Iran freed a Belgian aid worker imprisoned in Tehran for 455 days on charges of spying, in exchange for Belgium releasing a former Iranian diplomat who was convicted in 2021 of a thwarted bomb plot, officials from both countries said on Friday. The aid worker, Olivier Vandecasteele, was flown late Thursday from Tehran to Muscat, […]
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Myanmar Frees Former U.K. Envoy Victoria Bowman and Others in Amnesty
Myanmar’s military junta said Thursday it was releasing and expelling four foreign prisoners as part of a broad amnesty that also includes dozens of political prisoners. The four are Victoria Bowman, a former British ambassador to Myanmar; Sean Turnell, an Australian academic; Toru Kubota, a Japanese documentary filmmaker; and U Kyaw Htay Oo, a Burmese […]