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On April 17 every year, Palestinian Prisoner’s Day is commemorated to highlight the plight of those held in Israeli jails and their struggle for freedom against Israel’s continued occupation of their land. The day marks the 1974 release of Mahmoud Bakr Hijazi, the first Palestinian freed in a prisoner swap with Israel. It was later…
After deporting 238 alleged Venezuelan gang members and 23 members of a Salvadoran gang to a maximum-security El Salvador prison last month, US President Donald Trump is now contemplating deporting criminals who are United States citizens there as well, he told reporters on Monday. But Trump’s latest plan will probably face multiple legal challenges. Forcibly…
Footage shows 10 Palestinian prisoners released by Israel arriving at Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir el-Balah, Gaza. Source link
A United States citizen abducted by the Taliban has been released after two years in captivity, according to the US Department of State. The release on Thursday of George Glezmann, who was abducted while travelling as a tourist in Afghanistan in December 2022, marks the third time a US detainee has been freed by the…
President Donald Trump’s administration deported alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua from the United States to El Salvador on Sunday, despite a court order prohibiting their expulsion from the country. The move is the latest in a series of steps by the Trump administration to expel foreign nationals — some accused of…
Decision by Seoul Central District Court paves the way for the suspended leader’s release from jail. A South Korean court has cancelled impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol’s arrest warrant, paving the way for his release from jail after he was detained for imposing martial law. The suspended president filed the request with the Seoul Central District…
Native American activist Leonard Peltier has left a Florida prison after nearly five decades behind bars, following a commutation from former United States President Joe Biden. On Tuesday morning, Peltier walked out of a federal detention centre in Coleman, Florida, and was taken away by an SUV. He did not speak as he exited the…
Here are the key developments on the 1,090th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Here is the situation on Tuesday, February 18: Fighting Ukraine’s military said Russia launched a barrage of 147 attack drones against Ukraine overnight. Out of this, the Ukrainian Air Force reported shooting down 83, while 59 did not reach their…
Sandhya Ramachandran from San Francisco, who is back in Chennai for a break, watched an Instagram reel and decided to visit the Madras Literary Society (MLS) on February 10. She came for the high ceiling but stayed to peruse through glazed pottery work, sketches and murals done by the inmates of Puzhal Central Prison. “I…
Here are the key developments on the 1,085th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Source link
