Sarah Rainsford,Vilniusand Dearbail Jordan Watch: BBC captures celebrations as Belarus frees political prisoners Belarus has freed 123 prisoners, including prominent opposition activist Maria Kolesnikova, after the US agreed to lift sanctions on the country. Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski is also among those who have been released following talks in Minsk with US President […]
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Tailors and corner stores: The hustles helping prisoners survive | Prison
There’s an old saying in Urdu: Zaroorat ijaad ki maa hai (necessity is the mother of all inventions). I would often hear it as a child growing up in Pakistan. I’ve always been fascinated by how some phrases leap across languages without losing their truth. You see, survival has a universal dialect, and here, behind […]
At least four prisoners freed in error still at large, BBC told
At least four prisoners released in error are still at large, the BBC has been told. These are among 262 prisoners in England and Wales mistakenly released in the year to March – up from 115 the previous year. The new information comes as the government is under increasing pressure after a number of high-profile […]