Tag: Freed
Alaa Abd El Fattah, Egypt’s Most Prominent Activist, Is Freed
new video loaded: Alaa Abd El Fattah, Egypt’s Most Prominent Activist, Is FreedBy The New York Times•September 23, 2025Alaa Abd El Fattah, a...
Ukrainian civilian freed in prisoner swap tells of ‘constant cruelty’
Sarah RainsfordSouthern and eastern Europe correspondent, Kyiv regionFrancesco Tosto/BBCVera is deeply frustrated. But so is Ukraine's human rights ombudsman.Dmytro Lubinets describes dealing with...
UK says ‘great news’ British national freed in Belarus release deal
Viasna/OdnoklassikiLukashenko praised the US for taking "a very constructive stance on the so-called political prisoners", according to Belarusian state-owned news agency Belta. "We...
Abducted Israeli-Russian researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov freed in Iraq
An Israeli-Russian researcher has been released after "being tortured for many months" by her Iraqi militia abductors, US President Donald Trump has announced.In...
Irish missionary freed after Haiti kidnapping
Jessica LawrenceBBC News NINPH InternationalMs Heraty oversees the orphanage, which is run by the humanitarian organisation Nos Petits Frères Et Soeurs (Our Little...
Texas police hunt convict ‘mistakenly’ freed from jail
Police in Texas are searching for a man they say was "mistakenly" released from jail as he was set to begin a seven-year...
Pro-Palestinian convict to be freed after 40 years
Hugh SchofieldParis correspondentAFPOf the more than 10 requests for release since 1999, only one came close to success. But in 2013 then-US Secretary...
Belarus opposition leader’s husband Sergei Tikhanovsky freed from prison
The husband of Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has been unexpectedly released from prison in Belarus, along with other political prisoners.Sergei Tikhanovsky has...
US singer freed on bail by London court
US singer Chris Brown has been freed on bail by a court in London after being charged with inflicting an "unprovoked attack" in...
