Latest in Tag: prison Highlight
Latest in Tag: prison

Al-Gizawy trial adjourned
Egyptian lawyerâs case adjourned after third hearing

Police chief sentenced for involvement in Chinese communist party murder scandal
Bo Xilaiâs former right hand man sentenced to fifteen years in prison
Long awaited good news for one political detainee
Amid the continued hindrances faced by activists and political detainees in Egypt, one of them finally hears some good news

Vietnam jails three bloggers for ‘anti-state propaganda’
The defendants will have to serve 3-5 years under house arrest after they complete their prison sentences

Saudis end two-day protest over release of prisoners
Most arrested for political opinions and religious beliefs

Iranian female ex-parliamentarian sentenced over “anti-state propaganda”
Faezeh Rafsanjani sentenced to six months in prison
Protest in solidarity with released student
Protest held in solidarity with high school student denied place at school after being released from prison

Palestinian prisoners still face solitary confinement in Israeli prisons
Israel continues solitary confinement of Palestinian prisoners as more attention is directed towards their plight

Names of 55 GuantĂĄnamo detainees released
US Department of Justice discloses list of 55 prisoners cleared for release

Georgia prison scandal highlights widespread torture
Georgiaâs president vows to eradicate torture after videos depicting rape and torture in a Georgian prison spark anger and protest
Egyptian receives six years for insulting religion and president
After posting offensive material on Facebook, Copt receives six year prison sentence

Palestinians show solidarity with fasting prisoners
Palestinians protesting in solidarity with four detainees

Political activist Albier Saber imprisoned for âcontempt of religionâ, interrogated about his religious beliefs
Saber asked about his relationship with religion and God

Tunisians protest torture after man dies in police station
Ennahda party criticised for failing to fulfill torture abolition promises

Missile attack on ISAF airbase in Afghanistan
Bagram airbase located near detention facility handed over to Afghan control on Monday. Three Afghan ISAF soldiers killed after helicopter caught fire

8 April officerâs mother grieves the ill-treatment of her son
Arrested army officer faces mistreatment in prison

The fight for justice continues in Egypt
Movements created to help military detainees work together
Essam Atta case reopened
Case of military detainee allegedly tortured to death reopened due to new evidence

Notorious Afghan prison transferred to Afghan control
The prison dubbed âAfghanistan’s Guantanamo Bayâ has gradually come under Afghan control over the past six months

Criticising military leadership will always be a taboo
DNE speaks to Ragia Omran, lawyer and human rights activist with the No Military Trials for Civilians group.

NoMilTrials: Arresting change
Despite the worrying number of men and women still facing military trial in Egypt, one grass-roots movement has succeeded in alerting the public to the need for change. Rana Muhammad Taha speaks to No Military Trials activists Salma Abdelgelil and Mohammad Fouda about the groupâs development.

No amnesty for detainees in military prisons released by Morsyâs committee
Released military prisoners didn’t receive presidential pardon, says the No Military Trials movement

Eid pardons for Egyptian prisoners in Saudi
The names of the pardoned prisoners have not yet been released
Prison break out in Tripoli
According to reports in the Tripoli Post, a riot and gun battles broke out in Al-Fornaj prison in Tripoli. During the fighting, eight prisoners escaped custody. There were also six casualties and one prisoner was killed. The riot started when a vehicle showed up outside the prison and opened fire on the guards, seemingly in …

Egyptian FM requests release of Guantanamo prisoner
Foreign Ministry has officially requested the release of Egyptâs last prisoner in Guantanamo Bay military prison

Two killed including one soldier in Eastern Saudi Arabia
Eleven people have already been killed in violence in Qatif since November

Saudis refute claims that 700 Egyptians are to be released
Saudi Ambassador says pardons will go ahead but not in numbers claimed

Saudi Arabia blogger released after spending a year in prison without charges
Saudi authorities release Nazir Al-Majid, a year after detaining him

US-based activist charged with âterrorismâ in Sudan
Death penalty predicted for US-based Sudanese activist

Mubarak and other ‘ill and elderly’ prisoners may be released early
Media see it as a harbinger of an early release for the former president