 Iraqis held illegally in 'closed' prison, rights group claims
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... (photo: US Army file / Staff Sgt. Brian D. Lehnhardt) The Guardian
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 Palestinian prisoners, Israel make deal to end hunger strike
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... (photo: AP / Majdi Mohammed) Scoop
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 Palestinian prisoners to end mass hunger strike
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... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) The Daily Telegraph
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 Mahmoud Abbas warns of 'national disaster' if hunger striking prisoners were to die
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... (photo: UN / Marco Castro) The Daily Telegraph
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 Palestinian Hunger Strike: Israel Prisoners' Portraits Underscore Absence (PHOTOS)
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) Huffington Post
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 Liberian warlord 'would not be safe' in UK prison
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) The Independent
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 Thousands remain in secret Libya militia prisons
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) Middle East Online
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 Early prisoner release is fixing wrong problem
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) Business Day
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 Jogging out and in prison
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) The Examiner
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 Ex-junta prisoner, Suu Kyi takes office in Myanmar
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) Dayton Daily News
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 From prisoners to rulers: Mobilising for Arab democracy
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) Al Jazeera
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 GOP split on Ionia prison closing
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) Detroit news
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 Tymoshenko's health failing in Ukraine prison
Kiev: Yulia Tymoshenko, the braided darling of Ukraine's Orange Revolution who went on to be prime minister, is wasting away in prison — weakened from a hunger strike,... (photo: AP / Olexander Prokopenko) Zeenews
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 Israel's Gulag Prison Hell
For decades, Palestinians have been slaughtered, displaced, intimidated, humiliated, collectively punished, and denied equal rights as Jews. They've also been mass... (photo: UN / Rick Bajornas) The People's Voice
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 Pakistan prime minister convicted of contempt but spared prison
But Yousuf Raza Gilani was spared a prison term in a case that has stoked political tensions in the country. The ruling against Mr Gilani appeared to be a compromise, but... (photo: Press Information Dept. of Pakistan / PIDP) The Independent
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 Buju Banton will walk free from prison soon Kwaku Bonsam predicts
Popular fetish priest, Nana Kwaku Bonsam has predicted that Jamaican roots reggae/dancehall artiste, Buju Banton who is currently serving a jail term in Jamaica, will... (photo: Creative Commons) Joy Online
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 Prisoners at risk for non-communicable diseases
Katharine Herbert, M.B.Ch.B., from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, and colleagues reviewed the literature to synthesize current evidence on the prevalence... (photo: AP / Rich Pedroncelli) PhysOrg
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 Palestinian Prisoners Launch Hunger Strike
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel launched a hunger strike on Tuesday, officials said, protesting their conditions and demanding... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) Huffington Post
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 1,200 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails begin hunger strike
Some 1,200 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails have begun a hunger strike and another 2,300 are refusing food for one day, a spokeswoman for the Israel Prisons... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) GlobalResearch
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 Taliban attack Pakistan prison, free 380 prisoners
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Taliban militants battled their way into a prison in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, freeing close to 400 prisoners, including at least 20... (photo: AP / Ijaz Muhammad) Chicago Sun-Times
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