"If President Obama wants to visit the region peacefully, he should exert pressure on Israel to release the prisoners -- especially the ones who are on hunger strike -- or else he will visit while Palestine is on fire, " Minister of Prisoner Affairs Issa Qaraqe said.
"If President Obama wants to visit the region peacefully, he should exert pressure on Israel to release the prisoners -- especially the ones who are on hunger strike -- or else he will visit while Palestine is on fire, " Palestinian Minister of Prisoner Affairs Issa Qaraqe said.
What had surprised me is that it doesn't seem like it's being discussed very much as to whether the U.S. should or should not release the women prisoners that the kidnappers are demanding be released.
And this may include settlement, the release of prisoners, the wall closing institutions in Jerusalem.
After every encounter with the centre, the Hurriyat has complained that promised concessions such as the release of prisoners, the withdrawal of some Indian troops and an end to human-rights abuses have never materialised.
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The Arab League proposals - accepted by the government of President Bashar al-Assad - include the release of prisoners, the withdrawal of security forces from the streets and talks between the government and opposition.
"If the Kabul government does not release the Taliban prisoners, then we will kill after 12 o'clock - we are going to kill the Korean hostages, " Ahmadi said.
But the House of Commons debate on the release of prisoners did sow genuine confusion in the ranks of the Ulster Unionist Party.
But the criteria already being applied for the release of prisoners mean that only 71 of the 340 will still be in jail in two years' time.
But the shift was profound, and has included the release of political prisoners and the easing of censorship.
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Mr Trimble, who is also the area's MP, said if dissident loyalists are found to have been involved, the release of their prisoners under the Good Friday Agreement should be suspended.
Mr. Obama, who last year became the first U.S. president to visit Myanmar, lauded the release of political prisoners, the completion of credible elections and Mr. Thein Sein's efforts to resolve ethnic conflicts.
The Taliban seek the release of some prisoners being held in Afghanistan in exchange for the release of the hostages.
On Thursday, tribesmen demanding the release of prisoners kidnapped a female Swiss teacher in Hodeida on the Red Sea coast, officials said.
But what is insufficiently appreciated is that society in Northern Ireland is increasingly becoming mafia like, the competing rival paramilitary organisations are there and the release of prisoners has reinvigorated those organisations and is ill omen for the future.
While Mr Abbas's people were busy trying to spin their way out of the Goldstone imbroglio, Hamas gleefully celebrated the release of the 20 women prisoners it had secured in exchange for a videotape of Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier seized by Hamas over three years ago.
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The civil-society leaders I met were in agreement that the recent release of political prisoners was the result of U.S. and EU pressure.
Broadly, it seems that Mr Thein Sein promised to push ahead with the release of political prisoners, and give the nod to political reforms that might one day allow the NLD to take power.
The steps that he has already taken for democratization, elections, the release of prisoners of conscience, a commitment to work with us on a human rights dialogue all can unleash the incredible potential of this beautiful country.
The Catholic Church in Cuba has acted as a mediator between dissidents and the government, successfully negotiating the release of 75 political prisoners over the past years.
His successors, such as they are, have promised the release of all political prisoners, the freedom of the press, the legality of all political parties and the holding of genuine elections under the gaze of international observers.
The ban comes as a Lebanese newspaper on Tuesday published a petition by other activists, lawyers and intellectuals which calls for the release of all political prisoners and the lifting of the state of emergency in place since 1963.
He was one of 651 people freed on 13 January in what was the most significant release of political prisoners since the country began a series of reforms aimed at encouraging the lifting of sanctions imposed by the European Union and United States.
In a wide-ranging speech on Thursday marking "Freedom Day" -- a celebration of the release of Hezbollah prisoners from Israeli custody -- Nasrallah said the Bush administration worked with its Arab allies "in order to take advantage of the short time of Bush's term and before (Barack) Obama takes office in order to change the realities" in Gaza.
Several popular chat-show hosts have challenged the government on air and demanded the release of prisoners.
The release of political prisoners has always been a foremost condition set by the United States before considering restoring full diplomatic relations.
Jill Carroll, a freelancer for The Christian Science Monitor, was abducted in Iraq by militants who are demanding the release of prisoners.
In the YouTube video released about a week after their capture, the militants demanded the release of prisoners in Cameroon and Nigeria.
Mr Trimble digs holes for himself by appearing to go back to demanding preconditions, on the release of prisoners and on Sinn Fein ministers.
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