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Nicaragua Frees Hundreds of Prisoners, Deports Them to US

Nicaragua Frees Hundreds of Prisoners, Deports Them to US

Nicaragua's government on Thursday freed 222 dissident prisoners and deported them to the US in an unexpected operation that reportedly came as they were stripped of their political rights and citizenship after being declared 'traitors.'...

Iran Agrees to Pardon 'Tens of Thousands' of Prisoners

Iran Agrees to Pardon 'Tens of Thousands' of Prisoners

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has agreed to 'pardon or commute' the sentences of tens of thousands of prisoners as part of an annual amnesty to celebrate the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, state media reported on Sunday....