Political prisoners

A group of people standing on steps holding signs and photos, advocating for the release of political prisoners, with various posters and names displayed on the ground.

Global Politics

Venezuela begins releasing political prisoners — but slowly

Jan 14, 2026

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U.S. citizen Matthew Todd Miller sits in a witness box during his trial at the North Korean Supreme Court in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang September 14, 2014.

No one really knows why a young American was sentenced to hard labor in North Korea

Sep 15, 2014