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Trump Says He Raised Min Zin and Jimmy Lai With Xi During State Visit

The White House is using leader-level diplomacy to press for detainee releases with no public results announced.

Trump Backs Plan to Trade Limited Russia Sanctions Relief for Political Prisoner Releases

Former Assad Prison Chief Sentenced to 60 Years in U.S. for Torture

U.S. Businessman Adam Castillo Deported From Myanmar After Three Months in Custody

Jimmy Lai’s Son Urges Humanitarian Release Ahead of Xi’s Washington Visit

Judge Sets June 1, 2027 Trial for Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores

Ortega Declares Nicaragua Will No Longer Hold Elections

Gaza Hospital Director Appears by Video at Israeli Supreme Court and Is Reported Moved to Solitary

Detained Iranian‑American Journalist Records Plea for Medical Help From Evin Prison

Iran Executes 29-Year-Old Aerospace Student on CIA–Mossad Spying Charges

U.S.-Brokered Swap Frees Five Held in Belarus and Russia, Including Journalist Andrzej Poczobut

Myanmar Moves Aung San Suu Kyi From Prison to House Arrest

UC Berkeley Defends Student Event With Palestinian Car-Bomb Convict as Protected Speech

Reza Pahlavi Doused With Red Liquid in Berlin After Denouncing Iran Ceasefire

Myanmar Frees 4,335 in New Year Amnesty and Commutes All Death Sentences

Díaz-Canel Rejects U.S. Demands and Vows to Resist Any Invasion in NBC Interview

Judge Blocks Maduro Defense From Sharing Evidence With Unarrested Co-Defendants

Japan Says Citizen Detained in Iran Is Freed on Bail

Cuba Begins Releasing 2,010 Prisoners in Holy Week Pardon

Judge Declines to Toss U.S. Narco‑Terror Case Against Maduro, Leaves Sanctions Fight Unresolved