Prisoner release

Israel was unprepared for 10,000 Palestinian security prisoners during war, report finds

Overcrowded prisons and the sudden release of senior Hamas figures during the Gaza war reportedly harmed Israeli security and delayed legal proceedings for October 7 attacks.

 Protesters gather outside Sde Teiman detention facility after some of them broke in, after Israeli military police arrived at the site as part of an investigation into the suspected abuse of a Palestinian detainee, near Beersheba, in southern Israel, July 29, 2024.
Brazilian Activist Thiago Avila, who was detained aboard the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla, which was intercepted by Israeli forces in international waters, appears at a court in Beersheba, southern Israel May 6, 2026.

Gaza flotilla activists deported from Israel after week-long detention

Kim Aris, the son of Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, delivers a speech during a protest rally organized by Myanmar people residing in Japan outside Myanmar's embassy in Tokyo, Japan, December 14, 2025.

Myanmar to free more than 4,000 prisoners in amnesty

A drone view shows people gathering at Nasser hospital as they welcome freed Palestinian prisoners released by Israel as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 13, 2025.

Terrorist released in Schalit, Oct. 7 hostage deals to give Hungary, Spain talks


Indonesia to release suspected Bali bombings mastermind Bashir

Bashir, 82, who was among Indonesia's most notorious extremists, is considered the spiritual leader of the al Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiah (JI) network.

Indonesian radical Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir enters a courtroom for the first day of an appeal hearing in Cilacap, Central Java province, January 12, 2016.

Israel said to have offered concessions to Hamas on prisoner swap deal

An unnamed senior Hamas official said, “the ball is now back in the Israeli court.”

Israelis Hadar Goldin, Oron Shaul, Avera Mengistu and Hisham Al-Sayed being held by Hamas in Gaza

Freed academic was detained in Iran due to Israeli partner - report

Australia and Moore-Gilbert have rejected Iran's allegations that she was working as a spy for Israel.

Kylie Moore-Gilbert, who was detained in Iran in 2018 and sentenced to 10 years in prison on espionage charges, is pictured after she was released in exchange for three Iranians who had been detained abroad, in Tehran Iran, in this still image taken from a video and obtained on November 26, 2020.

PLO official gives directly opposing statements to NYT and Arab media

Qadri Abu Bakr told The New York Times that prisoners' families salaries would change to match the families' needs, instead of correlating to prison sentence. He denied the statement to Arab media.

Image of Director of PLO Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs Qadri Abu Bakr, and text, posted to the Official Fatah Facebook page.

34 years after capture, Ron Arad's wife: 'Let's not repeat same mistakes'

In a moving Facebook post, Tami Arad recalled early years of hope and despair waiting for her husband to return home.

Ron arad with baby 224.8

Hamas: We have powerful cards to force Israel to free prisoners

Israeli authorities say that many of the released prisoners had resumed terrorism activity, either by joining Hamas or recruiting members to terror cells

HAMAS MEMBERS in Gaza.

Taliban prisoner issue almost resolved, peace talks expected 'soon'

A source close to the Taliban said the group was willing to move forward so long as most of the 5,000 prisoners demanded were released.

Taliban chief negotiator Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar (front) leaves after peace talks with Afghan senior politicians in Moscow, Russia May 30, 2019

Iranian-American freed in prisoner swap with US arrives in Iran

An Iranian-American doctor has returned to Iran, Iranian state media reported on Monday.

AN IRANIAN FLAG flutters in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency headquarters in Vienna last year

US says door remains open for diplomacy with Iran

The US official reiterated an appeal for Iran to release American citizens Baquer Namazi, his son Siamak Namazi and conservationist Morad Tahbaz.

U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a proclamation declaring his intention to withdraw from the JCPOA Iran nuclear agreement after signing it in the Diplomatic Room at the White House in Washington

American detained in Iran since 2018 freed, on his way home, family says

Michael White had been released from an Iranian prison in mid-March on medical furlough but was held in Iran under Swiss custody.

A woman displays a "Free Iran" sticker as thousands of Iranian opponents in exile stage a protest against the Teheran regime. Paris, France, February 8, 2019