Gilad Shalit in his first interview in Israel since his release spoke of how he passed the time in captivity and his sense of great \”relief\” upon being set free.
The wife of Alan Gross said after visiting him in Cuba that the jailed contractor’s health continues to deteriorate.
Two Israeli police officers convicted of leaving a Palestinian car thief to die were sentenced to 30 months in prison.
A soccer player from Gaza held by Israel without trial for nearly three years has agreed to end his three-month hunger strike in exchange for hospital treatment and an early release, his lawyer said on Monday.
A retired FBI official told a House subcommittee that the imprisonment of a New York Chasidic Jew in Bolivia is \”state-sponsored kidnapping.\”
By the time he was 26, Jan Karski had been imprisoned by the Soviets, tortured by the Gestapo, and nearly drowned while escaping from a hospital in German-occupied Slovakia.
Authorities in Cuba are ready to negotiate the status of jailed American Alan Gross, a senior Cuban official said.
Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails agreed on Monday to an Egyptian-brokered deal aimed at ending a mass hunger strike that challenged Israel\’s policy of detention without trial and raised fears of a bloody Palestinian backlash if any protesters died.
Israel\’s Supreme Court rejected an appeal for the release of two hunger-striking Palestinians.
Two hunger-striking Palestinians in Israeli jails have been moved to an Israeli hospital in poor condition, their lawyer said.
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