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Prisoners end hunger strike in Venezuela after agreement with government
StreetInsider· 2 days ago"Between Thursday, June 13, and Friday, June 14, the inmates gradually desisted from the hunger strike, after an agreement with the ministry of penitentiary services," the Venezuelan Prisons ...
Gershkovich trial to be held behind closed doors
BBC via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoRussia is holding a number of other US citizens in prisons across the country, including several journalists and active duty military members. A Kremlin...
US official defends foreign prisoner swaps | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette· 4 days agoThe U.S. government's top hostage negotiator defended prisoner swaps that free Americans wrongfully...
Prisoner plots Cambridge hospital escape while in shower
BBC News· 6 days agoA prisoner who tried to flee hospital after planning his escape in the shower has had his sentence...
Iran, Sweden free prisoners in Oman-mediated swap
AFP via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIran and Sweden announced a prisoner exchange on Saturday in which a former Iranian official was released in Sweden in exchange for a European Union...
US governor pardons 175,000 marijuana convictions
AFP via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoThe governor of the US state of Maryland issued a mass pardon of drug offenses on Monday, in a far-reaching move forgiving 175,000 low-level marijuana...
Sweden and Iran Exchange Prisoners in Breakthrough Deal, Officials Say
US News & World Report· 2 days agoSTOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Sweden and Iran carried out a prisoner exchange on Saturday, officials said, with Sweden freeing a former Iranian official convicted for his role in a ...
Prisoners end hunger strike in Venezuela after agreement with government By Reuters
Investing.com· 2 days ago"Between Thursday, June 13, and Friday, June 14, the inmates gradually desisted from the hunger...
'In Seventh Heaven', Says Swede Freed In Iran Prisoner Swap
International Business Times· 1 day agoA Swede freed in a prisoner swap with Iran, 33-year-old EU diplomat Johan Floderus, said in his first words since his release that he was "in seventh heaven", in a video published ...
US government's top hostage negotiator defends prisoner swaps with foreign adversaries
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe U.S. government's top hostage negotiator defended prisoner swaps that free Americans wrongfully...