Families of the so-called "Azovstal fighters" plead for help

 

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Ukrainian Militants Shoot Captured Russian Officers In Head - French Volunteer - UrduPoint

Members of the Ukrainian neo-Nazi battalion Azov (under criminal investigation in Russia) shot captured Russian soldiers in their knees and officers in their heads for no apparent reasons, former French serviceman Adrien Bocquet, who returned from a humanitarian mission in Ukraine, said.

China slams US for prisoner abuse at 'black sites' - China.org.cn

China on Friday lashed out at the United States for prisoner abuse at "black sites," calling its "enhanced interrogation techniques" brutal and horrifying.

Medvedev says sanctions ‘act of international aggression’

Dmitry Medvedev, a former Russian president and prime minister, and now deputy chairman of the security council, has condemned ever-tougher Western sanctions as an “act of international aggression”.

Russia accuses Ukraine of disrupting prisoner exchange

Russia’s Defense Ministry said Wednesday that Ukraine at the last minute refused to carry out an earlier agreed exchange of prisoners of war.

Ukraine urged to respect the rights of prisoners of war

Human Rights Watch says Ukrainian authorities should stop posting on social media and messaging apps videos of captured Russian soldiers that expose them to public curiosity, “in particular those that show them being humiliated or intimidated”.

Report: 750 Daesh Terrorists Relocated in Syria Under US Air Cover | Farsnews Agency

Hundreds of Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) terrorists, including a large number of ringleaders with foreign nationalities, have reportedly been transferred from Syria’s Hasakah Province to Deir Ezzur under the air cover provided by US-led reconnaissance plane.

Hundreds of children held by IS in besieged prison in Syria - BBC News

Fears are growing over the fate of hundreds of children believed to be held by jihadist extremists inside a besieged prison in north-east Syria.

US occupation brings in tanks and logistic equipment to its bases in Hasaka countryside – Syrian Arab News Agency

SANA- US occupation forces continue to reinforce its bases in the Syrian territory.

Dozens killed as fighting rages on after IS prison attack in eastern Syria - FRANCE24

 Fighting raged for a third day Saturday between the Islamic State group and Kurdish forces in Syria after IS attacked a prison housing jihadists, with the violence killing nearly 90 people, a monitor said.

Over 800 inmates escape following gunmen attack in SW Nigeria - China.org.cn

More than 800 inmates escaped following an attack by unidentified gunmen on a custodial center in southwestern Nigeria's Oyo state, the country's correctional service confirmed on Saturday.

Ecuador riot: Anxious families await news after fighting kills 116 inmates - BBC News

Desperate families have gathered at a jail in Ecuador which police are trying to bring under control after fighting left at least 116 inmates dead.

Ecuador jail: Death toll in Guayaquil prison fight passes 100 - BBC News

At least 116 people are now known to have died in a fight between rival gangs in Ecuador's jail, officials say, making it the worst prison violence in the country's history.

240 inmates escape in gunmen attack on prison in central Nigeria: official - China.org.cn

The Nigerian government on Monday said a manhunt has been launched for at least 240 inmates who escaped after unidentified gunmen attacked a custodial center in central Nigeria's Kogi state on Sunday.

Six Palestinian prisoners escape Israeli jail through tunnel - BBC News

Israeli authorities have launched a massive manhunt after six Palestinian prisoners escaped from one of the country's most secure jails overnight.

At least 21 killed, dozens injured in Ecuador prison riots - China.org.cn

At least 21 prisoners were killed and several more injured in riots on Wednesday night in two prisons in Ecuador, the Attorney General's Office said on Thursday.

Iran's UN envoy denies reports about prisoner swap with US - The Jerusalem post

Iran's envoy to the United Nations said on Sunday that an Iranian state television report that a deal had been reached between Tehran and Washington to release American prisoners could not be confirmed, Iran's Young Journalists Club news website reported.

Libia: prigionieri di guerra fedeli ad Haftar rilasciati per riconciliazione

 

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Amnesty accuses UAE of war crimes in Yemen

An international rights group is calling for an investigation into alleged disappearances, torture and likely deaths in prisons and "network of secret detention facilities" run by the United Arab Emirates and allied militias in southern Yemen.

Porochenko demande à Poutine la libération des "prisonniers politiques" ukrainiens

Le président ukrainien Petro Porochenko a discuté samedi au téléphone avec son homologue russe Vladimir Poutine de la libération des "prisonniers politiques" ukrainiens détenus en Russie, dont le cinéaste Oleg Sentsov en grève de la faim, a annoncé la présidence ukrainienne.