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NEWS ABOUT: prison release

prison release stories: 5 news summaries

 Shoe-Tosser 
 Released, Says 
 'I Was Tortured' 

Reporter al-Zeidi leaves prison after tossing shoe at Bush last year

Sep 15, 09 6:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Iraqi reporter who was locked up for throwing his shoes at George W. Bush says he was tortured in prison, the BBC reports. He was released today after nine months in a Baghdad jail, Reuters notes, and says he plans to identify those officials who tortured him. Relatives say... More »

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Iraq • torture • Baghdad • prison • shoes • protests • George W. Bush • prison release • Muntadar al-Zaidi

 Freed Saberi 
 Arrives in 
 Austria 

Journalist promises to give details on case after recovering from prison ordeal

May 15, 09 2:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Freed US journalist Roxana Saberi arrived in Austria today after leaving Iran, AP reports. A beaming Saberi—released this week after spending four months in an Iranian jail accused of spying—thanked all of her supporters. "Both journalists and non-journalists around the world supported me very much and it... More »

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Iran • journalist • prison release • Roxana Saberi • Reza Saberi

UPDATED

 Smiling Saberi 
 'Happy' to Be Free 

Father says she battled 'psychological pressure' in prison

May 12, 09 6:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Journalist Roxana Saberi says she’s “very happy” to be free and reunited with her parents and today thanked those who helped win her freedom from an Iranian prison, the AP reports. One of her lawyers said her conviction was partially because she had visited Israel, illegal for Iranian... More »

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Iran • espionage • journalist • prison release • Roxana Saberi • Reza Saberi

(Newser) - In a sign that Farrah Fawcett's condition may be deteriorating, her son Redmond O'Neal received a get-out-of-jail pass this weekend to visit her, E! reports. “A judge signed a removal order,” a Los Angeles Sheriff’s spokesman said. “It happens sometimes for a funeral or if someone... More »

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jail • hospitalization • prison release • Farrah Fawcett • drug charges • Redmond O'Neal • anal cancer

Error Sends
Former Radical
Back to Jail

5 days after Olson's release, prison officials cite clerical mistake

Mar 22, 08 10:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Five days after her release from prison, police today re-arrested a former member of the Symbionese Liberation Army and said she had to serve another year. Authorities said they made a clerical error and freed Sara Jane Olson too soon, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Olson, 61, had served six... More »

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Sara Jane Olson • Kathleen Soliah • Symbionese Liberation Army • California Department of Corrections • prison release • domestic terrorism • guerrilla groups • SLA

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