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It said a further 375 had been imprisoned, while 70 others were missing.

From BBC

“The government shut down some 75 newspapers and magazines, and imprisoned hundreds of people — most notably Socialist leader Eugene V. Debs — solely for things they wrote or said,” Hochschild said.

From Salon

The alleged leader of La Barredora, a former security chief in Tabasco, is now imprisoned in Mexico after being arrested as a fugitive in Paraguay.

Panahi has been arrested and imprisoned by the Iranian government on multiple occasions and is currently banned from making movies in the country.

The US released Khan Mohammad, a Taliban figure who was imprisoned for life in California on drug trafficking and terrorism charges, in exchange, the Associated Press reported.

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