Briton vows to help others 'trapped in Pakistani prisons'
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Published: 27/11/2006 - 08:16:22 AM Send to a friend Mirza Tahir Hussain A Briton who spent 18 years in a Pakistani prison facing the possibility of execution today spoke of the dramatic events which landed him ...Comment
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An asylum seeker who was jailed for several sex attacks but allowed to stay in Britain is jailed for a further attack.
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A chained British hostage in Iraq begged Tony Blair for help on Wednesday, cranking up the emotional pressure on the prime minister as Italians celebrated the release of two women aid workers after paying a ...
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Pakistan vows to track down former Guantanamo inmate who leads group that kidnapped two Chinese engineers.
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BAGHDAD: A chained British hostage in Iraq begged Tony Blair for help yesterday, cranking up the emotional pressure on the prime minister as Italians celebrated the release of two women aid workers after paying a ransom.
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BRITAIN was doing everything it could to try to secure the release of a British engineer held hostage in Iraq and threatened with execution, Prime Minister Tony Blair said today.
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Members of the Gadaffi family have pledged to support efforts to free British hostage Kenneth Bigley, his brother claimed today. Paul Bigley said that Colonel Gadaffiâs London-based
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The brother of British hostage Ken Bigley says he has received a pledge from the Gadaffi family that they would help to secure his release.
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LONDON -- A videotape broadcast yesterday showed a British hostage in Iraq shackled in a cage and wearing an orange jumpsuit, pleading with Prime Minister Tony Blair to help save his life and accusing him of not doing enough to secure his freedom.
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British hostage in Iraq Kenneth Bigley made a fresh plea Wednesday to British Prime Minister Tony Blair to work on securing his release.
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A Leeds man released from a Pakistani jail after 18 years on death row talks about his experiences.
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PARIS  - A Briton released from the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, told Europe's top human rights body Friday he was beaten, shackled, kept in a cramped cage and fed rotten food as part of "systematic abuse" in custody.
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PRIME Minister John Howard has vowed to go to any lengths to ensure Indonesian authorities keep those convicted of the Bali atrocities in jail.
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BAGHDAD, Sept. 23. - Authorities insisted they wonât give in to militantsâ demands to free women Iraqi prisoners despite the broadcast of a videotape that showed a tearful British hostage begging Britain to save his life.
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LONDON  - A Briton being held at Guantanamo Bay was tortured, held in solitary confinement for almost two years and "partially witnessed" U.S. military interrogators killing two detainees at an American base in Afghanistan, he said in a letter released by his lawyers Friday.
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A British hostage appeared on a video posted on an Islamic Web site yesterday and pleaded for his life as Iraq&#39;s leader and US officials crushed reports that a female Iraqi weapons scientist could be released from jail soon - as demanded by the kidnappers
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London - Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said on Wednesday his government was doing everything it could to secure the release of a Briton held by Islamic militants in Iraq, but suggested there was little hope of saving him.