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Iran: detained since September 2022, Frenchman Louis Arnaud sentenced to 5 years in prison
Frenchman Louis Arnaud, detained in Iran since September 2022, was sentenced to five years in prison “after several hearings in court without the presence of his lawyers”, his mother, Sylvie…
eight former leaders of the former self-proclaimed republic detained in Azerbaijan
Former President of Nagorno-Karabakh, Arayik Haroutiounian, during a press conference in Paris, December 7, 2022. EMMANUEL DUNAND / AFP More than 100,000 Armenians fled Nagorno-Karabakh in a few days after…
Israel says it has released Israeli soldier detained in Gaza
Published on 10/30/2023 at 8:50 p.m. Photo credit © Reuters JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli soldier captured…
Iran: Mahsa Amini’s father briefly detained by police
(Reuters) – Mahsa Amini’s father was briefly detained on Saturday, according to human rights groups, amid heightened security on the first anniversary of his daughter’s death, which sparked months of…
French detained in Iran: a petition for his release collects more than 100,000 signatures
A petition calling for the release of Louis Arnaud, a Frenchman detained in Iran since the end of September, has collected more than 100,000 signatures in two weeks, announced its…
Frenchman Louis Arnaud detained in Iran for more than three hundred days
Demonstration in support of French nationals detained by the Iranian government, Cécile Kohler (photo on the left) and Louis Arnaud (sign), on the Trocadéro esplanade in Paris, January 28, 2023.…
In Ecuador, nearly a hundred prison guards detained after the death of several prisoners
Relatives of prisoners wait for information outside the Guayas 1 prison on July 24, 2023, in Guayaquil, Ecuador. MARCOS PIN / AFP In the aftermath of a clash between inmates…
Russia: the European Union sanctions the head of the prison where the opponent Alexeï Navalny is detained
The European Union announced on Thursday that it had sanctioned 12 individuals in Russia, including the head of the prison where the opponent Alexei Navalny is detained, as well as…
The family of a Frenchman detained in Iran for more than nine months calls for his release
The family and relatives of Louis Arnaud, a Frenchman detained in Iran since the end of September, have again called for his release, and asked European governments to “redouble their…
Release and return of three Europeans detained in Iran
On May 26, 2023, the plane carrying Belgian humanitarian Olivier Vandecasteele landed at Melsbroek military airport, near Brussels, after his release from Iran. DIDIER LEBRUN / PA Three European nationals…
Brittney Griner, detained for ten months in Russia, back on the basketball courts
Brittney Griner (in the center of the image, under the basket) during a game between the Phoenix Mercury and the Los Angeles Sparks, in Los Angeles, on May 19, 2023.…
three Britons detained by the Taliban
Three Britons are being held by the Taliban in Afghanistan, announced on Saturday evening April 1, a British NGO, The Presidium Network, specifying “work closely” with two of the families.…