China has now freed more than 31,000 prisoners, most of them juveniles when they committed their crimes, after announcing an amnesty late last year.
A total of 31,527 prisoners, most of whom were juveniles when they committed their crimes, have been released thanks to an amnesty deal, according to an official statement on Monday.
More than 100 inmates escaped from a prison in Brazil's northeastern city of Recife on Saturday and two prisoners died in a shootout with the police.
The Death Railway Museum, which was built at the site of the Death Railway of the World War II in Myanmar's Mon state and opened on Monday, the country's Independence Day, will play a role in educating people about the tragedy during the War.
Riots against the force-feeding of a prisoner on hunger strike broke out outside a hospital in a southern Israeli city Sunday, a spokesperson for Israeli police confirmed to Xinhua.
At least 64 prisoners staged a jailbreak at a prison in southern Brazil on Sunday night, according to Brazilian police on Monday.
Australia's prison population has jumped 10 percent over the last 12 months, according to new data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Thursday.
A senior Palestinian official on Saturday condemned Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman for calls to execute Palestinians imprisoned in Israeli jails.
Israel's Knesset (parliament) approved on Monday a law that will prevent the government from releasing Palestinian prisoners who were jailed for committing terrorist attacks against Israelis as part of future diplomatic overture or prisoner swaps.
Pakistan has decided to release 57 fishing boats of the 150 Indian fishermen who had been freed in May this year as a goodwill gesture, the Foreign Ministry said Monday.
Pakistan and India on Tuesday exchanged lists of prisoners under a bilateral agreement, the Foreign Ministry said.
Some 339 prisoners would be freed or see their prison terms reduced on the Visak Bochea's Day, or Buddha's Day, on Tuesday, a justice official said Monday.
Pakistan Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan Sunday said there is no deadlock in the peace dialogue with the Taliban.
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Sunday that he prefers to face another round of elections rather than release Israeli Arab prisoners amid Kerry's outline.
Israel freed 26 Palestinian prisoners early Tuesday, as part of a U.S.-brokered agreement to resume direct peace talks between the two sides.
The Myanmar government on Tuesday announced release of all remaining political prisoners in the end of 2013.
Israel will release a second group of Palestinian prisoners on Tuesday night after the Supreme Court rejected an appeal objecting to the release.