Tag: frees
Tanzania frees activist after Kenyan government’s demand
Basillioh RukangaBBC News, NairobiReutersOn Wednesday, his wife told the BBC that she had last heard from him on Monday and had not been...
Hamas Frees Edan Alexander, American Hostage Held in Gaza, in Deal...
Hamas released Edan Alexander, the last living American hostage it held in Gaza, on Monday evening, after mediators brokered a deal between the...
Venezuela Frees 6 Americans After Visit by Trump Envoy
Richard Grenell, President Trump’s envoy for special missions, said on social media that he was flying home from Venezuela with six American detainees...
Israel Frees Palestinian Prisoners After Chaotic Hostage Handover
Israel and Hamas exchanged a new group of hostages and prisoners on Thursday in a handover that devolved into chaos as the armed...
Israel Frees 200 Palestinian Prisoners in Second Cease-Fire Exchange
Israel released 200 Palestinian prisoners on Saturday in exchange for four soldiers who were being held hostage by Hamas. Dozens of the prisoners...
Venezuela frees dozens of political prisoners after election unrest
Venezuelan authorities have released more than 100 people arrested following July's contested presidential election, according to a local rights group."Up to now, we...
Nigerian president frees children who collapsed in court
Nigeria's president has ordered the immediate release of a group of young people accused of treason, after footage of some of them collapsing...
DR Congo frees hundreds of ‘seriously ill’ inmates from Makala prison
Some 1,685 "seriously ill" inmates have been released from one of the most notorious prisons in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the...
