Prison
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Local (Saudi Arabia & GCC)
Prison staff to demand electric stun guns in jails
LONDON — Prison officers are to demand that staff be immediately given electric stun guns to protect themselves while guarding…
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Middle East
Held without justice: A look inside Israeli prisons | Prison News
Amid continued Israeli assault on Gaza, Palestinians mark Prisoners’ Day with thousands still in jail. As Israel continues its assault…
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Middle East
Palestinian Ahmad Manasra released from Israeli prison after nine years | Human Rights News
Ahmad Manasra, 23, has been released after completing nine-and-a-half-year sentence, lawyer says. A Palestinian who was arrested at age 13…
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Breaking News
Three Americans jailed for life in prison repatriated
Three Americans convicted for their role in a failed coup in Democratic Republic of Congo last year have been sent…
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Breaking News
Gazan detainees tell BBC of torture by IDF and Israel Prison Service
BBC Warning: This article contains distressing content Palestinian detainees released back to Gaza have told the BBC they were subjected…
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Local (Saudi Arabia & GCC)
Palestinian teen died in Israeli prison after suffering ‘likely prolonged malnutrition’, autopsy finds
JERUSALEM — A 17-year-old Palestinian boy died following “likely prolonged malnutrition” in an Israeli prison, according to an autopsy carried…
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Local (Saudi Arabia & GCC)
US admits wrongful deportation of protected immigrant to El Salvador’s mega prison
WASHINGTON — The US government has acknowledged it wrongfully deported Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to El Salvador’s notorious CECOT mega…
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Local (Saudi Arabia & GCC)
Marine Le Pen sentenced to prison, barred from office over EU funds embezzlement
PARIS — French far-right leader and presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen has been sentenced to four years in prison —…
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Breaking News
Venezuelans deported to El Salvador prison ‘trapped in nightmare’
Will Grant Mexico, Cuba and Central America correspondent Reporting fromSan Salvador Courtesy of Gertrudis Pineda Gertrudis Pineda insists her son…
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Middle East
French-Algerian author Boualem Sansal sentenced to five years in prison | Courts News
Algeria’s jailing of writer for remarks on border with regional rival Morocco inflames tensions with France. Algeria has sentenced French-Algerian…
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Global
Turkey’s CHP party leader visits jailed Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu in prison
İmamoğlu’s arrest has been widely viewed as politically motivated and sparked demonstrations in cities across the country, some of which…
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International Sports (Football, UFC, etc.)
Baseball star Shohei Ohtani’s ex-interpreter has prison start postponed
The former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani who was supposed to begin his nearly five-year prison term on Monday,…
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Middle East
Cain Velasquez: Former UFC champion sentenced to prison for 2022 shooting | Mixed Martial Arts News
The retired heavyweight athlete has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading no contest to attempted murder. Former…
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Breaking News
Tesla vandals face up to 20 years in prison, says attorney general
US Justice Department The aftermath of an arson attack on a Tesla dealership in Oregon, pictured in court documents US…
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Global
Georgia ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili’s total prison time extends to over 12 years in new verdict
Saakashvili was found guilty of illegal border crossing and given a second prison sentence of four and a half years…
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Middle East
Georgia court hands ex-President Saakashvili further 4.5 years in prison | Government News
Opposition forces claim that sentences reflect regime’s fear of the former pro-Western leader. A Georgian court has sentenced former President…
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