The lawyers of jailed Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky have called for the dismissal of the case against him and his wife as well as their immediate release from the Nigerian government's captivity.

The health condition of senior Hamas official Dr. al-Khudari has reportedly deteriorated in prison in Saudi Arabia.

The Islamic Movement in Nigeria urges the country’s authorities to release its already severely ailing leader Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky amid the new coronavirus' outbreak.

Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raeisi says Iran has temporarily released around 70,000 prisoners in order to prevent a further spread of the new coronavirus.

Two Australian MPs who have visited Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in a high-security prison in London say he is undoubtedly being held as a “political prisoner.”

The International Committee of the Red Cross says it has flown home as many as 128 Houthi prisoners from imprisonment in Saudi Arabia.

Scores of Jordanians have staged a rally to demand the release of their children and loved ones in Saudi prisons.

A top Spanish court says it had denied a US request to extradite Venezuela's former military intelligence chief on drug trafficking charges.

Gibraltar releases an Iranian-operated supertanker, which had been seized by the UK on July 4, despite pressure by the US for the vessel’s continued detainment.

A political commentator says the circumstances surrounding the detention of Sheikh Zakzaky indicate Nigerian authorities have no intention to release the Muslim cleric.