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How a Barrhead man in a Spanish jail found musical fame

IT’S not every day a Scot wins a major regional music competition from a Spanish jail cell – but that’s exactly what Allan McCarthy did.

The National (Scotland)

Isla Bryson's mum didn't know transgender rapist at centre of political storm was her son

Rape survivor Janet Bryson revealed she initially had no idea that the predator at the centre of Scotland’s biggest political storm was her son – who now claims to be a woman.

Daily Record

Brittany Griner attends WM Phoenix Open golf tournament

Brittany Griner attended the WM Phoenix Open golf tournament Saturday in her second public appearance since her release from a Russian prison

The Independent UK

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Dangerous children including convicted murderers push prison staff to the brink

Shocking figures reveal almost one in four inmates are high-risk teens at HMP Wetherby for boys which has seen 215 assaults between young prisoners in the last year alone

Daily Mirror

Campaigners stage ‘night carnival’ to call for release of Julian Assange

Assange has been held in London’s Belmarsh Prison since he was removed from the Ecuadorian Embassy in 2019.

The Independent UK

Jared O'Mara will find prison 'difficult' and 'believes he did nothing wrong' says ex-aide

Jared O'Mara's political career is one of the most chaotic episodes in modern politics. Here's how he went from local bar DJ to being jailed for tens of thousands in fraud

Daily Mirror

Prison classrooms meant to teach inmates new skills during rehabilitation lying empty

A picture of an inmate putting his feet up in a deserted classroom was taken at HMP Ranby in Nottinghamshire, which bills itself as a training prison. Inmates at the jail are supposed to learn skills

Daily Mirror

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'I kicked my drug addiction after 26 years - and now I want to help others'

“If I didn't end up in prison, I was probably gonna be dead” - A woman who turned her life around after being on the streets and abusing drugs for decades shares inspirational story

Dublin Live

Oscar Pistorius should never be free say Reeva Steenkamp's parents after prison visit

Speaking on the 10th anniversary of their daughters murder, Barry and June Steenkamp said they cannot forgive Oscar Pistorius since he refused to admit to them that he deliberately shot their daughter in South Africa

Daily Mirror

US top envoy calls for ‘dialogue’ in rare call with Nicaragua FM

Blinken calls for dialogue in rare high-level contact between the countries, a day after 222 prisoners released.

Al Jazeera

Nicola Sturgeon faces fortnight of criticism over trans prisons policy

Critics claim her career is ‘over,’ while trans Scots worry about sensationalised coverage after trans rapist put in women’s prison

The Guardian - UK

Wagner head warns it could take two years to achieve Moscow’s objectives – as it happened

Yevgeny Prigozhin says Moscow’s stated aim of capturing eastern regions unlikely to happen in 2023

The Guardian - AU

Sex beast cabbie walks free after three years in jail

He was jailed for five years in 2019 and had been caged at Arbour Hill prison in Dublin

Dublin Live

French Academic Fariba Adelkhah Released from Iran Prison

Iranian authorities on Friday released from prison French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah, who was first arrested in June 2019 and was serving a five-year sentence on national security charges vehemently denied by supporters, the French foreign ministry said. A foreign ministry statement said France "welcomed" the release, saying she had been…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Al Jazeera

Spain offers citizenship to freed Nicaraguan political prisoners

The announcement comes after Nicaragua’s legislature moved to strip the released prisoners of their citizenship.

Reuters

Nicaraguan Catholic bishop sentenced to prison, stripped of citizenship

A Nicaraguan court sentenced Catholic Bishop Rolando Alvarez to a more than 26-year prison term on Friday, a day after the cleric and critic of President Daniel Ortega declined to be expelled to the United States as part of a prisoner release.

WEKU

Nicaragua sentences Catholic bishop to 26 years in prison

Catholic Bishop Rolando Alvarez refused to leave Nicaragua with other political prisoners released on Thursday.

Reuters

Not told until the runway: freed Nicaraguan prisoner recounts journey to U.S

Nicaraguan opposition leader Juan Sebastian Chamorro on Friday recounted his whirlwind trip to Washington from Managua's El Chipote prison this week after he was pulled from his cell in the middle of the night and pushed into a bus.

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Los Angeles Times

Alec Baldwin challenges New Mexico prosecutors over additional gun-related charge in 'Rust' case

Alec Baldwin is asking a New Mexico court to throw out an enhancement to the involuntary manslaughter charges against him that would lead to a five-year prison sentence if he was convicted.

The Independent UK

Nicaragua prisoner release pressure valve for Ortega regime

United States sanctions and public criticism of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega was building for months

Bristol Post

Do not approach wanted 34-year-old woman who has ties to Bristol

She is wanted on recall to prison after breaching the terms of her licence

Asharq Al-Awsat

Brother of Algerian Ex-leader Given 12-Year Graft Sentence

An Algerian court has imposed a 12-year prison sentence on the younger brother of the country's late President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, after convicting him of corruption under his brother's 20-year rule. Once seen as one of Algeria's most powerful men, Said Bouteflika was an unofficial counsellor to the president — who…

Reuters

Belarusian court sentences railway saboteurs to 22 years in prison - rights group

A Belarusian court on Friday sentenced two men to 22 years in prison for their roles in acts of sabotage of the railway network intended to slow the movement of Russian forces through the country, rights group Viasna said.

France 24

Cracking down on dissent: National security law trial begins in Hong Kong

They’ve come to be known as the Hong Kong 47. A group of prominent activists, former lawmakers and student leaders went on trial this week, accused of trying to topple the pro-Beijing government. Most of them, including Benny Tai and Joshua Wong, have been detained since their arrests two years…

Los Angeles Times

Calif. chiropractor who bilked the NBA's health plan sentenced to prison

LOS ANGELES — They called him Dr. Pat, and from his nondescript office building along Ventura Boulevard, chiropractor Patrick Khaziran seemed to have found a lucrative niche treating celebrity clients.

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