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Wife of jailed Putin critic says 25-year sentence is 'recognition' of his work

The wife of Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza said on Monday that the 25-year prison sentence a Russian court handed him was recognition of the effectiveness of his work and showed that authorities fear him.

Reuters

Pentagon leak of US intelligence on Ukraine and other allies shows failure to learn from Chelsea Manning affair

The world’s media was predictably alive last weekend with speculation about Jack Teixeira, the young US guardsman who was charged in a case involving leaked confidential US defence and intelligence documents. The actual charge levelled against the 21-year-old Airman First Class is the “unauthorised retention and transmission of national defence…

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U.S. envoy pays first visit to WSJ reporter Gershkovich in Moscow prison

U.S. Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy on Monday said she had made her first visit to jailed Wall Street reporter Evan Gershkovich, who Moscow arrested two weeks ago on charges of spying.

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Who did Raoul Moat kill? The true story behind ITV's The Hunt for Raoul Moat

We reveal the true story behind The Hunt for Raoul Moat, including who he killed and why he was in prison.

GoodToKnow

Edinburgh prisoner demands NHS sex-change op while serving life term for murder

Paris Green tied up and battered her 45-year-old victim to death alongside two accomplices in a cruel and barbaric assault which a judge said "beggared belief".

Edinburgh Live

Putin critic jailed for 25 years in harshest anti-war ruling yet

Russia sentenced a prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin to 25 years in prison in the harshest sentence yet handed down to an opposition activist.

Tribune News Service

Russian court rejects US reporter Gershkovich's detention appeal

A Moscow court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich to be freed from pre-trial detention, meaning he will stay in a former KGB prison until at least May 29 while a spying case against him is investigated.

Reuters

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Opposition figure's sentence underlines Russian intolerance

The 25-year treason sentence imposed on prominent Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza on Monday was a particularly severe show of authorities’ intensifying intolerance of criticism of the war in Ukraine and other dissenting opinions

The Independent UK

'My life's been transformed after leaving prison and living in a house for the homeless'

Leo has had a rollercoaster life so far but believes that people should never give up even when things get hard

Wales Online

As Second Chance Pell Grant program grows, more incarcerated people can get degrees – but there's a difference between prison-run and college-run education behind bars

People in prison rarely get to go to college.

The Conversation

Stephen Bear's fiancé Jessica Smith shares his prison letters and says they 'make her melt'

Disgraced reality star Stephen Bear, 33, was sentenced to 21 months in prison at the beginning of March

Daily Mirror

Time season 2: cast, plot, first look, and everything we know

Time season 2 is set in a women's prison with Bella Ramsey, Tamara Lawrence, Jodie Whittaker and Siobhan Finneran leading the cast.

WhatToWatch

Portuguese prisoners build confessionals ahead of Pope's visit

Fraudster Tiago Espanhol has been behind bars for a little over two years. He has 2-1/2 more years before release but he says building confessionals for Pope Francis' visit to Portugal this summer is speeding up time.

Reuters

Factbox: Kara-Murza becomes latest Putin opponent to get long jail term

Sentenced on Monday to 25 years in prison on charges including treason, Vladimir Kara-Murza joined a growing list of Russians who have received long jail terms after speaking out against President Vladimir Putin or the invasion of Ukraine. Here are some of the most prominent cases.

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Daily Record

Murderer who killed pal over £40 drug debt found using padlock in sock as weapon in Scots jail

Paul Cannop, serving a minimum 17 years for stabbing his friend in a row over a £40 drug debt, tied the metal padlock inside a sock to use as a makeshift cudgel.

The New Daily

Tensions remain high after guards injured in Casuarina prison riot

Tensions remain high in the youth wing of a WA prison after six guards were allegedly injured during a riot.

ABC News

Members of the Myanmar diaspora in Australia say they are frustrated with the government's current sanctions

Myanmar's military government releases thousands of prisoners to mark a Buddhist holiday, just days after airstrikes targeting rebels killed civilians in the country's north-west.

The Independent UK

‘Russia will be free’: Defiant Kremlin critic jailed for 25 years after denouncing Ukraine invasion

UK among those to call for the immediate release of Vladimir Kara-Murza, a dual Russian-British citizen

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Russia sentences opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza to 25 years in prison

Kara-Murza's sentence is the harshest prison term delivered yet to a government opponent since the Kremlin launched its war in Ukraine in February 2022.

Reuters

Kremlin critic Kara-Murza, after 25-year sentence: 'Russia will be free'

Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza, on being sentenced to 25 years in prison on charges including treason, said "Russia will be free", a Russian opposition slogan.

Reuters

Who is Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza?

Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza was convicted of treason by a Moscow court on Monday and sentenced to 25 years in prison.

The Independent UK

Russian opposition activist given 25-year prison sentence

A court in Moscow has convicted a top Kremlin foe on charges of treason and denigrating the Russian military and sentenced him to 25 years in prison

AAP

Tensions high after guards injured in riot at WA prison

Correctional officers feel unsafe after a guard was attacked over her keys and detainees rioted in the youth wing of a West Australian prison.

Glasgow Live

Glasgow court to investigate pensioner prison death at Low Moss jail

Glasgow Sheriff Court is to hold a Fatal Accident Inquiry into the death of 76-year-old Gerard Hooks at the Bishopbriggs prison and a separate investigation into Darryl Goodwin, who passed away in police custody.

Reuters

Hong Kong activist Wong jailed for 3 months over information breach

One of the most prominent democracy activists in Hong Kong over recent years, Joshua Wong, was sentenced on Monday to three months in prison over an information breach involving a police officer, according to a post on Wong's Facebook account.

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