China denounces award of Nobel Peace Prize to dissident Liu Xiaobo

China denounces award of Nobel Prize to dissident

Nigeria: Feared Muslim sect that launched prison break kills political leader

Nigeria: Muslim sect members kill political leader

Ethiopian officials pardon and release top opposition leader who had been jailed for life

Ethiopian officials release top opposition leader

Cuban human rights leader details govt offer of freedom for more prisoners

Rights leader: More Cuban prisoners to go free

Cuba has approached more political prisoners about being freed into exile, top activist says

Cuba may free more political prisoners into exile

Top IRA dissident gets 20-year prison sentence for trying to buy weapons from British agents

Top IRA dissident sentenced for trying to buy arms

Church: 3 more political prisoners to be released from Cuban jail

Church announces release of 3 Cuba prisoners

Church reveals names of 4 more political prisoners Cuba to free into exile in Spain

Cuba to free 4 more political prisoners into exile

Report: Iran convicts opposition leader’s aide, sentences him to 5 years in prison

Iran sentences opposition leader’s aide to 5 years

Spain says US prepared to take political dissidents released from Cuba jails

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2 more Cuban political prisoners arrive in Madrid, 25 now in Spain

2 more Cuban political prisoners arrive in Spain

3 more Cuban political prisoners arrive in Madrid, 23 now in Spain

3 more Cuban dissidents arrive in Spain

MADRID — Three more Cuban political prisoners arrived in Madrid on Tuesday, bringing to 23 the number who have been released into exile under Cuba’s pledge to free dissidents jailed there since 2003.

Cuban Catholic Church reveals names of 6 more prisoners Castro’s gov’t has promised to free

Cuba to free 6 more political prisoners into exile

Lawyer says Iranian woman who faced stoning in adultery case likely tortured into confessing

Lawyer: Iranian who faced stoning likely tortured

Iran state TV airs purported confession by woman who faced death by stoning in adultery case

Iran airs ‘confession’ of woman who faced stoning

19 years for Khmer Rouge prison chief, drug dealers, political scapegoats: justice in Cambodia

For most Cambodians, ‘justice’ has little meaning

Cuban human rights group wants 69 political prisoners paroled, despite violent crimes of many

Cuba group wants parole for 69 ‘political’ inmates

Freed Cuban dissident begins exile in Chile as political refugee; gov’t providing housing, job

Freed Cuban political prisoner arrives in Chile

Recently freed, paralyzed Cuban political prisoner arrives in Miami; greeted by well-wishers

Paralyzed Cuban political prisoner arrives in US

The number of political prisoners in Cuba still a murky question depending on who’s counting

Number of political prisoners in Cuba still murky

Paralyzed Cuban political prisoner wins permission to leave island, headed to US next week

Paralyzed Cuban political prisoner headed to US