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Russian lawyer handed 7-year prison term for speaking out against the Ukraine war on social media
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A court in Russia on Thursday convicted a prominent lawyer and sentenced him to seven years in prison for speaking…
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A Russian charged with sending video of military equipment to Ukraine gets 14 years in prison
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian man was convicted and sentenced to 14 years in prison Monday after being found guilty of high treason for a video…
Politics
Venezuela releases from prison some of the thousands detained after presidential election
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Non-governmental organizations in Venezuela on Saturday announced the release from prison of some of the…
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A 'jungle': Rome's teeming jail lays bare Italy's prison ills
Traces of black soot still mark the facade of the Regina Coeli jail, a reminder of the latest riots in Rome's infamous lock-up -- now…
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Peru Sentences Ex-Leader Toledo to Prison Over $35 Million Bribe
(Bloomberg) -- A Peruvian judge has sentenced former President Alejandro Toledo to 20 1/2 years in prison for having received an…
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Ukrainian journalist, 27, who chronicled Russian occupation dies in prison
Viktoriia Roshchyna disappeared in August 2023 in a part of Ukraine now occupied by Russian forces. It took nine months for Russian…
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German prosecutors seek 15-year prison term for Madeleine McCann suspect in an unrelated trial
BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors called Wednesday for a sexual offenses conviction and a 15-year prison sentence for a man who is also…
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Nigeria prison officials suspended over celebrity jail row
Two senior Nigerian prison officials have been suspended over bribery allegations regarding controversial transgender celebrity Bobrisky.…
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A Russian teen got 15 years in prison for donating crypto to a pro-Ukraine paramilitary unit: report
A Russian teen was given 15 years for donating to the Freedom of Russia Legion, local media reported. Danila Yakovlev in Siberia had…
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Italian right-wing leader Salvini faces a potential 6-year prison sentence in migration trial
ROME (AP) — Italian prosecutors on Saturday requested a six-year prison sentence for right-wing League leader Matteo Salvin i for his…
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Russia hands an 8-year prison term to a newspaper publisher in Siberia over Ukraine war criticism
A Russian newspaper publisher was convicted by a court in Siberia on Friday and sentenced to eight years in prison after his paper…
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Son of Spanish actors sentenced to life in Thai prison for murder of surgeon
[Source] On Thursday, a court in Thailand sentenced Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, the son of famous Spanish actors, to life in prison for the…
Politics
After 2,043 days in a Russian prison, Paul Whelan finally heads home
Paul Whelan must have doubted this moment was ever going to come. It has been 2,043 days since Federal Security Service (FSB) agents in…
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UN panel calls on Belarus to release Nobel Peace laureate from prison
FILE - Ales Bialiatski, the head of Belarusian Vyasna rights group, sits in a defendant's cage during a court session in Minsk, Belarus,…
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Former Peruvian soldiers get prison in rapes of teenagers during country's armed conflict
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Ten men were convicted Wednesday in Peru for raping nine teenagers while serving in the military during the country’s…
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Helicopter rescues, prison evacuated as floods rise in south Germany
Germany's army stepped in to help as severe rainstorms lashed large parts of the country's south on Saturday, causing rivers to swell and…