Meanwhile, Mr. Strauss-Kahn's lawyers are scheduled to appear in a New York courtroom Thursday afternoon to make another plea for his release from prison on Rikers Island, after a judge ordered him held without bail earlier this week.
A Russian court has rejected a plea for early release from prison by a member of the punk band Pussy Riot, whose provocative songs and prosecution have made them a symbol of the country's opposition movement.
A Libyan dissident, Fathi al-Jahmi, remains in jail, where he has been off and on since 2002, despite repeated pleas for his release from Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware, now the Democrats' vice-presidential nominee, and Bush administration officials.
They did not release details of the letter but renewed their plea for his release.
Jennifer writhes in embarrassment as she overhears her father's news-conference plea for her release.
Six weeks later, Straw accepted a plea for compassionate release, saying Biggs was unlikely to recover.
The father of a Jordanian pilot seized by Islamic State militants in Syria has renewed a plea for his release.
A Chinese newspaper has published a rare front-page plea for the release of one of its journalists held by police.
Mr. Robbins avoids a direct plea for Ms. Clark's release from prison but promotes the notion that it is the right thing to do.
The family started a Facebook page to gather and publicize pleas for his release.
