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YANGON: A man celebrates with a relative after being released from Insein Prison in Yangon on May 3, 2023. Myanmar’s junta announced it had pardoned 2,153 prisoners jailed under a law that criminalises encouraging dissent against the military. – AFP

Myanmar junta pardons more than 2,000 political prisoners
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Kuwait identifies 19 remains of POWs, missing persons
KENITRA, Morocco: Saleh, a prisoner who has been languishing in Moroccan jails for 19 years on terrorism charges, sits in the library inside the prison of Kenitra on Aug 31, 2021. - AFP n

'Deradicalization' offers prisoners route to freedom
CAIRO: Mohamed Al-Sadat, nephew of former Egyptian president Anwar Al-Sadat, speaks during an interview at his office on Sept 19, 2021. - AFPn

Sadat's nephew negotiates way out for prisoners
KRASNODAR: Activists run a campaign event for Andrei Pivovarov - former head of the exiled Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky's pro-democracy group Open Russia (that was outlawed in 2017) - who is being held in the city's Detention Centre No 1. - AFP n

Prisoners, newcomers and spoilers: Russia candidates
GAZA: An artist works on a mural yesterday glorifying six Palestinian prisoners who escaped from the Zionist Gilboa prison almost two weeks ago. - AFP n

Spoons become new symbol of 'freedom'
Human rights activist Konstantin Kotov gives an interview in a cottage outside Moscow. — AFP photos n

For Russian prisoners, letters provide rare 'moment of joy'
CHAMAN, BALOCHISTAN: Pakistani border guards cordon off the area as stranded people gather near a border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan in Chaman yesterday. - AFPn

Taleban offer three-month ceasefire in return for prisoners' release
DAMASCUS: File photo shows, Syrian prisoners stage a protest and a hunger strike at the central prison in Adra, in support of President Bashar al-Assad who is facing international pressure over a UN inquiry into the assassination of Lebanese former premier Rafiq Hariri. - AFPnnn

Syria 'fixers' cash in on despair of prisoners' families
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A general view shows the Shahi Idgah mosque (left) and the Krishna Janmabhoomi temple (right) in Mathura on April 26, 2024. – AFP
Calls for mosque demolition in India weigh on Muslim voters
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Kuwait, UAE eye closer military, defensive ties
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KRCS distributes aid in Armenia
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Kuwait teams gear up for World Robotics Competition in Dallas
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During the launch of Burgan Bank’s exclusive Investment and Wealth Management Academy.
Burgan Bank launches its Investment and Wealth Management Academy