PRISONERS

Vietnamese President amnesties more than 8,000 inmates

Published on: April 29, 2025
09:40

Hanoi, Apr 29 (Prensa Latina) Vietnamese President Luong Cuong granted amnesty to more than eight thousand prisoners on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and the National Reunification Day, it was reported here today.

Palestinian Prisoners Club condemns violation in Israel

Published on: April 4, 2025
11:39

Ramallah, Apr 4 (Prensa Latina) Israeli prison authorities have increased torture and abuse against Palestinian detainees since the end of the ceasefire in Gaza on March 18, the Prisoner's Club denounced today.

Palestine calls to probe prisoners’ deaths in Israeli jails

Published on: February 25, 2025
11:59

Ramallah, Feb 25 (Prensa Latina) This country's Foreign Ministry called the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory to analyze the high death rate in Israeli jails.

Israel refuses to release prisoners during exchange

Published on: February 23, 2025
15:35

Tel Aviv, Feb 23 (Prensa Latina) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tightened the noose on Sunday after refusing to release more than 600 Palestinian prisoners as part of the seventh prisoners' exchange with Hamas, which denounced the new violation of the ceasefire deal.

Vatican highlights release of prisoners in Cuba as part of Jubilee

Published on: January 15, 2025
11:42

Vatican City, Jan 15 (Prensa Latina) The Holy See highlighted the announcement by the Cuban government of the release of 553 persons sanctioned for various reasons, following a process with the participation of the Vatican, a decision framed in the Catholic Jubilee.

Just nature of Cuba’s penal and penitentiary systems underscored

Published on: January 15, 2025
00:16

Havana, Jan 15 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that the decision to release 553 people who were serving sentences was made as part of the just and humanitarian nature of the country's penal and penitentiary systems.

Cuba recalls return of anti-terrorists imprisoned in the US

Published on: December 17, 2024
14:41

Havana, Dec 17 (Prensa Latina) The tenth anniversary of the return to Cuba of five anti-terrorist fighters previously imprisoned in the United States, and the reestablishment of diplomatic relations with Washington are two milestones recalled on Tuesday in Cuba as a watershed in bilateral ties.

Nicaragua promotes educational programs for prisoners

Published on: December 12, 2024
10:19

Managua, Dec 12 (Prensa Latina) The Government of Nicaragua, through the Ministry of Interior, today promotes the preparation of educational programs to ensure the continuity of studies of hundreds of inmates, who remain in prisons in the country.

Uruguay’s prison population grew

Published on: September 5, 2024
11:42

Montevideo, Sep 5 (Prensa Latina) The prison population grew during 2023 in Uruguay, a country that today has one of the highest rates of prisoners per inhabitant at continental level.

Bukele excludes gang members from re-education policy in El Salvador

Published on: August 21, 2024
11:28

San Salvador, Aug 21 (Prensa Latina) The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, excluded imprisoned gang members from the re-education system applied by his government, according to media reports.

NEWS