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Venezuela releases 6 U.S. detainees after Trump envoy’s meeting with Maduro

Venezuela releases 6 U.S. detainees after Trump envoy’s meeting with Maduro

A senior Trump official meets with Venezuela’s Maduro A senior Trump official meets with Venezuela’s Maduro 00:28 Six Americans who had been detained in Venezuela in recent months were freed by the government of President Nicolás Maduro after he met Friday with a Trump administration official tasked with urging the authoritarian leader to take back deported migrants who have committed …

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Syria’s Military Hospital Where Detainees Were Tortured, Not Treated

Syria’s Military Hospital Where Detainees Were Tortured, Not Treated

Former Syrian detainee Mohammed Najib has suffered for years from torture-induced back pain. Yet he dreaded being taken by his jailers to a military hospital, where he received beatings instead of treatment. The prison guards forbade him from revealing his condition, only sending him to hospital for his likely tuberculosis symptoms — widespread in the notorious Saydnaya prison where he …

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