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In Belarus a fourth political prisoner died in prison since 2022 according to Viasna Human Rights Centre.
2024-01-15

Police in Kazakhstan arrest 50 protesters who were calling for the release of political prisoners in line with a resolution passed by the European Parliament.
2021-02-28

Iran temporarily frees 85,000 prisoners, including political ones and British-Iranian dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, amid the coronavirus outbreak in the country. A judiciary spokesman says all of those freed were serving less than five years in prison, while all other prisoners serving heavier sentences remain in jail.
2020-03-17

Amnesty International urges Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy party make release of political prisoners, and rescinding laws that made incarceration possible, a top priority when they take office next Friday, April 1, 2016. Amnesty International adds it knows of almost 100 political prisoners still behind bars, with hundreds of others in detention. AI's Jasmine Heiss says, "The incoming government must take bold steps to show that human rights abuses are a problem of the past.”
2016-03-24

President of Sudan Omar al-Bashir orders the release of all political prisoners.
2013-04-1

The National Transitional Council in Libya raises concerns about mass killing of political prisoners by the former government.
2011-08-29

Burma begins to release thousands of prisoners in a general amnesty, though few political prisoners are released.
2011-05-17

Ahmed Shafik, the Prime Minister of Egypt, announces that the Government will release more than 200 political prisoners.
2011-02-19

Cuba frees political prisoner Arnaldo Ramos Lauzerique, one of 13 prisoners who had refused to go into exile in exchange for their freedom.
2010-11-14

The Cuban government eases jail conditions for political prisoners following talks with Catholic Church leaders and President Raúl Castro.
2010-05-23