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Prisons

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Former Iran detainee Anoosheh Ashoori is joining the campaign to have other 'hostages' freed. Lemma Shehadi / The National
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'I have lived that hell': Former inmate urges release of couple in Evin Prison

UKOctober 22, 2026
Robert Pether, a former Dubai resident and Australian engineer, says speaking to his family gave him the strength to pull through the "dark times" during five years in detention in Iraq. Photo: Screen grab / Reuters
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'I was innocent': Ex-Dubai resident's first interview after detention in Iraq

UAEOctober 16, 2026
Fears are mounting over the humanitarian situation at Roumieh Prison in Lebanon

Lebanon prison tensions flare after amnesty law suspended

MENASeptember 29, 2026
Teuta Hoxha has gone without food for 43 days

Family worried Palestine Action hunger striker Teuta Hoxha is close to death

UKDecember 22, 2025

Call for UK government intervention in Iran espionage case

UKDecember 22, 2025
A courtyard area is seen inside Sednaya prison, where thousands of people were detained and tortured by the Assad regime over the last decade. Getty Images
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Syria's notorious Sedneya prison a year after the fall of the Assad regime

MENADecember 12, 2025
A courtyard in Sednaya prison, where thousands of people were detained and tortured by the Assad regime over the last decade. Getty Images
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Haunted and sleepless: Assad regime detainees struggle to reclaim their lives

MENANovember 04, 2025
Roumieh prison in Lebanon is notorious for torture, abuse, poor conditions and overcrowding. Reuters
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Syrian prisoners in Lebanon demand justice through repatriation

MENAOctober 02, 2025
Officers from the Metropolitan Police on patrol in central London. Alamy

London safety fears after crime sentencing review

UKMay 22, 2025
Ahmad Manasra leaves an Israeli security office in Jerusalem accompanied by his father. AFP

Israel releases Ahmad Manasra, arrested at 13, after nearly a decade in prison

MENAApril 10, 2025
A protest in Damascus on December 27. At least 15,000 people died from torture or were killed in the government’s prisons during Syria's civil war. AFP

Justice in Syria is not only necessary, it is achievable

CommentJanuary 03, 2025
Mohammad Kanjo Hassan, thought to have overseen torture and executions in Sednaya prison near Damascus, has been arrested. Photo: X

Ex-Syrian official accused of Sednaya prison executions is arrested

MENADecember 27, 2024
Lorries carrying bodies arrived daily at the Tell Al Nasser cemetery off the motorway between Homs and Hama. Lizzie Porter / the National

Gravediggers tell a story of tortured souls in Syria

MENADecember 24, 2024
The flag-draped casket of Syrian activist Mazen Al-Hamad during his funeral in Damascus. Getty Images

Syrian activist Mazen Al-Hamada buried in Damascus

MENADecember 12, 2024
People peer into a chamber at Sednaya Prison, where thousands of people were said to be detained and tortured by the Assad regime over the last decade. Getty Images
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'Missing for a decade': Thousands of Syrians search for loved ones at Sednaya prison

MENADecember 09, 2024
Daniel Khalife and HMP Wandsworth. PA / Getty Images

Former British soldier accused of passing secret information to Iran

UKOctober 15, 2024
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