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Cuba to Free 51 Prisoners in Vatican-Assisted Early Release

Havana frames the step as a sovereign, routine legal benefit tied to good conduct, with no names disclosed.

Syrian Government and Druze Factions Complete First Prisoner Swap Since Sweida Clashes

Israel Prison Service Plans Execution Facility as Terror Death-Penalty Bill Nears Further Knesset Votes

Scottish Court Reviews Trans Prison Policy As Rights Bodies Split

Pakistan Says Imran Khan Had Brief Eye Procedure as PTI Presses for Outside Care

Peru Steps Up Prison Raids With Justice Minister Leading Lurigancho Sweep

Detained Russian–Australian Requested Priest After Health Concerns Raised

UK Confirms Payout After Court Rules Islamist Killer’s Segregation Breached Rights

Bolsonaro Defense Petitions STF Over Constant Air-Conditioner Noise in PF Cell

Over 200 Cultural Figures Urge Israel to Free Marwan Barghouti in New Open Letter

Daughter Secures Five-Figure Settlement Over Prison Covid Death of Alpha Kalay

High Court Rules Terror Inmate’s Segregation Unlawful as Government Weighs Appeal

Victoria Inmate Sues for Right to Vegemite, Pitting Cultural Claim Against Prison Ban

Victoria Inmate Sues for Right to Eat Vegemite Under Human Rights Charter

Tunisian Opposition Leaders Launch Hunger Strikes as Ben Mbarek’s Health Is Disputed

Nord Stream Suspect Held in Italy Launches Hunger Strike as Extradition Fight Intensifies

Families Sound Alarm as France Condemns Iran’s 20- and 17-Year Sentences for Kohler and Paris

Israeli High Court, in Rare Wartime Ruling, Orders Adequate Food for Palestinian Security Prisoners

South Korea Stops 95-Year-Old Ex–North Korean Soldier at Border as Repatriation Pleas Reviewed

Israeli Supreme Court Rebukes Ben-Gvir Over Red Cross Ban in Closed Hearing