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Biden welcomes prisoner swap with Russia and declares their ‘brutal ordeal’ over
Paul Whelan, who has joint British and US citizenship, and Vladimir Kara-Murza, who has joint Russian and British nationality, were among those freed.
Prisoner swap between West and Russia frees reporter Evan Gershkovich and others
Paul Whelan, who has joint British and US citizenship, and Vladimir Kara-Murza, who has joint Russian and British nationality, have also been freed.
Major prisoner swap involving US and Russia ‘is under way’
Americans considered by the US to be wrongfully detained in Russia include reporter Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan, a corporate security executive.
MSPs back Government’s emergency prisoner release plans
The regulations passed by 66 votes to 47 with five abstentions on Wednesday.
MSPs to vote on plans to free prisoners early after green light from committee
The regulations require final approval at Holyrood.
Republican prisoners’ group delegation visits European Parliament in Brussels
IRPWA delegation briefs politicians and other representatives
Number of Welsh prisoners sleeping rough on release more than trebles in a year
A ‘persistent set of problems’ has returned as the justice system recovers from Covid-19, a report has concluded.
Minister to set out reforms as prison overcrowding reaches ‘critical point’
Health Secretary Steve Barclay acknowledged there is ‘huge pressure’ on the prison system.
Five prisoners fly out of Iran after swap agreed with US
The passengers are thought to include British-American-Iranian Morad Tahbaz.
Iran-US prisoner swap moves closer after assets unfrozen
Morad Tahbaz, a British-American conservationist of Iranian descent who was arrested in 2018, is among five prisoners who could be exchanged.