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Is ISIL on the verge of becoming a regional threat once again?
The US has transferred thousands of detainees linked to the group from Syria to Iraq.
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Iran sentences Nobel laureate Mohammadi to seven more years in prison
Women’s rights activist Narges Mohammadi was arrested in December while attending a memorial ceremony in Mashhad.
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Who is Leqaa Kordia, the Columbia protester still in ICE detention?
Palestinian woman in custody for nearly a year is hospitalised in the US after a seizure at detention facility.
Venezuela’s National Assembly leader sets deadline for prisoner release
Jorge Rodriguez told family members of Venezuelan political prisoners that they would be freed on February 13.
Russia sentences stand-up comic to more than five years over war joke
Artemy Ostanin sentenced to more than five years in a penal colony after joking about a ‘legless’ war veteran.
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Venezuela rights activist freed after amnesty announcement
Venezuelan human rights activist Javier Tarazona has been freed after more than four years.
Published On 2 Feb 2026
Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodriguez announces prisoner amnesty
Rodriguez calls for healing ‘wounds left by political confrontation’ and says notorious El Helicoide prison to shut.
Israeli and Palestinian captives and prisoners: A timeline of key events
Israelis held captive in Gaza and Palestinians swept into Israel detention centres have been focus of ceasefire talks.
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Mass arrests at UK protest in support of hunger-striking detainee
Police carried out mass arrests after a peaceful protest outside a London prison in support of hunger-striking detainee.
Published On 25 Jan 2026
‘Stripped naked’: Yemeni detainee recounts torture in UAE-run prison
A Yemeni man Ali Hassan Ali who spent more than two years in detention in secret prisons seeks justice.
Syrian army takes control of camp holding thousands linked to ISIL
SDF chief Abdi urged US-led coalition to ‘bear responsibilities’ for securing facilities coming under gov’t control.
