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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is jailed for 15 days

Alexei Navalny, Russia's opposition leader, is jailed for 15 days and fined 20,000 roubles for organising mass protests

27/03/2017

Russia

Russia says Savchenko exchange deal was not linked to Minsk accords

The handover of Nadiya Savchenko in return for two Russian prisoners who were flown back to Moscow was cast as a humanitarian gesture by Vladimir…

26/05/2016

Russia

Russians jailed in Ukraine return to Moscow in Savchenko exchange deal

In contrast to the rapturous scenes in Kyiv amid the return of freed Ukrainian servicewoman Nadiya Savchenko, it was a private welcome at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport for the two Russians freed by…

25/05/2016

Ukraine

Hero's welcome for Ukraine pilot Nadiya Savchenko after Russia prisoner swap

Ukrainian military pilot Nadiya Savchenko arrived home to scenes of jubilation on Wednesday after her release by Russia in a prisoner swap and she promptly offered to fight again for Kyiv in its confl

25/05/2016

Myanmar

Dozens of political prisoners released in Myanmar

It marks the first such wave of releases pledged by Aung San Suu Kyi as a top priority for the new government.

08/04/2016

Myanmar

Myanmar begins releasing political prisoners

Myanmar said on Friday that it was freeing around 100 people from jail – just days before the first sitting of a new parliament dominated by the

22/01/2016

USA

Two Iranian-Americans back on US soil following prisoner exchange

Amir Hekmati, one of five American citizens recently released from prison in Iran has returned home to Flint, Michigan. The ex-marine left Tehran on

22/01/2016

Switzerland

Three out of five Americans released by Iran head for home

Three out of four Iranian-Americans released from prison in Iran have left Tehran aboard a Swiss aircraft. The three – Jason Rezaian, The Washington

17/01/2016

USA

Iran US prisoner swap on same day that sanctions are lifted

Jason Rezaian, a Washington Post journalist who’s one of four Americans being released from prison in Iran as part of a deal coinciding with the news

17/01/2016