Political Prisoners

Paul Whelan was taken and locked inside a cramped, nine-foot-square cell in Moscows Lefortovo Prison, known for holding political prisoners.

Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, who was President Vladimir Putin's top political opponent before his death in February, believed he would die in prison, according to his posthumous memoir which will to be released on October 22.

The United States said Thursday it had secured the release of 135 political prisoners from Nicaragua, the latest mass transfer by President Daniel Ortega's increasingly authoritarian government.

A court in southern Russia on Friday sentenced five men to more than six years in prison each in the first convictions related to a mass anti-Israel protest last October at an airport in the predominantly Muslim Dagestan region.

Fight for the restoration of autonomy of Jammu and Kashmir, repealing Public Safety Act, release of political prisoners, one lakh jobs, free electricity and other issues are among promises made by the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference in its elec

Blindfolded, handcuffed and bundled out of his secret prison for the first time in eight years, Bangladeshi barrister Ahmad Bin Quasem held his breath and listened for the sound of a cocked pistol.

At least five Russian political prisoners have been moved from jails and prison colonies in recent days, in an apparently coordinated move that has raised speculation of a possible prisoner exchange.

Steve Bannon, an outspoken right-wing figure in American politics and former senior advisor to Donald Trump, reported to prison Monday to begin a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress.

Donald Trump has suggested that sending him to prison could prove a "breaking point" for his supporters -- a warning that will fuel concerns of political violence around the US presidential election on November 5.

Donald Trump has warned that sending him to prison could prove a "breaking point" for his supporters - remarks that will fuel concerns of political violence around the US presidential election on November 5.

Donald Trump is seeking to spin his criminal conviction into gold with an appeal to donors to contribute money to his newly embattled presidential campaign.

Donald Trump's campaign website began redirecting visitors to a fundraising page Thursday declaring he was a "political prisoner" moments after he was convicted in his New York hush money trial.

Top prison official Sanjay Baniwal Monday said an inmate can only sign two kinds of documents while in judicial custody and they should not be political in nature.

The wife of jailed Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza said on Monday the lives of many political prisoners in Russia, including her husband's, were at risk in the wake of Alexei Navalny's death in an Arctic penal colony last month.

Alexei Navalny, the jailed Russian political leader who was a fierce critic of President Vladimir Putin, has been found dead at the federal prison in Russia's Yamalia, where he was serving his sentence.

Paul Whelan was taken and locked inside a cramped, nine-foot-square cell in Moscows Lefortovo Prison, known for holding political prisoners.

Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, who was President Vladimir Putin's top political opponent before his death in February, believed he would die in prison, according to his posthumous memoir which will to be released on October 22.

The United States said Thursday it had secured the release of 135 political prisoners from Nicaragua, the latest mass transfer by President Daniel Ortega's increasingly authoritarian government.

A court in southern Russia on Friday sentenced five men to more than six years in prison each in the first convictions related to a mass anti-Israel protest last October at an airport in the predominantly Muslim Dagestan region.

Fight for the restoration of autonomy of Jammu and Kashmir, repealing Public Safety Act, release of political prisoners, one lakh jobs, free electricity and other issues are among promises made by the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference in its elec

Blindfolded, handcuffed and bundled out of his secret prison for the first time in eight years, Bangladeshi barrister Ahmad Bin Quasem held his breath and listened for the sound of a cocked pistol.

At least five Russian political prisoners have been moved from jails and prison colonies in recent days, in an apparently coordinated move that has raised speculation of a possible prisoner exchange.

Steve Bannon, an outspoken right-wing figure in American politics and former senior advisor to Donald Trump, reported to prison Monday to begin a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress.

Donald Trump has suggested that sending him to prison could prove a "breaking point" for his supporters -- a warning that will fuel concerns of political violence around the US presidential election on November 5.

Donald Trump has warned that sending him to prison could prove a "breaking point" for his supporters - remarks that will fuel concerns of political violence around the US presidential election on November 5.

Donald Trump is seeking to spin his criminal conviction into gold with an appeal to donors to contribute money to his newly embattled presidential campaign.

Donald Trump's campaign website began redirecting visitors to a fundraising page Thursday declaring he was a "political prisoner" moments after he was convicted in his New York hush money trial.

Top prison official Sanjay Baniwal Monday said an inmate can only sign two kinds of documents while in judicial custody and they should not be political in nature.

The wife of jailed Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza said on Monday the lives of many political prisoners in Russia, including her husband's, were at risk in the wake of Alexei Navalny's death in an Arctic penal colony last month.

Alexei Navalny, the jailed Russian political leader who was a fierce critic of President Vladimir Putin, has been found dead at the federal prison in Russia's Yamalia, where he was serving his sentence.