Victims challenge prisoner release
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A group representing Israeli victims of Palestinian violence was mounting a court challenge against the planned release Friday of 256 prisoners, and a Palestinian Cabinet minister criticized the gesture as inadequate.
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The family of British hostage Kenneth Bigley have made an appeal to his kidnappers not to harm him, as the deadline for their demands approaches.
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Baghdad - Two British Muslim leaders made an emotional appeal in Baghdad on Sunday for the release of British hostage Kenneth Bigley saying he was a &quot;victim like civilians in Fallujah.
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Four British former inmates of the US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay have sued US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and others, saying they were tortured in violation of US and international law.
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Two members of a terrorist gang known for an anarchic season of kidnappings and killings are petitioning to be released from prison early.
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A convicted rapist claims his human rights have been breached because he has not been granted early release.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Authorities insisted they won't give in to militants' demands to free female Iraqi prisoners despite the broadcast of a videotape that showed a tearful British hostage begging Britain to save his life.    The captive, Kenneth Bigley, appealed to British Prime Minister Tony Blair to intervene...
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MARGARET Hassan's Iraqi husband last night pleaded for her life. Tahseen Ali Hassan begged for the British charity worker to be spared as she spent a second day in captivity.
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Residents of Usk demand an end to a policy of housing sex offenders at an open prison following a inmate's escape.
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Home Secretary John Reid is considering giving victims of crime a say on offenders' release from jail.
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The lawyer for two Britons freed from  Guantanamo Bay says they are victims of torture needing treatment.
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A group of Britons who say they were tortured in jails in Saudi Arabia have claimed a major victory in their legal battle for the right to claim damages in this country.
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The husband of Margaret Hassan, a  British-Iraqi aid worker snatched by kidnappers on her way to  work in Baghdad this week, appealed for her release on  Thursday.
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DEAF children helped by kidnapped Margaret Hassan yesterday joined 200 mercy workers at a rally in Baghdad to call for her release.
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The family of Kenneth Bigley, the British hostage being held in Iraq, has made a direct appeal for his release to the militants who abducted the 62-year old-engineer.
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Kidnappers threatening to kill a Northern Irish woman in Afghanistan were today awaiting a response to their demand for a prisoner exchange.
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Muslim and Christian religious leaders in the hometown of a British hostage facing death in Iraq have appealed for his captors to free him.