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"After five years of unjust imprisonment, Cuban artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara has finally been freed," read a post on his Facebook account managed by his friends.

From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026

"While the pardon does not claim she was innocent of killing David Blakely, it replaces the death penalty with a sentence of life imprisonment to recognise a profound injustice in this exceptional case," he added.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy told MPs the King had granted the pardon, saying that the death penalty had been replaced with a sentence of life imprisonment.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

Emmanuela's mother, Ruth Oppong, 34, was sentenced to one year and nine months' imprisonment, suspended for two years.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

Not only was Einarsson a member of the Icelandic committee that had helped secure Bobby’s release from imprisonment, he’d also been a leading banker before introducing the Visa credit card to Iceland.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

He reunited with his wife in the final months of his life, as he suffered from ill-health caused by his imprisonments.

From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2024

“It’s disturbing, it’s terrifying, and it’s a major violation of protected speech,” Freedom House’s Nate Schenkkan said of the recent imprisonments of Western-based Saudis.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2022

Ms. Safranova’s conviction and sentencing follow a spate of imprisonments of Witnesses in Russia this month.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 26, 2022

Since the group established the database of imprisonments in 1992, it has become a global benchmark for measuring repression of journalists.

From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2021

Both of us were spared, in body at least, by the stone walls of our different imprisonments, and altered in spirit, in ways we’re struggling to understand.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver