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Tamms Supermaximum Security prison now closed
Fifteen years after it opened, Tamms CMAX is officially closed. The last five inmates in the high security unit were transferred on 28th December 2012 to Pontiac Correctional Center, Illinois.
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Evicted Roma families in Serbia are finally granted access to water
Action by Amnesty International has prompted the authorities in the Serbian city of Nis to supply drinking water to Roma families who were forcibly evicted from their homes in the…
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Prominent Sudanese journalist acquitted!
Faisal Mohammed Saleh, a prominent Sudanese journalist who faced harassment by the security services, was acquitted on 31 May of charges of non-compliance with a public agent.
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Governor grants reprieve from execution!
The Governor of Ohio has granted a two-week reprieve to a Lebanese national with mental illness facing execution on 6 June to allow the court more time to examine whether…
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Turkish Journalists Released!
Turkish journalists Adem Özköse and Hamit Coskun arrived back in Turkey on 13 May after being detained in Syria for two months.
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Great News! Iraqi Detainees Given Access to Lawyers and Relatives
Four men who were previously being held incommunicado in Iraq now have access to their lawyers and relatives.
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Syrian Democracy Activist Released!
Dr. Mohamed al-Ammar, a peaceful advocate of democratic reform from Dera’a, southern Syria, was released on 22 April after spending more than one month in incommunicado detention.
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Sudanese Student Activist Released!
Sudanese student activist Haidar Mahmoud Abderrahman Manis, who has been held in detention since 28 March, has been released.
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Bahraini Women Activists Released!
A lower court ordered Bahraini activist Zainab Al-Khawaja to be released after paying a fine along with fellow activist Ma’suma Sayyid Sharaf on 29 May.
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Haiti Families “Will Not be Forcibly Evicted”
A representative of the man claiming to be the landowner of Grace Village camp in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince has promised that residents will be not be forcibly evicted.