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Syrian Female Blogger Freed From Assad Jails: Mother
Syrian blogger Tal al-Mallouhi has been released 15 years after she was swept away into deposed president Bashar al-Assad's notorious prison system at the age of 19, her mother said.
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Menendez Brothers, Jailed For Life For Killing Parents, Could Be Freed
Lyle and Erik Menendez, who in 1989 murdered their wealthy parents, could be released from prison after a US prosecutor said he would ask a judge to look again at their sentences.
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Pak Ex PM Imran Khan's Wife Bushra Bibi Released On Bail Freed From Jail
Bushra Bibi, the wife of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, was released from prison on Thursday, a day after she was granted bail in a case linked to the illegal sale of state gifts, ending about nine months of imprisonment.
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Who Is Vadim Krasikov, The Assassin Freed In Russian Prisoner Swap
Vadim Krasikov, a Russian freed from jail in Germany on Friday in a prisoner swap between Moscow and the West, was convicted of the murder in 2019 of a former Chechen militant as he walked in broad daylight in a park in central Berlin.
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Putin Will Free Jailed US Reporter Held In Russia "For Me": Trump
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday he will use his relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin to get Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich freed from a Russian prison.
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Maldives Ex-President Freed From Jail After Court Overturns Conviction
Jailed former Maldives president Abdulla Yameen was freed Thursday after the High Court overturned his conviction and 11-year prison sentence on graft and money-laundering charges.
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Former Thailand PM Thaksin Shinawatra Freed After 6 Months In Detention
After spending more than 15 years in self-imposed exile, former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was freed from detention on Sunday after serving six months in jail, news agency CNN reported.
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Jailed Former Thailand PM Thaksin Shinawatra To Be Freed
Jailed former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is to be freed, the kingdom's justice minister said Tuesday, possibly as soon as the weekend -- just six months after returning from 15 years of self-imposed exile.
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Australian Journalist Cheng Lei, Jailed In China, Returns Home After 3 Years
The former anchor for Chinese state broadcaster CGTN was arrested in 2020, and was formally charged with "supplying state secrets overseas".
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Drug Lord El Chapo's Wife To Be Freed From US Jail, Say Authorities
Emma Coronel, the wife of imprisoned Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, will be freed in Los Angeles on Wednesday following her arrest in 2021 on drug trafficking charges, according to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.
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Ex-UP Minister, Jailed For Poet's Murder, To Be Freed After 17 Years. What Is The Case?
Amarmani Tripathi, a former Uttar Pradesh minister convicted of conspiracy in the 2003 murder of poet Madhumita Shukla, will be released from jail. Tripathi was then a minister in BSP chief Mayawati's government.
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Australian Activist, Jailed In Vietnam Over Terror Charges, Freed
A Vietnamese dissident with Australian citizenship jailed on terrorism charges in 2019 has been freed and is back in Sydney with his family, his lawyer said today.
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British-Sikh Woman Jailed For Killing Daughter-In-Law Freed After 16 Years
An 86-year-old British-Sikh woman imprisoned for the murder of her daughter-in-law in a so-called "honour killing" 25 years ago has been released from jail after 16 years.
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US Says 'Hotel Rwanda' Hero Rusesabagina Freed From Rwandan Jail
Paul Rusesabagina, the hero of "Hotel Rwanda" detained after criticizing the government, was freed late Friday, the United States said, offering gratitude to Kigali.
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'Bikini Killer' Charles Sobhraj Freed From Nepal Jail, To Be Deported To France
French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, responsible for multiple murders of young foreigners in the 1970s across Asia, was freed on Friday after spending almost 20 years in a Nepali jail.
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Syrian Female Blogger Freed From Assad Jails: Mother
Syrian blogger Tal al-Mallouhi has been released 15 years after she was swept away into deposed president Bashar al-Assad's notorious prison system at the age of 19, her mother said.
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Menendez Brothers, Jailed For Life For Killing Parents, Could Be Freed
Lyle and Erik Menendez, who in 1989 murdered their wealthy parents, could be released from prison after a US prosecutor said he would ask a judge to look again at their sentences.
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Pak Ex PM Imran Khan's Wife Bushra Bibi Released On Bail Freed From Jail
Bushra Bibi, the wife of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, was released from prison on Thursday, a day after she was granted bail in a case linked to the illegal sale of state gifts, ending about nine months of imprisonment.
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Who Is Vadim Krasikov, The Assassin Freed In Russian Prisoner Swap
Vadim Krasikov, a Russian freed from jail in Germany on Friday in a prisoner swap between Moscow and the West, was convicted of the murder in 2019 of a former Chechen militant as he walked in broad daylight in a park in central Berlin.
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Putin Will Free Jailed US Reporter Held In Russia "For Me": Trump
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday he will use his relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin to get Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich freed from a Russian prison.
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Maldives Ex-President Freed From Jail After Court Overturns Conviction
Jailed former Maldives president Abdulla Yameen was freed Thursday after the High Court overturned his conviction and 11-year prison sentence on graft and money-laundering charges.
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Former Thailand PM Thaksin Shinawatra Freed After 6 Months In Detention
After spending more than 15 years in self-imposed exile, former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was freed from detention on Sunday after serving six months in jail, news agency CNN reported.
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Jailed Former Thailand PM Thaksin Shinawatra To Be Freed
Jailed former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is to be freed, the kingdom's justice minister said Tuesday, possibly as soon as the weekend -- just six months after returning from 15 years of self-imposed exile.
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Australian Journalist Cheng Lei, Jailed In China, Returns Home After 3 Years
The former anchor for Chinese state broadcaster CGTN was arrested in 2020, and was formally charged with "supplying state secrets overseas".
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Drug Lord El Chapo's Wife To Be Freed From US Jail, Say Authorities
Emma Coronel, the wife of imprisoned Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, will be freed in Los Angeles on Wednesday following her arrest in 2021 on drug trafficking charges, according to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.
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Ex-UP Minister, Jailed For Poet's Murder, To Be Freed After 17 Years. What Is The Case?
Amarmani Tripathi, a former Uttar Pradesh minister convicted of conspiracy in the 2003 murder of poet Madhumita Shukla, will be released from jail. Tripathi was then a minister in BSP chief Mayawati's government.
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Australian Activist, Jailed In Vietnam Over Terror Charges, Freed
A Vietnamese dissident with Australian citizenship jailed on terrorism charges in 2019 has been freed and is back in Sydney with his family, his lawyer said today.
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British-Sikh Woman Jailed For Killing Daughter-In-Law Freed After 16 Years
An 86-year-old British-Sikh woman imprisoned for the murder of her daughter-in-law in a so-called "honour killing" 25 years ago has been released from jail after 16 years.
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US Says 'Hotel Rwanda' Hero Rusesabagina Freed From Rwandan Jail
Paul Rusesabagina, the hero of "Hotel Rwanda" detained after criticizing the government, was freed late Friday, the United States said, offering gratitude to Kigali.
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'Bikini Killer' Charles Sobhraj Freed From Nepal Jail, To Be Deported To France
French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, responsible for multiple murders of young foreigners in the 1970s across Asia, was freed on Friday after spending almost 20 years in a Nepali jail.
