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Deadly Mpox Outbreak Strikes US Prison, Infecting Multiple Inmates
The virus, which spreads primarily through close physical contact, has now been detected in an Iowa prison, raising concerns about containment within high-risk environments.
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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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UN Human Rights Body Slams Force-Feeding Of Detainees, Including Indians
Amid concerns over the force-feeding of immigrant detainees, including Indians, at a "processing centre" in the US, the UN human rights office said forcible feeding of prisoners on hunger strike is "inhuman" and "unacceptable" and may amount to torture in violation of a UN convention.
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US Prisoners Launch Nationwide Strike For Better Living Conditions
US prisoners on Tuesday declared a nationwide strike demanding changes to correctional institutions including living conditions, pathways to parole and voting rights restoration.
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26/11 Convict David Headley In ICU After Attack In US Prison: Reports
David Coleman Headley, the Pakistani-American terrorist jailed in the US over his role in the 26/11 Mumbai terror strike, is fighting for his life after being attacked in prison, say media reports that US authorities have refused to confirm, according to the Press Trust of India.
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Indian Gets 15 Years For Planning Terror Strikes In Khalistan Movement
An Indian citizen has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for conspiring to support terrorist attacks in India, including assassination of an Indian government official, as part of the Khalistan movement to create an independent Sikh state.
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70 Hostages Freed, US Service Member Killed in Iraq Rescue: US
Backed by US special operations forces, Kurdish troops stormed an Islamic State prison in Iraq early today, freeing 70 hostages in a high-stakes operation that left a US servicemember dead, the Pentagon said.
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Israel to Free Palestinian Hunger Strike Detainee: Lawyer
Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan ended a 56-day hunger strike on Sunday after Israel agreed to release him, his lawyer and the Palestinian Prisoners Club announced.
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Dozens Escape Islamic State-Run Jail in Syria: Monitor
Around 95 captives have escaped an Islamic State-run prison in northern Syria, a group monitoring the war said today, saying the escapees included about 30 Kurdish fighters.
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Ex-Guantanamo Inmate Asks Argentina to Take in Others
A former Guantanamo inmate resettled in Uruguay after staging a hunger strike appealed Thursday to neighboring Argentina to take in more prisoners from the controversial US military detention center.
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Islamic State Hostage Drama Shows Change in Propaganda Technique
The latest Islamic State hostage drama involving a veteran Japanese war correspondent and a young Jordanian pilot marks the first time the group has publicly demanded prisoner releases. It also signals a change in the extremist group's propaganda technique.
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Navy Nurse Refuses to Force-Feed Gitmo Detainees
A US Navy nurse has refused to force-feed prisoners who are on an extended hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay, the first protest of its kind at the detention centre, a rights lawyer and US official said on Tuesday.
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US asks court not to halt Guantanamo force-feeding
A US federal court has no jurisdiction and no reason to intervene in the force-feeding of prisoners at the Guantanamo naval base, the Obama administration argued on Wednesday in its latest defense of a policy that critics have deemed unethical.
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Outcry over Guantanamo Bay grows, as does hunger strike
Free them or put them on trial. Thus urges a petition to President Barack Obama over the prisoners held at Guantanamo, jailed and in limbo for more than a decade.
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Barack Obama renews vow to close Guantanamo detention camp
President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the military jail at Guantanamo Bay is damaging US interests and vowed a renewed push to close it, as around 100 prisoners take part in a hunger strike there.
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Deadly Mpox Outbreak Strikes US Prison, Infecting Multiple Inmates
The virus, which spreads primarily through close physical contact, has now been detected in an Iowa prison, raising concerns about containment within high-risk environments.
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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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UN Human Rights Body Slams Force-Feeding Of Detainees, Including Indians
Amid concerns over the force-feeding of immigrant detainees, including Indians, at a "processing centre" in the US, the UN human rights office said forcible feeding of prisoners on hunger strike is "inhuman" and "unacceptable" and may amount to torture in violation of a UN convention.
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US Prisoners Launch Nationwide Strike For Better Living Conditions
US prisoners on Tuesday declared a nationwide strike demanding changes to correctional institutions including living conditions, pathways to parole and voting rights restoration.
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26/11 Convict David Headley In ICU After Attack In US Prison: Reports
David Coleman Headley, the Pakistani-American terrorist jailed in the US over his role in the 26/11 Mumbai terror strike, is fighting for his life after being attacked in prison, say media reports that US authorities have refused to confirm, according to the Press Trust of India.
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Indian Gets 15 Years For Planning Terror Strikes In Khalistan Movement
An Indian citizen has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for conspiring to support terrorist attacks in India, including assassination of an Indian government official, as part of the Khalistan movement to create an independent Sikh state.
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70 Hostages Freed, US Service Member Killed in Iraq Rescue: US
Backed by US special operations forces, Kurdish troops stormed an Islamic State prison in Iraq early today, freeing 70 hostages in a high-stakes operation that left a US servicemember dead, the Pentagon said.
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Israel to Free Palestinian Hunger Strike Detainee: Lawyer
Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan ended a 56-day hunger strike on Sunday after Israel agreed to release him, his lawyer and the Palestinian Prisoners Club announced.
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Dozens Escape Islamic State-Run Jail in Syria: Monitor
Around 95 captives have escaped an Islamic State-run prison in northern Syria, a group monitoring the war said today, saying the escapees included about 30 Kurdish fighters.
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Ex-Guantanamo Inmate Asks Argentina to Take in Others
A former Guantanamo inmate resettled in Uruguay after staging a hunger strike appealed Thursday to neighboring Argentina to take in more prisoners from the controversial US military detention center.
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Islamic State Hostage Drama Shows Change in Propaganda Technique
The latest Islamic State hostage drama involving a veteran Japanese war correspondent and a young Jordanian pilot marks the first time the group has publicly demanded prisoner releases. It also signals a change in the extremist group's propaganda technique.
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Navy Nurse Refuses to Force-Feed Gitmo Detainees
A US Navy nurse has refused to force-feed prisoners who are on an extended hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay, the first protest of its kind at the detention centre, a rights lawyer and US official said on Tuesday.
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US asks court not to halt Guantanamo force-feeding
A US federal court has no jurisdiction and no reason to intervene in the force-feeding of prisoners at the Guantanamo naval base, the Obama administration argued on Wednesday in its latest defense of a policy that critics have deemed unethical.
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Outcry over Guantanamo Bay grows, as does hunger strike
Free them or put them on trial. Thus urges a petition to President Barack Obama over the prisoners held at Guantanamo, jailed and in limbo for more than a decade.
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Barack Obama renews vow to close Guantanamo detention camp
President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the military jail at Guantanamo Bay is damaging US interests and vowed a renewed push to close it, as around 100 prisoners take part in a hunger strike there.
