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5 of the ballsiest WWII POW escape attempts – all by the same pilot

March 25, 2022

William Ash wasn’t going to wait for the United States to enter World War II. He left for Canada from Detroit in 1939 to join the Royal Canadian Air Force to take his own fight to the enemy.

And he

The Biden Administration is set to release three Guantanamo Bay detainees

June 2, 2021

By Team Mighty

President Joe Biden has renewed President Barack Obama’s pledge to draw down the number of detainees currently being held at a secure facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. There are now…

The Fanys: The nurses who became commandos during World War II

March 24, 2021

By Coffee Or Die

As members of England’s First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, or FANYs, during World War II, Odette Sansom, Violette Szabó, and Noor Inayat Khan might have worked in hospitals, driven ambulances, sent coded radio signals,…

Stumbling block or bargaining chip? The fate of 5,000 Taliban prisoners in Afghanistan

April 29, 2020

By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

The fate of some 5,000 Taliban prisoners jailed in Afghanistan is threatening to turn into a major stumbling block in efforts to end the 19-year war in the country.

The Taliban is demanding the release of the detainees before the launch of dir…

Here are the Navy uniforms issued in the brig

April 29, 2020

By Military.com

Navy Personnel Command has a new uniform for prisoners at all ashore correctional facilities, and it’s uni-service.

Wearing of the new uniform will be mandatory starting May 1, 2019, for all prisoners in pre-trial and post-trial confinement a…

US wants prosecution of foreign prisoners held in Syria

April 29, 2020

By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

The U.S. State Department has called on other nations to repatriate and prosecute their citizens captured by U.S. Kurdish allies in Syria.

The Syrian Democratic Forces, an alliance of militias dominated by the Kurdish YPG, “has demonstrated a…

Chinese ‘re-education centers’ hold millions prisoner

May 31, 2018

By Business Insider

In the northwest Chinese region of Xinjiang, many locals read endlessly, write often, and sing loudly.

But not by choice.

In extrajudicial indoctrination camps around Xinjiang, ethnic Uighur men and women are forced to study Chinese hist…