prisoner
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After my release in a prisoner swap a month later, in August 2024, several Kremlin officials passed word to me through mutual contacts that they had worried about me while I was in prison.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
After 16 months in prison—and a global campaign for his release—Evan was finally freed in August 2024, in the largest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
"The Prison Service, having conducted all necessary checks and assessments, concluded that this prisoner was not safe to be released on a temporary basis," Long said.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
The second prisoner, Lee Kang-eun, also a pseudonym, told the journalist Kim Young-mi that he felt guilty he was still alive.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
“I’ve been a prisoner before. And I escaped before,” he says.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
The most recent tally from NGO Foro Penal, which defends political prisoners, said there were 344 such prisoners in the country as of September 18.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
Through leaked Russian databases, Grozev found that Piunov was working for the FSB and determined that he was involved in the work of recruiting prisoners for the Wagner paramilitary group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Mamedli was not among the 20 prisoners pardoned by Aliyev.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
As the Russians approached, the prisoners were marched to a new location, approximately 1,000 miles away, during which many of them died.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
There the prisoners who had been ahead of me were tugging their dresses over their heads and lining up against the rear wall.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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