Jailed Chinese activist faces another birthday alone in a cell, his wife says
Ding Jiaxi knew he would spend his 57th birthday alone in a Chinese prison cell, without a phone call from family or a chance to stretch in the sunlight
August 17, 2024Ding Jiaxi knew he would spend his 57th birthday alone in a Chinese prison cell, without a phone call from family or a chance to stretch in the sunlight
August 17, 2024Ilya Yashin, a Russian opposition activist freed from jail in Thursday's prisoner swap, pledged to carry on his political
August 02, 2024Following the biggest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War, there are still some Westerners held in Russia or Belarus, as well as Russian and Belarusian dissidents viewed by the West
August 02, 2024British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday welcomed the release of a number of prisoners from Russia including dual Russian-British dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza, who had been
August 01, 2024A number of Russian dissidents and people convicted for their opposition to Moscow's war in Ukraine have disappeared from Russian prisons in recent days, in what
July 30, 2024Former car thief Bohdan Filonenko had a simple response for fellow inmates who criticized his decision to join Ukraine's military.
July 29, 2024Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, disregarding international calls to release his country's political prisoners, suggested on Friday he would enlist them to clear up widespread
July 19, 2024Russia's sentencing of U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich to 16 years in a strict-regime penal colony on Friday could pave the way for a prisoner swap with the United States.
July 19, 2024During more than two decades in an Israeli prison, Palestinian Youssef Mikdad dreamed about one day returning to a prosperous Gaza Strip where he could
July 08, 2024Ten Ukrainians held prisoner for years by Russia have been released with the Vatican's mediation
June 29, 2024Russia and Ukraine each handed back 90 prisoners of war on Tuesday in the latest of several periodic swaps in their 28-month-old conflict, with the United Arab Emirates overseeing the
June 25, 2024Russian courts jailed two Americans on Monday following separate criminal trials.
June 11, 2024Russian President Vladimir Putin said last week that it might be possible to free Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who is awaiting trial in Moscow on spying charges, in
April 26, 2024Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has granted clemency to more than 4,000 prisoners in an independence day amnesty
April 18, 2024Members of Congress on Tuesday are calling for the immediate release of Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr. The renewed calls from lawmakers have come on the second anniversary of his imprisonment, part of the Kremlin’s relentless crackdown on critics of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
April 09, 2024Iran has released two conservationists who worked to save the endangered Asiatic cheetah before spending five years in prison on espionage charges
April 09, 2024The Biden administration has had notable success in the past couple of years in bringing home Americans who are wrongfully detained by foreign governments
January 26, 2024Russia and Ukraine have exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war in the biggest single release of captives since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022
January 03, 2024Israeli police say 19 Israeli prison guards are under investigation in the death of a 38-year-old Palestinian security prisoner
December 21, 2023Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow is in dialogue with the United States on the issue of bringing home jailed Americans Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich
December 14, 2023Military-ruled Myanmar is allowing prisoners to have family visitors from outside
October 24, 2023The head of the Norwegian Nobel Committee urged Iran to release imprisoned peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi and let her accept the award at the annual prize ceremony in December
October 06, 2023The United States carries the unfortunate distinction of maintaining the highest imprisonment rate among advanced countries, with a projected 1.5 million nationals currently incarcerated. Such statistics generate a multitude of inquiries into life in confinement, an existence that continues to be veiled in secrecy for most Americans. “I’d rather talk to you than sit in my cell.” This sentiment, expressed by prisoners with and without gang affiliations, embodies the readiness of those behind bars to open up about their experiences and illuminate the mysterious realm of prison gangs. As criminology researchers, we undertook an intensive nine-month investigative journey inside a
September 20, 2023The Americans released by Iran after being detained for years have arrived back home and declared, “Freedom!”
September 19, 2023