prisoners
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Interviewing prisoners of war is not straightforward: to be sure they are not being coerced, first and foremost, and then to assess how openly they are speaking in the circumstances.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Earlier, the Russian defence ministry had announced the exchange, stating that "103 Russian servicemen were returned... in exchange, 103 Ukrainian prisoners of war were handed over."
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
The Prison Reform Trust said it had received some calls from prisoners about their safety.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
And there may have been even more important acts, if indeed the hotel’s cellars were used to hide escaped French prisoners of war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Some of the prisoners had brought scissors from Vught: everywhere beneath the huge tent women were cutting one another’s hair.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
