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[11] [12] The end of the Cold War in 1991 resulted in a marked decline in espionage activities—and, accordingly, prisoner exchanges—between the U.S. and Soviet Union's successor, the Russian Federation; the most recent mass prisoner swap between the two countries occurred in 2010, when ten Russian sleeper agents detained in the U.S. as part ...
Bashar Barhoum, 63, was one of the tens of thousands of prisoners freed from Bashar al-Assad’s prisons in Syria, as civil defence teams investigate underground cells to free more detainees ...
The Pentagon said Monday it had repatriated to Tunisia one of the remaining detainees at the Guantánamo Bay military prison. Ridah Bin Saleh al-Yazidi was sent there the day it opened, Jan. 11 ...
In a statement released last month International Committee for the Red Cross has confirmed that Palestinian prisoners have been denied contact with their families and lawyers since 7 October.
Name Other name(s) Detained Country Notes 1: Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al-Bahlul: Abu Anas al-Makki: 2002: Yemen: Convicted in 2008 of conspiring with al-Qaeda, soliciting murder and providing material support for terrorism, and sentenced to life imprisonment.
In the first stage of the prisoner swap deal Israel released 477 prisoners, 450 men and 27 women. [12]The official list, which includes the crimes the prisoners were convicted of, was published by the Israel Prison Services and is available in Hebrew only, [13] though a Google Translate version into English has been placed online as well.
That's why all Americans can take pride in what we've achieved today.” The agreement saw Russia release several high-profile political prisoners, including Vladimir Kara-Murza, a British-Russian ...
Two Palestinian prisoners released this weekend from the facility said they saw Abu Safiya at the prison, and another former detainee said he heard Abu Safiya’s name being read out. CNN cannot ...