Released detainees include some jailed for political reasons and is UK ally’s biggest amnesty since Arab spring Bahrain has unconditionally released more than 1,500 prisoners, …
Human Rights Watch says that hundreds of rights activists, journalists, lawyers, opposition politicians and others are imprisoned in Belarus on politically motivated charges and face …
Justice secretary announces plan to release ‘certain low-level offenders’ early and also reduce number of foreign prisoners held Prisoners could be released from jail two …
Tory figures cited similar measures introduced in European countries including Norway and Belgium which saw hundreds of prisoners sent to the Netherlands
The Biden administration has cleared the way for the release of five American citizens detained in Iran by issuing a blanket waiver for international banks …
Former president drops charity song on streaming sites recorded with men imprisoned for their role in attack on US Capitol Donald Trump has released a …
Thousands of prisoners still serving indefinite sentences in England and Wales, even for low-level crime Dominic Raab is being urged to show mercy to prisoners …
Prisons minister writes to police chiefs to establish Operation Safeguard due to lack of space in men’s prisons UK politics live – latest news updates …
A video has circulated on social media reportedly showing Ukrainian soldiers shooting at least 10 Russians The Kremlin has accused Ukrainian soldiers of executing more …
Myanmar media outlets are reporting the country’s military-controlled government has announced has released an Australian academic, a Japanese filmmaker and an ex-British diplomat as part …
Military jet hit a residential building in Yeysk on Monday; Moscow and Kyiv carry out prisoner swap with 108 Ukrainian women released Russia-Ukraine war latest …
Exchange of Maduro nephews for seven Americans is unusual gesture of goodwill from socialist president but Washington denies any change in policy Venezuela has freed …
Inmates in England and Wales still held under ‘imprisonment for public protection’ scheme scrapped 10 years ago Almost 3,000 prisoners in England and Wales stuck …
After helping release people convicted of drug crimes, Trump now wants the death penalty for those same offences. Experts and the people given reprieve by …
65.7% of remand prisoners in England and Wales who died by self-inflicted means were on suicide or self-harm watch Two-thirds of prisoners who died by …
Officials are understood to be actively investigating cases of two Britons captured and charged with ‘mercenary activities’ The UK government has condemned the exploitation of …
Ukraine’s president says stalemate with Russia ‘not an option’; about 1,000 people, ‘including foreign mercenaries who surrendered in Mariupol’ are in Russia, media reports say …
Ahead of the American Workforce and Justice Summit 2022, backed by The Independent, Josh Marcus talks to activists trying to overcome the obstacles to voting …
Exclusive: friend of Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner says UK minister’s claim they were in Ukraine illegally is ‘completely false’ Chris Garrett recalled his last …
The Biden administration has been quietly laying the groundwork to release prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay detention center and at least move closer to being …
Human rights groups claim the violent abuse of detainees is widespread in Egypt and perpetrators are seldom punished A video obtained by the Guardian appearing …
Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones were killed by convicted terrorist at event at Fishmonger’s Hall Cambridge University has scrapped a programme which taught prisoners alongside …