This National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day, we honor every American service member who returned home after enduring the horrors of captivity by enemy forces during times of war. My ...

On April 2, the Cuban government announced the release of 2,010 prisoners, framing it as a “humanitarian gesture.” While the announcement raised hopes among many political prisoners’ families, neither ...

If, by chance, you know my story, you will understand why I’m spending my days fixated on the fast-changing news and the terrible images from Iran. I am an Iranian American, a citizen of both ...

The Cuban government confirmed Friday it will release 51 prisoners in the coming days, but has not specified whether the individuals are considered political prisoners. The announcement follows Cuban ...

A photo of Nobel Peace Prize recipient Narges Mohammadi is projected on the wall of the Grand Hotel in central Oslo before the Nobel banquet on Sunday, Dec. 10. 2023. Editor at Large Fears are rising ...

LYNCHBURG, Va. – There’s new back-and-forth between Lynchburg City Councilman Marty Misjuns and City Manager Wynter Benda, and it’s all documented in a series of letters between the two. Misjuns is ...

President Trump used his State of the Union address as the backdrop of an emotional, surprise reunion between a Venezuelan woman and her uncle, who was held as a political prisoner by the country’s ...

KYIV -- Red Cross chief Pierre Krahenbuhl has told RFE/RL that Russia is not granting the organization "the level of access we would wish" to the Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) it holds captive.

Installation view of Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Prisoners of Love: Until the Sun of Freedom at The Bell at Brown University (photo by Julia Featheringill) The Bell Gallery at Brown University ...

What is the 31st century going to look like? According to "Futurama," it's going to look a lot like the 21st century does, albeit one with far more autonomous robots and vulgar aliens than we have ...