Soviet-era dissident given ‘draconian’ jail sentence in Russia for anti-war views
Guardian #9 - 9 months ago

Russia arrests over 1,700 at rallies for hunger-striking Navalny
New York Post #17 - 3 months ago

Belarus leader hosts US envoy as he seeks to improve his country’s ties with the West
Associated Press #46 - 2 months ago

Hundreds of political prisoners freed in Myanmar after amnesty
Al Jazeera #3 - 3 weeks ago

‘People are dying’: Belarusians warn Lukashenko’s crackdown is far from over
Guardian #13 - 5 weeks ago

Steel plant defenders, Putin ally exchanged in prisoner swap
New York Post #21 - 3 weeks ago

Chad’s military was responsible for deaths of detainees after protests in 2022, a rights group says
Associated Press #21 - 5 weeks ago

Myanmar military releases Turnell, Kubota, Bowman: Reports
Al Jazeera #5 - 4 weeks ago

Thai king reduces ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra’s prison sentence to one year
Guardian #10 - 6 months ago

Cuban exile originally sentenced to death freed after 28 years behind bars
New York Post #23 - 5 weeks ago

Israel’s strike on Iran’s Evin prison sparks fear for political prisoners
Associated Press #28 - 2 months ago

Egypt’s President el-Sisi pardons prominent activist Douma, other prisoners
Al Jazeera #7 - 4 weeks ago

IK-2 Mordovia: the harsh, notorious penal colony holding Brittney Griner
Guardian #8 - 3 weeks ago

Ordinary Russians feel Putin’s vicious dissent crackdown as he seeks another 6-year term: ‘Should not happen’
New York Post #29 - 5 weeks ago

Relatives of Belarus’ political prisoners complain that East-West swap didn’t free their loved ones
Associated Press #20 - 2 months ago

Myanmar military pardons more than 3,000 prisoners for New Year
Al Jazeera #4 - 3 weeks ago

UN experts raise ‘grave concern’ over treatment of Palestine Action-linked hunger strikers
Guardian #39 - 5 weeks ago

Speak up for Jimmy Lai, China’s most dangerous dissident — and for Hong Kong’s liberties
New York Post - 6 weeks ago

A freed political prisoner refuses to be deported from Belarus and promptly vanishes
Associated Press #34 - 5 weeks ago

Imprisoned Tunisian opposition leader Ghannouchi starts hunger strike
Al Jazeera #7 - 9 days ago

Alexei Navalny supporters visit grave on first anniversary of his death
Guardian #11 - 4 weeks ago

Jimmy Lai may yet outlast Hong Kong’s evil regime
New York Post #41 - 2 weeks ago

Venezuelan opposition says government freed 13 jailed in post-election crackdown
Associated Press #34 - 6 weeks ago

Jailed former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra to be freed on Sunday
Al Jazeera #5 - 1 day ago

Myanmar’s military rulers release more than 2,100 political prisoners
Guardian #7 - 5 weeks ago

Cuba starts freeing prisoners a day after the US said it would lift terror designation
New York Post - 4 weeks ago

Prominent Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah pardoned by president’s office
Associated Press #36 - 6 weeks ago

Belarusian Nobel Peace Prize winner goes on trial in Minsk
Al Jazeera #6 - 9 days ago

European MPs seek to publicise plight of jailed Iranian protesters
Guardian #7 - 12 months ago

Belarus strongman and Putin’s closest ally set to win a 7th term in an election the opposition calls a farce
New York Post - 3 weeks ago

Cuban dissident José Daniel Ferrer leaves island for US exile after imprisonment
Associated Press #41 - 3 weeks ago

Venezuela frees dozens detained during protests against Maduro
Al Jazeera - 3 weeks ago

Aung San Suu Kyi appears in Myanmar court in prison uniform
Guardian #7 - 3 months ago

Demand freedom for Jimmy Lai — the brave dissident Beijing can’t break
New York Post - 5 weeks ago

Family reunites as activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah returns home after 12 years in prison
Associated Press #40 - 4 months ago

Palestinians demand mobilisation to save hunger-strike prisoners
Al Jazeera #5 - 2 months ago

German far-right politician accused of using political prisoners as cheap labour in Belarus
Guardian #12 - 6 weeks ago

Psaki says Biden ‘not seeking conflict with China’ over Huawei swap
New York Post - 3 months ago

Jailed journalists win Sakharov Prize for speaking against injustice, European Parliament says
Associated Press #42 - 3 months ago

Friends forever: Syrians who survived its most notorious prison
Al Jazeera #3 - 2 years ago
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