(2024-06-17). 9,300 Palestinians languishing in Israeli prisons: Rights group. presstv.ir An independent and non-governmental rights organization says at least 9,300 Palestinian prisoners are currently being held in Israeli jails and detention centers.
(2024-06-17). Israel holding 9,300 Palestinians in prisons, detention centres. newarab.com 
Israel is holding 9,300 Palestinians in prisons and detention centres, including around 250 children and 75 women, the Palestinian Prisoner's Society said in a statement. | The PPS said that the number includes thousands of Palestinians detained from the Gaza Strip, where Israel has carried out a brutal military assault since October. | More than 3,400 of the total number of prisoners are held under 'administrative detention' – a procedure that allows Israeli authorities to hold alleged suspected for six months at a time, which can be extended indefinitely. | Israel says the procedure allows authorities to hol…
(2024-06-17). Israeli prisons 'worse than Guantanamo', Palestinians urge probe. newarab.com 
(2024-06-17). Iran, Sweden free prisoners in Oman-mediated swap. newarab.com 
Iran and Sweden announced on Saturday a prisoner exchange that saw a "Hamid Noury, who has been in illegal detention in Sweden since 2019, is free and will return to the country in a few hours," Kazem Gharibabadi, head of Iran's High Council for Human Rights, said in a post on social media platform…
(2024-06-17). Prison Labor in Texas is Modern-Day Slavery. scheerpost.com 
By Xandan Gulley / Prism Reports Texas summers are brutal. Temperatures rise to the triple digits, the sun is scorching, and the heat makes the skin sizzle. Working outside in these conditions is perilous. It's critically advised to stay hydrated, away from the sun, or in the shade if possible. Incarcerated people work in these extreme …
(2024-06-17). Prison Labor in Texas is Modern-Day Slavery. scheerpost.com
(2024-06-17). Explainer: How was Hamid Nouri framed, jailed, tortured and freed after 1,680 days. presstv.ir Hamid Nouri, an Iranian citizen and former judiciary official unlawfully sentenced to life imprisonment in Sweden over politically motivated charges, returned to Iran on Saturday after five years.
(2024-06-17). We stand with Pƒ±nar Selek until her final acquittal. pressenza.com On 28 June 2024, Pƒ±nar Selek will be tried for the fifth time by the Turkish state. | 26 years ago, in Turkey, Pƒ±nar Selek was arrested for her academic work on Kurdish resistance. In line with sociological professional ethics, she refuses to reveal the identities of the people she interviewed: she is tortured and kept in custody. In prison, she learns that she is accused of an "attack" on the Istanbul spice market — it was in fact an accidental gas explosion. She spends almost two years in prison. | She was acquitted a first time in 2006, but the public prosecutor appealed. Judicia…
(2024-06-17). Lawsuit Challenges Seaside's Destructive General Plan. indybay.org SEASIDE, Calif., June 14, 2024 — The Center for Biological Diversity and LandWatch Monterey County sued the city of Seaside on Thursday for approving a general plan update that failed to fully consider the environmental harms of future development.
(2024-06-17). Three Venezuelan opposition activists detained after presidential candidate campaign rally. latintimes.com Edmundo González Urrutia called the detentions "unjust and arbitrary." Opposition leader María Corina Machado said they were "criminal" actions…
(2024-06-17). France's decision to deport Iranian national illegal: Top rights official. presstv.ir Kazem Gharibabadi also questioned the legality of Bashir Biazar's continued detention by French authorities even though he is not legally banned to exit the country.
(2024-06-17). Leader pardons, commutes sentences of 2,654 inmates. presstv.ir Ayatollah Khamenei pardons, commutes sentences of 2,654 inmates over Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Ghadir celebrations.
(2024-06-17). Factbox: Artistic works of Bashir Biazar, Iranian ace musician jailed in France. presstv.ir Bashir Biazar, an Iranian music maestro and filmmaker languishing in a French prison, is known in Iran for producing many critically acclaimed musical and cinematic works.
(2024-06-17). Gurpatwant Pannun murder plot: Indian National Nikhil Gupta extradited to US from Czech Republic, report says. ptcnews.tv PTC News Desk: According to the federal Bureau of Prisons website and a person familiar with the situation, an Indian man who the United States suspected of taking part in a failed attempt to assassin | Gurpatwant Pannun murder plot: Indian National Nikhil Gupta extradited to US from Czech Republic, report says…
(2024-06-17). The Weekly Round-Up: UK's wrongful imprisonment compensation scheme is legal and campaigners call for oversight of inquiries. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
In UK News A report published by the Runnymede Trust on Monday found that black people, and especially black children, are subject to disproportionate rates of strip search across all police forces in England and Wales. The report analysed Home Office data and concluded that black children are 6.5 times more likely to be subject …