A6 Israel has agreed to release the longest-serving Palestinian prisoner from jail, after holding him without charge or trial for nearly six years, officials said.

At his death, he was arguably the longest-serving political prisoner in the world.

She was Britain's longest-serving female prisoner and one of the two female prisoners on life imprisonment.

He was last arrested in 1983 on charges of "revolutionary incitement" and may have been China's longest-serving political prisoner.

She is among China's longest-serving female political prisoners.

Geoffrey Evans was a serial killer and one of Ireland's longest-serving prisoners.

Barsirian was not released until 1964, making him the longest-serving political prisoner in Kenyan history.

And he became the longest-serving prisoner on record before being released to a Camden halfway house in 2001.

At that point he was one of the longest-serving prisoners in the state.

Paraguay's longest-serving political prisoner completed a 25-year prison term today, but he was not immediately set free.