Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Thursday pardoned 82 "youths" including a prominent advocate of Islamic reform, following calls to free prisoners swept up in a crackdown, his spokesman said.
Indian police gunned down eight Islamists Monday after they escaped from a high-security jail by slitting the throat of a prison guard and scaling the walls with tied-up bedsheets.
Turkey on Wednesday said it would free 38,000 prisoners not linked to the failed coup in a move apparently aimed at releasing pressure on prisons filled to bursting with suspects from the putsch.
More than 300 Palestinian prisoners on Saturday halted a hunger strike after Israel prison authorities agreed to end ‘humiliating’ body searches and return recently transferred prisoners ...
Houthi and pro-government forces exchanged nearly 200 prisoners in Taiz in central Yemen on Saturday, the largest such swap to take place in the embattled city ...
Fifteen Filipinos were among a number of prisoners pardoned by HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan, according to the Philippine Embassy in Doha.
Bahraini security forces launched a manhunt on Saturday after a reported 20 prisoners broke out of a jail on the island of Muharraq, site of the Gulf state's main airport.
Prisoners participate in a tug-of-war during an event to celebrate Sinhalese and Tamil New Year at the Welikada Prison complex in Colombo yesterday.
President Barack Obama presented a long-awaited roadmap to close the controversial US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, saying it was time to shutter a facility that betrayed US interests and values.
