Why jail access to Pakistan’s Imran Khan has caused a political storm
Jailed former prime minister was finally allowed to meet his sister, Uzma Khanum, on Tuesday, following protests.

Jailed former prime minister was finally allowed to meet his sister, Uzma Khanum, on Tuesday, following protests.


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Lawyers say Palestinians are being assaulted, deprived of contact with outside world at underground Rakevet facility.
The pardon of the 81-year-old author comes after Germany appealed for his release on ‘humanitarian grounds’.

Israel’s parliament has advanced a controversial bill that would allow the death penalty for ‘terrorists’.
Sarkozy was found guilty of criminal conspiracy for his role in securing funding for his 2007 presidential campaign.
Ecuador’s prisons are among the deadliest in Latin America due to overcrowding, corruption and weak control.
The family of jailed politician Jawhar Ben Mbarek say ‘his health is deteriorating’ after nine days without food.
Colombian fighters Alexander Ante, 48, and Jose Aron Medina Aranda, 37 were each sentenced to 13 years in prison.

Al Jazeera’s Ibrahim al-Khalili reflects on his brother’s release and the deep scars left on freed Palestinian prisoners
Cecile Kohler, 41, and her partner, Jacques Paris, 72, had been jailed on charges of spying for France and Israel.

Israel has arrested Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi over her leaking of a video showing Israeli soldiers abusing prisoners.