Prisoners

Detained US citizen in Iran goes on hunger strike to seek release

Washington – A US citizen jailed in Iran announced a seven-day hunger strike starting Monday as he implored President... Read more

16 Jan, 2023

Dakar – A Senegalese journalist and prominent anti-government critic is “extremely strained” after a two-week hunger strike he launched... Read more

3 Jan, 2023

Tripoli – Libya’s unity government has carried out a prisoner exchange with rival eastern forces, releasing a pilot captured... Read more

27 Dec, 2022

Abuja – West African leaders on Sunday told Mali’s ruling junta to release 46 Ivorian troops taken prisoner in... Read more

5 Dec, 2022

Johannesburg – South Africa’s ruling party protested outside a top court Saturday after it ordered the release of a... Read more

27 Nov, 2022

Cairo – Egypt announced on Thursday the release of 46 prisoners, including a prominent left-wing activist and lawyer who... Read more

16 Sep, 2022

Beni – Fighters from a notorious rebel group freed some 800 inmates from a prison in eastern DR Congo,... Read more

11 Aug, 2022

Cairo – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has pardoned eight people sentenced to prison, including a journalist and a... Read more

30 Jul, 2022

Cairo – An Egyptian judge Monday ordered the release of a human rights lawyer held in preventive detention for... Read more

26 Jul, 2022

Kinshasa – Defence lawyers for a former key security adviser of the Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi... Read more

13 Jul, 2022