prison conditions

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 40, was transferred from Evin prison to the psychiatric ward at Imam Khomeini hospital, where she is being…

GENEVA (Reuters) – Two South African sisters who were imprisoned in Saudi Arabia, initially without charge, described their ordeal on…

“My living conditions are getting worse by the day, and I feel increasingly poor,” Muzaffer Ozcengiz wrote from his prison…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A lawyer says imprisoned Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan has called on hundreds of hunger-striking prisoners…

Hundreds of hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners ended their 40-day fast on the first day of the month-long Muslim holiday of Ramadan,…

Social media users and activists in Egypt launched an online campaign calling for the release of 22-year old Ahmed El-Khatib…

An Egyptian rights watchdog has reported a "dramatic" increase in building new prisons in recent years, with 19 new facilities…

Human Rights Watch accused Egyptian authorities on Wednesday of failing to take serious steps to improve conditions in overcrowded prisons…