Iranian authorities free detained journalist Dorothy Parvaz
The Al Jazeera journalist had been detained 19 days ago when she arrived in Syria before then being sent to Iran.
View ArticleKidnapped British woman freed by Somali pirates
Judith Tebbutt and her husband David were kidnapped in September. David was killed during the attack – a fact Judith, who spent six months in captivity, did not find out until weeks after.
View ArticleAid workers kidnapped in Kenya safely released
The four were working with the Norwegian Refugee Council when they were abducted and one of their colleagues was killed during an ambush last week.
View ArticleEgypt's ousted leader Hosni Mubarak released from prison
Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi had ordered that Mubarak be put under house arrest after a wave of violence.
View ArticleThree Halawa sisters released after almost 3 months in Egypt
However the fourth sibling, Ibrahim Halawa, remains in custody in Egypt.
View ArticleAnother Pussy Riot member has been freed in Russia after amnesty
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova was today freed hours after Maria Alyokhina was released. The third band member, Yekaterina Samutsevich, was freed months into her sentence.
View Article"If that's the way the cookie crumbles": Margaretta D'Arcy says she'll go...
The veteran peace activist was released from Mountjoy women’s prison this morning. She’s due back before the courts on a separate charge in three month’s time.
View ArticleWoman freed after 32 years in jail for homicide - thanks to law students
Mary Virginia Jones claims she was innocent of charges of homicide, kidnapping and robbery.
View ArticleFrench hostage freed from Syria says he is "very happy to be free"
Didier Francois was one of four Frenchmen kidnapped in Syria ten months ago.
View ArticleFive charity workers released after five months in captivity in Syria
In Aleppo 40 doctors are left to treat 2.5 million people. Before the war, there were 2,000.
View ArticleUS hostage released in Syria after two years
Peter Theo Curtis is believed to have been released in the Golan Heights region.
View ArticleCrisis averted as Iran releases 10 US sailors found in territorial waters
The incident began after two Navy patrol boats drifted into Iranian territory late yesterday.
View ArticleBelfast-born man freed from prison in US after 1957 murder charge overturned
Jack McCullough was convicted of the crime in 2012 and served almost five years in prison.
View ArticleSyria fighter Joshua Molloy has been released and is coming home to Ireland
The 24-year-old has been held in Iraq for over a week.
View ArticleIceland's jailed bankers say they were scapegoats for the financial crisis
They’re taking their cases to the European Court of Human Rights.
View ArticleOJ Simpson has been released from prison
Simpson plans to relocate to Florida following his release from the medium-security prison.
View Article'It's nice outside' - Man wrongly convicted of double murder freed after 23...
“The investigation was hasty and superficial,” said the Midwest Innocence Project, which helped free McIntyre.
View Article'The nightmare is over': Ibrahim Halawa has been released from prison in Egypt
The 21-year-old spent more than four years in jail.
View ArticleIbrahim Halawa: I didn't rip up my passport and I don't support Muslim...
Appearing on the Late Late Show, Halawa – who spent over four years incarcerated in an Egyptian prison without being properly tried – denied having any support for the ousted Muslim Brotherhood.
View ArticleAmerican man and his wife arrive in US after being held in Venezuela jail for...
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro ordered the couple’s release as a “gesture” aimed at promoting dialogue between Caracas and Washington.
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