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prison

[priz-uhn] / ˈprɪz ən /


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But she added that Panahi, "who wrote this script in prison in Iran, who went on hunger strike," has highlighted "space... for reconciliation with his executioner."

From Barron's

Russian dissident Alexei Navalny was almost certainly killed by a poison derived from a rare frog toxin in an Arctic prison colony two years ago, several European governments said Saturday.

From The Wall Street Journal

The couple, who married in Kabul in 1970, previously said they were detained in 10 different prisons and at one point thought they would be executed.

From BBC

Family members have been holding vigils outside the prisons for weeks.

From The Wall Street Journal

Saadaoui and Hussein were given minimum prison terms of 37 and 26 years respectively.

From BBC