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India, Pakistan exchange list of civilian prisoners, fishermen
India and Pakistan on Monday exchanged the lists of civilian prisoners and fishermen in each other'…
ANI
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Russia is forcing Ukrainian civilians stuck in occupied towns to join the army and 'fight against their own country,' watchdog reports
Civilians in occupied regions say Russia is pressuring and threatening them to join the army and fi…
Chris Panella
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Russia hands over hundreds of Ukrainian POWs in the war's largest prisoner swap, including troops who fought in the earliest battles
Kyiv said some soldiers released this week fought in Mariupol and defended Chernobyl, both of which…
Jake Epstein
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Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to a further 7 years in prison, bringing total to 33 years
The 77-year-old Nobel laureate will likely spend the rest of her life in prison after a military co…
Marielle Descalsota
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Bernie Sanders says Israel is violating international law with blockade on 'open-air prison' in Gaza
"The targeting of civilians is a war crime, no matter who does it," said Sanders, one of the most p…
Bryan Metzger
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Ukrainian civilians imprisoned by Russia are being treated like livestock and forced to dig mass graves, report says
One civilian who refused to dig trenches and graves in the occupied city of Zaporizhzhia was shot o…
Sonam Sheth,Lloyd Lee
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A prison where the prisoners were in charge
The General Penitentiary of Venezuela was a place where inmates mostly roamed freely. But there was…
Oscar B. Castillo
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A mediator who worked on a 2011 Israeli prisoner exchange says Hamas' hostage-taking is 'unprecedented': 'What do they even do with them now that they have them?'
Gershon Baskin, who helped secure the 2011 release of an Israeli soldier, called Hamas' hostage-tak…
Thibault Spirlet
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Russia convicted a soldier who admitted killing a civilian in Ukraine not for killing anyone but for spreading illegal 'fake news'
Russian soldier Daniil Frolkin said he killed a civilian in Ukraine. He was sentenced — but o…
Mia Jankowicz
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Matt Gaetz's legislative aide is a convicted war criminal who murdered an Afghan civilian and dumped his body in a latrine
Gaetz's office defended its decision to hire Derrick Miller, stating he was "wrongfully convicted a…
Sonam Sheth,John Haltiwanger
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Russia plans to build dozens of prison camps across Ukraine over the next few years, documents show, hinting Moscow's readying for a long war
Russia has already detained thousands of Ukrainians, torturing detainees or forcing them to perform…
Lloyd Lee
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Russia frees Brittney Griner in prisoner exchange with the US after months of pressure
The Biden administration agreed to release the notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout for the re…
Meredith Cash,Sinéad Baker
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Russian soldier pleads guilty to killing an unarmed civilian, the first war-crimes conviction from the invasion of Ukraine
Tank commander Vadim Shishimarin appeared in a Kyiv court accused of killing an unarmed Ukrainian c…
Sinéad Baker
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Russian forces had 10 torture sites in one city where they electrocuted, waterboarded, beat, and shot Ukrainian soldiers and civilians, AP report says
An Associated Press investigation found torture against Ukrainians was widespread while Russian for…
Kelsey Vlamis
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His brother and nephew were disappeared and killed in a notorious Syrian prison. Now he's taking those accused of overseeing their tortures and deaths to trial at the highest criminal court in Paris.
The Paris judicial court announced that three men accused of complicity in the torturing and killin…
Insider staff
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Russian soldier who admitted killing a civilian gets life sentence in Ukraine's first war-crimes trial
Ukraine said that thousands more cases are open against Russian soldiers as it presses forward with…
Sinéad Baker
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Captured Russian ally Medvedchuk pleads with Putin to trade him for safe passage for Ukrainian civilians and defenders in Mariupol
Business tycoon Viktor Medvedchuk was arrested by Ukrainian forces Tuesday after escaping house arr…
Rebecca Cohen
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Zelenskyy lays out 10-point peace plan for Ukraine at G20, including withdrawal of Russian troops and 'all for all' prisoner swap
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told world leaders at the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, th…
Sophia Ankel
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Russia and Ukraine just completed one of the war's biggest prisoner swaps, with Russia freeing 108 Ukrainian women in exchange for 110 Russians
The swap was the largest all-female prisoner exchange of the war so far, wrote Andriy Yermak, chief…
Matthew Loh
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Captured Russian pilot admits to bombing civilians, urges Russia to stop assault: 'We have already lost this war'
"I realized that the target was not enemy military facilities, but residential buildings, peaceful …