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US Court Declares Elephants Can't Be Freed From Zoo As They're Not 'Human'
The group argued that elephants at Colorado Zoo showed signs of brain damage as the place was essentially a "prison" for such intelligent creatures.
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Hundreds Of January 6 Capitol Rioters Freed From Jail After Trump Order
Hundreds of Donald Trump supporters who had been serving prison sentences for participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol were freed on Tuesday, after the new president pardoned more than 1,500 people.
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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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Iran Frees Nobel Winner Narges Mohammadi For 3 Weeks On Medical Grounds
Iranian authorities on Wednesday freed Nobel peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi from prison for three weeks on medical grounds, a move supporters decried as "too little too late" with the Nobel committee urging a permanent release.
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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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The Tragic Tale Of 2 West Bank Teenagers Freed In Gaza Truce
Newly freed from an Israeli prison, Wael Masha rode atop friends' shoulders through the streets of his West Bank refugee camp before bursting into his home to kiss his mother's feet.
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Kremlin Denies Putin Interview Request From Freed Reporter Evan Gershkovich
The Kremlin said Monday that it would not grant an interview with President Vladimir Putin to Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was released by Russia this summer in a prisoner swap.
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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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Free From Prison, Julian Assange Plans To "Rediscover Life", Enjoy Freedom
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is "rediscovering" life as he tastes freedom in Australia after a five-year stretch in a London high-security prison, his wife said Thursday.
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Julian Assange Freed From UK Prison After He Strikes Plea Deal With US
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to plead guilty in US court to revealing military secrets in exchange for his freedom, ending his years-long legal drama, according to court documents released Monday night.
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Ukrainian Cop Freed From Russian Captivity After 2 Years, Was "Beaten, Abused"
The police officer was seen in tears after being presented with a bouquet of flowers wrapped in the Ukrainian flag and hugged by the people.
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Russia, Ukraine Announce 1st Prisoner Exchange In Nearly 4 Months
Ukraine and Russia announced their first exchange of prisoners of war in nearly four months on Friday, with 150 people freed after negotiations mediated by the United Arab Emirates.
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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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Palestinian Teen, Accused of Attacking Israelis, Barred From Former School
Israel has said a Palestinian teenager who was among the youngest prisoners and detainees it freed under a Gaza truce cannot return to his former school in Jerusalem until at least mid-January after a period of probation.
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US Court Declares Elephants Can't Be Freed From Zoo As They're Not 'Human'
The group argued that elephants at Colorado Zoo showed signs of brain damage as the place was essentially a "prison" for such intelligent creatures.
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Hundreds Of January 6 Capitol Rioters Freed From Jail After Trump Order
Hundreds of Donald Trump supporters who had been serving prison sentences for participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol were freed on Tuesday, after the new president pardoned more than 1,500 people.
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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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Iran Frees Nobel Winner Narges Mohammadi For 3 Weeks On Medical Grounds
Iranian authorities on Wednesday freed Nobel peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi from prison for three weeks on medical grounds, a move supporters decried as "too little too late" with the Nobel committee urging a permanent release.
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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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The Tragic Tale Of 2 West Bank Teenagers Freed In Gaza Truce
Newly freed from an Israeli prison, Wael Masha rode atop friends' shoulders through the streets of his West Bank refugee camp before bursting into his home to kiss his mother's feet.
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Kremlin Denies Putin Interview Request From Freed Reporter Evan Gershkovich
The Kremlin said Monday that it would not grant an interview with President Vladimir Putin to Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was released by Russia this summer in a prisoner swap.
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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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Free From Prison, Julian Assange Plans To "Rediscover Life", Enjoy Freedom
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is "rediscovering" life as he tastes freedom in Australia after a five-year stretch in a London high-security prison, his wife said Thursday.
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Julian Assange Freed From UK Prison After He Strikes Plea Deal With US
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to plead guilty in US court to revealing military secrets in exchange for his freedom, ending his years-long legal drama, according to court documents released Monday night.
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Ukrainian Cop Freed From Russian Captivity After 2 Years, Was "Beaten, Abused"
The police officer was seen in tears after being presented with a bouquet of flowers wrapped in the Ukrainian flag and hugged by the people.
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Russia, Ukraine Announce 1st Prisoner Exchange In Nearly 4 Months
Ukraine and Russia announced their first exchange of prisoners of war in nearly four months on Friday, with 150 people freed after negotiations mediated by the United Arab Emirates.
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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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Palestinian Teen, Accused of Attacking Israelis, Barred From Former School
Israel has said a Palestinian teenager who was among the youngest prisoners and detainees it freed under a Gaza truce cannot return to his former school in Jerusalem until at least mid-January after a period of probation.
