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Imprisoned former Pakistani PM Imran Khan addresses IMF in election audit push

Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan has written a letter to the International Monetary Fund asking it to link any talks with Islamabad to an audit of the country’s recent elections, his party said on Friday. Announced. Senator Ali Zafar, a top leader of Mr. Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Party (PTI), made the remarks on […]

Imprisoned Tunisian opposition leader begins hunger strike

Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi began a hunger strike inside a prison on Monday, joining other government critics on strike to protest his unjust imprisonment. Tunisian opposition leader condemns military prosecution amid continuing crackdown on dissidents A spokesman for his party, Imed Kemili, told The Associated Press on Monday that Ghannouchi’s strike was aimed at […]

Friends imprisoned for decades cleared of 1987 New Year’s killing in NYC

In 1987, French tourist Jean Cass was robbed and killed in Times Square. Eric Smokes, 19, and David Warren, 16, were arrested on suspicion of Cass’s murder and convicted despite protesting their innocence. Almost 40 years later, their convictions were overturned after new evidence was discovered that police pressured witnesses. Early in the morning on […]

Spanish man imprisoned in Iran arrives home after release

Spaniard Santiago Sánchez Colledor returned to his hometown in Madrid on Tuesday after spending 15 months in an Iranian prison. He was arrested in October 2022 while on a solo foot trip to the Men's Soccer World Cup in Qatar. His arrest came after visiting the grave of Mahsa Amini, a woman whose death in […]