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CAIRO — Egypt announced late Thursday the release of 30 political activists from jail, the latest in a series of mass releases from detention amid intensifying international scrutiny…
Read more Egypt announces freedom, mass pardon for 30 jailed activistsGENEVA — An imprisoned Russian opposition activist who was honored by a human rights advocacy group dedicated his award to the thousands of people who have been arrested…
Read more Imprisoned Russian activist honored with human rights awardCAIRO — The family of imprisoned Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah said that they were allowed into the prison and saw him on Thursday and that his condition has…
Read more Family: Egypt activist deteriorated since hunger strikeCAIRO — Egypt’s imprisoned hunger-striking activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah has started drinking water again, his family said Monday, in the first communication from the prominent dissident in over a…
Read more Family says Egyptian hunger-striking activist drinking waterCAIRO — A towering blaze at a notorious prison housing political prisoners and anti-government activists in Iran’s capital injured at least nine people but was extinguished after several…
Read more Iran officials say Tehran prison blaze has been extinguishedWASHINGTON — The Onion has some serious things to say in defense of parody. The satirical site that manages to persuade people to believe the absurd has filed…
Read more The Onion and the Supreme Court. Not a parody
