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The Afghan government is about to release dozens of inmates from Parwan detention center north of the capital Kabul. Officials say 65 inmates will be set free within the next 24 hours. The government says it does not have enough proof to keep the inmates behind bars. But the United States has already voiced concern over the release of the prisoners. U-S military officials say some of the prisoners are dangerous criminals who have links to al-Qaeda militants. Washington also says their release could pose a security threat to the future of Afghanistan. The U-S handed over control of Parwan prison to Afghan forces back in March 20-13.

[08 April 2013] israeli forces raid Ramon Prison to attack Palestinian inmates - English

Israel approves the release of 26 Palestinian prisoners under the terms of the renewed so-called peace talks with the Palestinian Authority. The released inmates are considered the second group of prisoners discharged since August. Israeli prison authorities say the inmates will be released at least 48 hours after their names are published. Tel Aviv had said 104 Palestinians would be freed in stages following the start of negotiations on July 30. An Israeli official claimed last week that the move was linked to a deal with the Palestinian Authority in exchange for continued settlement construction in the occupied territories. But the PA has vehemently denied the allegation, saying the construction activities seriously threaten the so-called peace talks, that resumed in July after a three-year halt.

[18 Dec 2012] Extremist inmates join fight against Assad - English

[01 Mar 2013] Activists stage sit in to voice solidarity with Palestinian hunger striking inmates - English

Political prisoners have gone on a hunger strike in Saudi Arabia to protest against their imprisonment without charge or trial, and the horrible jail conditions. Activists say more than 70 inmates have stopped eating in a bid to draw international attention to the inhuman prison conditions in Saudi Arabia. Press TV has conducted an interview with George Labaki, professor at Notre Dame University, about this issue.

In the US prison at Guantanamo, despite various calls for a halt to humiliating and degrading treatment of inmates, such acts continue. In the latest development, US appeals court judges are questioning the need for genital searches of prisoners before meeting their lawyers. At a hearing of a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Judge Thomas Griffith said that checking the prisoners\' private parts was both provocative and offensive. Griffith then cited the detainees\' right to have easy access to their lawyers as a legal obligation of the court. Some of the prisoners have decided not to meet their lawyers because genital searches were required beforehand. Meanwhile, another US appeals court is reviewing whether it is necessary to force-feed hunger-striking prisoners, an act which some people describe as torture.

[11 Apr 2014] UN blasts America over Mexican death row inmates - English

[11 Apr 2014] Comment - israel will not release Palestinian inmates: Lieberman (P.1) - English

[11 Apr 2014] Comment - israel will not release Palestinian inmates: Lieberman (P.2) - English

[11 Apr 2014] Comment - israel will not release Palestinian inmates: Lieberman (P.3) - English

[11 Apr 2014] Comment - Israel will not release Palestinian inmates: Lieberman (P.4) - English

[04 May 2014] Scores of Palestinian inmates on open-ended hunger strike in Israeli jails - English

[07 May 2014] Palestinian inmates go on strike against Israel detention policies - English

[06 June 2014] UN concerned about health of hunger-striking Palestinian inmates - English

[09 June 2014] israel seeking to legalize force-feeding of hunger-striking inmates - English

[07 Dec 2014] Islamic Jihad’s inmates in Israeli jails threaten to start hunger strike - English

[02 Apr 2015] Al-Qaeda militants attack prison, release 300 inmates - English

[23rd September 2016] Palestinian inmates mistreated in Israeli jail | Press TV English

Calif. inmates remain on hunger strike Tue Jul 12, 2011 6:36AM English

Press TV has conducted an interview with Mark Glenn, author and journalist, about 26 Palestinian prisoners being released from Israeli prisons.

[18 Mar 2013] Obama turns deaf ear to rights violations at Guantanamo Bay prison - English

[19 Mar 2013] US violates international law in Gitmo - News Analysis - English

[31 Mar 2013] US commits intolerable torture at Gitmo - English

A hunger strike by prisoners at the US-run Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba has entered its 100st day, amid national and international calls for the closure of the notorious prison. Nearly 130 out of a total of 166 inmates in the military detention and torture center were reported to be still on hunger strike on Friday. The strike began in February in protest to mistreatment by prison guards who intimidate the detainees by searching their personal belongings and deliberately mishandling their copies of the holy Qur\'an. Press TV has conducted an interview with Kamel Wazne, political commentator, about this issue. Follow our Facebook on: https://www.facebook.com/presstv Follow our Twitter on: http://twitter.com/presstv Follow our Tumblr on: http://presstvchannel.tumblr.com

Political prisoners have gone on a hunger strike in Saudi Arabia to protest against their imprisonment without charge or trial, and the horrible jail conditions. Activists say more than 70 inmates have stopped eating in a bid to draw international attention to the inhuman prison conditions in Saudi Arabia. Press TV has conducted an interview with Entifadh Qanbar, Middle East expert, about this issue.

Press TV has conducted an interview with Franklin Lamb, international lawyer, about the doctors and other medical professionals demand to have access to the inmates on hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay prison.

An Israeli NGO has accused Tel Aviv of having tortured detained Palestinian children in freezing conditions. The Public Committee Against Torture says the Palestinian minors have routinely been held in outdoor cages for hours after their arrest. The organization says the children had to endure freezing temperatures outside transit facilities. It says this is a long-running practice meant to terrify the detained children. The NGO adds that it\\\'s just one example of the torture and ill-treatment of Palestinian children by Israeli forces. The Palestinian Prisoners Society has also said in a new report that 2-hundred Palestinian children are among five thousand inmates locked up in Israeli jails.