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Moroccan King Mohammed VI has granted amnesty to 1,304 prisoners on the eve of Independence Manifesto Day, a major national holiday in Morocco, the Moroccan Ministry of Justice announced in a statement on Friday. The pardon applies to 948 inmates, whose prison sentences have been reduced, while 356 others have had their sentences or fines…
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The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has confirmed delays to fitting electronic monitoring tags to some prisoners freed under the government’s early release scheme. The department blamed Serco, which took over the government’s tagging contract in May 2024. A spokesperson said they are holding the firm “to account” and noted there are “record numbers of offenders wearing tags”.…
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The nation’s correctional centres have 3,413 inmates on death row, according to Mr Abubakar Umar, spokesman of the Nigerian Correctional Services (NCoS). Umar told newsmen on Friday in Abuja that the total number of inmates in centres across the country is 77,849 comprising 76,081 males and 1,768 females “as at Monday, December 18, 2023”. The…
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These pictures show freed Palestinian prisoner Israa Jaabis being welcomed home by her family in Jerusalem. She was part of the second round of 39 prisoners freed by Israel in exchange for hostages freed by Hamas. Israel has agreed to free 150 Palestinian prisoners in return for the release of 50 Israeli hostages. A further…
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Minibuses appearing to be carrying Palestinian prisoners expected to be released later today have been seen arriving at Ofer prison in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian authorities have released a list of 39 prisoners expected to be freed, including 24 women and 15 teenage boys. They are being released in exchange for 13 Israeli hostages held…
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Iran will release a British national and four Americans held in the country in exchange for $6bn (£4.8bn) and a prisoner swap. The funds, once frozen in South Korea, are now in Qatar after the Biden administration issued a waiver for international banks to transfer frozen Iranian money without the repercussions of US sanctions, an Iranian official…
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A major riot broke out on Tuesday night at the high security Long Lartin jail as prisoners armed with pool balls took over a wing, the Telegraph reports. At least one prison officer has been injured and taken to hospital after the violence broke out during inmates’ association time. Staff withdrew from the wing as a specialist…
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The one-month September siege at a Venezuelan prison sparked a similar rival gang war in one of Brazil’s biggest prisons and 25 inmates have been reported dead. A report from Rio Times confirmed the riot occurred in Rorarima’s largest prison where some of the dead prisoners were either burned or beheaded. Image shows a police…
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China may be harvesting organs from a large number of prisoners, according to a new report. Image: The Great Wall of China State-run media says there are about 10,000 organ transplants in China each year. But this study claims that number could actually be somewhere between 60,000 and 100,000. “Even if voluntary organ donations in…
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President Obama urged politicians yesterday to give his plan to close the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay a “fair hearing” and said he did not want to pass the issue to his successor when he leaves the White House next year. The Pentagon plan proposes 13 potential sites on US soil for the transfer…
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