political prisoners

Iran
Iran Human Rights
Voices

I survived Iran’s prisons. Don’t let those still inside vanish

As the US-Israel war on Iran is used by the Islamic Republic to intensify repression, we must keep up global pressure, warns Nasrin Parvaz.

Nasrin Parvaz
01 June, 2026
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UK elections
Perspectives

Jailed for Palestine, Amu Gib is running for local UK elections

The Palestinian Youth Movement

Palestinian Youth Movement

04 May, 2026
Iran
US-Israel war on Iran
Perspectives

I was tortured by Khomeini's regime. This war is still unjust

Nasrin Parvaz

Nasrin Parvaz

05 March, 2026
UK
Palestine Action
Unfiltered

Filton 24: In husks of killing machines the jury saw genocide

Dr Asim Qureshi

Asim Qureshi

26 February, 2026
Sde Teiman
Sde Teiman
Perspectives

In Israel's prison system, raping Palestinians is not an anomaly

Omar Shabana

Omar Shabana

23 December, 2025
hunger strike
Palestine Action
Voices

Is the UK imprisoning Palestine activists on Israel's behalf?

Beauty Dhlamini

Beauty Dhlamini

22 December, 2025
Jawhar bin Mbarek has been sentenced to 20 years in jail [Getty]
Tunisia
MENA
Live Story

Jailed Tunisia opposition figure suspends hunger strike

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 December, 2025
Palestinian prisoners
Palestinian prisoners
Unfiltered

Why using ‘hostage’ erases the struggle of Palestinian prisoners

AVA

Wael Omar

11 November, 2025
Egyptian police arrested Sobhi and charged him with 'joining a terrorist organisation'
Egypt
MENA
Live Story

Egypt charges Coptic novelist with 'joining terrorist org'

The New Arab Staff
25 October, 2025
Palestinian prisoners
Palestinian prisoners
Perspectives

Why Palestinian prisoners must be at the centre of solidarity

Zoé Paris

Zoé Paris

21 October, 2025
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Alaa Abdel Fattah
Analysis
Live Story

Alaa Abdel Fattah is free. Will it be a turning point for Egypt?

Hassan Mahmoud
30 September, 2025
T Hoxha
prisoners
Voices

T Hoxha: Is UK arbitrarily detaining pro-Palestine activists?

Dr Asim Qureshi

Asim Qureshi

01 September, 2025
Debris of the main entrance of the Evin prison, which is destroyed in Israeli strikes, is pictured in northern Tehran, Iran, on July 1, 2025. [Getty]
US-Israel war on Iran
MENA
Live Story

Inmates' families seek answers on Israel's strike of Iran's Evin

A correspondent in Iran
08 July, 2025
Protest after opposition’s Moussi moved to remote jail
Tunisia
MENA
Live Story

Tunisia: Protest after opposition's Moussi taken to remote jail

Basma El Atti
30 June, 2025
Sharm el Sheikh
Alaa Abdel Fattah
MENA
Live Story

Former UK ambassador to Cairo warns Brits against Egypt holidays

The New Arab Staff
30 May, 2025
Egypt has locked up at least 60,000 political prisoners since 2013
Egypt
MENA
Live Story

Son of jailed Egypt opposition leader arrested, sent to prison

The New Arab Staff
20 April, 2025
Mohamed Abou Huraira
Egypt
MENA
Live Story

Egypt rights groups urge action to save jailed hunger striker

The New Arab Staff
01 April, 2025
Abdelmoumni was imprisoned over a post he shared on social media relating to Morocco's use of Israeli Pegasus spyware to spy on France
Morocco
MENA
Live Story

Morocco activist gets six-month sentence for online post: lawyer

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 March, 2025
Syria
Post-Assad Syria
Perspectives

From Pakistan to Syria: The purgatory of enforced disappearances

Dr Asim Qureshi

Asim Qureshi

08 January, 2025
Ahmed Tantawi has been sentenced to one-year in prison with labour in what many believe is a punishment for his criticisms of Sisi
Egypt
MENA
Live Story

Egypt court upholds sentence against Ahmed Tantawy

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 December, 2024
Hama prison [Getty]
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
Live Story

Syria rebels release detainees from notorious regime prisons

The New Arab Staff
08 December, 2024