Detainees

Five U.S. detainees were being taken to a Qatari aircraft to fly out of Iran on Monday in a swap for five Iranians detained in the U.S. thanks to a Doha-brokered deal between the arch foes that also unfroze US$6 billion of Tehran’s…

BERLIN: Russian forces carried out widespread and systematic torture of civilians who were detained in connection with its attack on Ukraine, summarily executing dozens of them, the United Nations human rights office said Tuesday.The global…

Russian forces carried out widespread and systematic torture of civilians who were detained in connection with its attack on Ukraine, summarily executing dozens of them, the United Nations human rights office said Tuesday. The global…

With nearly constant surveillance, gruelling isolation and limited family access, the treatment of the last 30 Guantanamo detainees is "cruel, inhuman and degrading," UN rights experts said Monday as they reported on their…

PARIS: Dozens of supporters of two French nationals detained last year in Iran demanded their release in Paris on Sunday (May 14) after Tehran freed two fellow citizens who had been on hunger strike. "Freedom for Cecile Kohler and Jacques…

CNN  —  Iranian authorities have used torture methods including sexual violence against imprisoned children as part of a crackdown on recent protests, according to rights group…

Issued on: 26/01/2023 - 16:05 One of seven French detainees held in Iran is a "simple citizen of the world" who merely wanted to travel, his parents said Thursday, revealing…

BEIJING: The Chinese government on Saturday ordered the release of people detained over a host of coronavirus-related incidents, a day ahead of Beijing's plan to scrap its three-year-old stringently implemented zero-Covid policy. China will…

<!-- -->Officers from London's Metropolitan Police attended the incident at 7:45 pm. (Representational)London: Armed detainees caused a disturbance at a London immigration centre near Heathrow airport on Friday evening during a power…

<!-- -->London: Detainees "armed with weaponry" have caused a disturbance at a London immigration centre, the PA news agency said Saturday, as Britain struggles to cope with thousands of recently arrived migrants.The UK government has…