions to the Special Court for Sierra Leone, the former Liberian warlord's defence team complained that the 80-year term recommended by the prosecution was... (photo: AP / Peter Dejong)

Thousands remain in secret Libya militia prisons
Middle East Online UNITED NATIONS - About 4,000 people are still being held in militia detention centres in Libya, often in secret and many are tortured, a UN envoy said Thursday. Ian... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras)

Jacob G. Zuma, President of South Africa

Early prisoner release is fixing wrong problem
Business Day THOUSANDS of offenders will be released from prison from next week following President Jacob Zuma ’s announcement last month that the government will grant a special... (photo: World Economic Forum / Michael Wuertenberg)

Jogging out and in prison
The Examiner New research suggests to many that adding jogging as a part of your regular could add about six years to your life, according to the Danish study. Copenhagen City Heart... (photo: Creative Commons / Max Rebo Band)

Ex-junta prisoner, Suu Kyi takes office in Myanmar
Dayton Daily News NAYPYITAW, Myanmar — Aung San Suu Kyi capped a tenacious, decades-long journey from political prisoner to office holder in long-repressed Myanmar as the country's... (photo: UN / Mark Garten)

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood supporters hold a banner reading in Arabic ' No for beating civilians in Syria', during an anti-Syrian President Bashar al-Assad' in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, June 24, 2011. Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood supporters gathered near the Syrian embassy in Cairo following the weekly Friday prayers chanting anti-Syrian regime slogans and protesting what they claimed ' The Syrian regime brutality against civilians'

From prisoners to rulers: Mobilising for Arab democracy
Al Jazeera The Arab Spring has precipitated the rise of new politicians: formerly excluded or incarcerated non-state actors who are, today, either claimants of the state - or at... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)

Republican presidential candidates, from left, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich stand together after being introduced during a Republican presidential debate among the 2012 candidates Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, in Mesa, Ariz.(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

GOP split on Ionia prison closing
Detroit news By Chad Livengood Detroit News Lansing Bureau Comments Purchase Image Signs turn away casual visitors at the north gate of the old Michigan Reformatory in Ionia.... (photo: AP / Ross D. Franklin)