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FILE - This Aug. 3, 2011 file image taken from Egyptian State Television shows Hosni Mubarak,83, lying on a hospital bed inside a cage of mesh and iron bars in a Cairo courtroom as his historic trial begins on charges of corruption and complicity in the killing of protesters during the uprising that ousted him.

Mubarak may be moved to prison hospital
The Siasat Daily Cairo, February 06: Former Egyptian dictator, Hosni Mubarak, is likely to be moved to the capital Cairo's Torah prison hospital, a government official says. Mubarak is currently being held at a... (photo: AP / Egyptian State TV, File)

A foreign journalist takes a photo of former Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Duch, on a screen at a court press center during the U.N.-backed tribunal Monday, April 6, 2009, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Khmer Rouge chief jailer gets life in prison
Zeenews Phnom Penh: The Khmer Rouge tribunal's Supreme Court on Friday ordered the regime's chief jailer to serve out the rest of his life in prison because of his "shocking and heinous" crimes against the... (photo: AP / Heng Sinith)

A workman quickly slides a dustmop over the floor at the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters where President Bush and CIA Director Porter Goss would be standing for a news briefing during Bush's visit to the super-secret facility in Langley, Va., near Washington, Thursday, March 3, 2005.

Holder says CIA prison probe winding down
The Washington Post The Justice Department’s investigation into the deaths of two detainees in CIA custody, including one who died at Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison, is winding down, Attorney General Eric... (photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite)

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko leaves the Prosecutor General's Office in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 24, 2011.

Daughter of former Ukraine Prime Minister Tymoshenko says her mother tortured in prison
Star Tribune WASHINGTON - The daughter of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko says her mother is being tortured in prison. Tymoshenko is serving a 7-year sentence on charges of abuse of office in a... (photo: AP / Sergei Chuzavkov)

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Rhino poachers sentenced to 25 years in prison
Mail Guardian South Africa Three rhino poachers were sentenced to 25 years each by the Phalaborwa Regional Court on Tuesday, said an SA National Parks (SANParks) spokesperson. The three,... (photo: WN / patricia)

Prisoners reach through the bars in the F Cellhouse at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Okla., where they are housed in old-fashioned cells with metal bars, Friday, Jan. 18, 2008.

Why are so many Americans in prison?
Al Jazeera The US has the highest prison population in the world - some of whom have been subjected to lengthy sentences for relatively minor crimes. And that population has surged... (photo: AP)

Libya prisoners make new torture allegations
BBC News New evidence has emerged that supporters of the former Libyan leader, Col Gaddafi, have been tortured while in detention. The BBC has been told by inmates at a jail in... (photo: AP)

Salman Khan to help free 400 prison inmates in UP
The Times of India SHARE AND DISCUSSTweet KANPUR: Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has offered to pay the fine on behalf of about 400 inmates who are languishing in jail despite completing... (photo: AP / Rajanish Kakade)

Libya clashes end with prisoner swap, ceasefire
France24 AFP - Rival Libyan fighters who clashed in towns south of Tripoli have settled their deadly dispute through a prisoner swap and agreed to a ceasefire, local officials... (photo: AP / APTN)

Myanmar-United States Relations: Ambassadors To Be Exchanged Following Prisoner Release
Huffington Post WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - The United States said on Friday it was ready to exchange ambassadors with Myanmar as President Barack Obama welcomed the release of 200... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein attends the ASEAN meeting with Southeast Asian business leaders during the 13th ASEAN Summit in Singapore on Tuesday November 20, 2007.

Myanmar starts freeing more political prisoners
The Star YANGON (Reuters) - Political prisoners began to walk free from jails around Myanmar on Friday in an amnesty that officials said could cover a total 651 inmates, as one of... (photo: (AP Photo/Romeo GACAD, POOL) / )

Family members of Myanmar prisoners sit behind barricades and wait in front of Myanmar's notorious Insein prison in Yangon, Myanmar as they hope their relatives will be freed Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012.

Myanmar frees many prominent political prisoners
The State YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar freed many of its most prominent political prisoners Friday in a long-awaited step toward national reconciliation that also has been a key... (photo: AP / Khin Maung Win)