Myanmar's junta pardoned more than 2,000 political prisoners to mark a Buddhist holiday on Wednesday, triggering tearful reunions outside jails but also demands that the many others behind bars be ...
Despite support from civil society groups and some state help in securing early releases, Egyptian women struggle to rebuild ...
Iran executed three protesters following their convictions for the vague offense of Moharabeh, meaning, “enmity against God”, ...
But Trump had to race through some important unfinished business before the clock struck noon on Jan. 20, Biden’s ...
The deputy spokesman did not say if the prisoners were pardoned or their death sentences commuted to life imprisonment. Iran ...
The United States condemned the regime of authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka of Belarus, saying it was “unjustly ...
Iran has hanged three men for allegedly killing members ... but analysts said the authorities had paused further hangings and ...
Responding to fears over the imminent execution in Iran of three protesters – Majid Kazemi, Saleh Mirhashemi and Saeed ...
Phelan was pardoned on Friday after being detained on spying charges by the Iranian government. The 64 year old, a ...
Demonstrators hold portraits of French detainees in Iran Benjamin Briere (L) and Jacques Paris (R) during a protest in support of French nationals detained by Iranian government. Photo: STEPHANE ...
On Friday, Benjamin Briere, whose ordeal in Iran lasted three years, and French-Irish citizen Bernard Phelan, held since October, were freed from their prison in the northeastern city of Mashhad ...
On Friday, Benjamin Briere, whose ordeal in Iran lasted two years, and French-Irish citizen Bernard Phelan, held since October, were freed from their prison in the north-eastern city of Mashhad, the ...