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Guantanamo detainee freed to Belize after 20 years in captivity

Majid Khan, who was tortured by the CIA before his transfer to the US military facility in Cuba, says he feels ‘reborn’.

Al Jazeera

Bikie's parole cancelled after necklace knife arrest

He still had about three years left on his sentence for a shooting and arson attack when he was released from prison.

The Canberra Times

Pursuing economic growth will kill us all in the end

Letters: I risked prison to stand up against an system that will lead to ecological and societal collapse – we must look for alternative economic models, writes Zoe Cohen

The Guardian - UK

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Former Russian soldier reveals he saw Ukrainian prisoners of war tortured

Konstantin Yefremov escaped Russia after serving three months as a lieutenant in Zaporizhzhia oblast

The Guardian - UK

Iran: ‘Sham’ courts hand out severe sentences for passive protest

After months of strikes and protests in Iran, thousands of people have been arrested and now face harsh sentences by the courts, including death. Activists, journalists and lawyers have received long prison terms for supporting the demonstrations or expressing their opposition to the regime, even passively. Activists and NGOs say…

France 24

Israel jail crackdown sets up showdown with Palestinian prisoners

Soon after sirens sounded in Israel as rockets were fired from Gaza on Wednesday, hardline Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said he would press on with a crackdown on Palestinian prisoners that could further inflame tensions despite U.S. calls for calm.

Reuters

U.S. transfers Pakistani Guantanamo Bay detainee Khan to Belize

Majid Khan, a Pakistani man who has described in graphic detail his torture by the Central Intelligence Agency in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, has been transferred from the Guantanamo Bay U.S. detention facility in Cuba to Belize, the Pentagon said on Thursday.

Reuters

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West Lothian man jailed after injuring prison officer as he threw flask into a crowd

Dean Haddow was already serving a sentence for strangling two former girlfriends when he hurt Mark Murphy during a melee at HMP Addiewell, West Lothian.

Edinburgh Live

Nicola Sturgeon urges Tories not to conflate GRR bill with prison debate

NICOLA Sturgeon warned the Scottish Tories not to conflate the Gender Recognition Reform (GRR) Bill with the debate over Isla Bryson as the First…

The National (Scotland)

Iranian film director Jafar Panahi starts hunger strike in prison - rights group

Iranian film director Jafar Panahi has started a hunger strike in prison to protest against authorities' refusal to release him temporarily on bail pending retrial, the activist HRANA news agency reported on Thursday.

Reuters

Film-maker Jafar Panahi begins hunger strike in Iranian prison

Panahi says he will not eat until he is released, after lawyer successfully challenged his detention

The Guardian - UK

Ben-Gvir Orders Closure of Prisoner-run Bakeries

Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has ordered the closure of bakeries inside the Rimon and Ketziot jails, which provide fresh bread to the inmates. Israeli media said that Ben-Gvir took this step because the bakeries are run by Palestinian inmates. Speaking to Israel Hayom, Ben-Gvir said he "went crazy"…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Four of six accused get lengthy sentences over Vienna jihadist attack

A Vienna court on Thursday handed lengthy sentences, including life in prison, to four of six men accused of helping a jihadist prepare a deadly shooting rampage in 2020.

Reuters

The faces of the criminals locked up in Leeds this month

These criminals were all sent down in Leeds in January

Leeds Live

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Siddique Kappan walks out of UP jail after over 2 years

“I have come out of jail after 28 months. I want to thank the media for supporting me. False allegations were put against me. I am happy to be out now,” Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan told news agency ANI after he walked out of prison on Thursday.

ABC News

Convicted killer Justin Fuller jailed for death threat poem sent from NSW prison to former lover

A judge has sentenced a prisoner for a death threat poem, saying the man's words were "calculated and menacing".

AAP

Man accused of dozens of sexual offences in prison

Raymond Henry Garland will stand trial for 73 alleged offences after being accused of a string of sexual assaults in prison over a 20-year period.

Reuters

El Salvador opens 40,000-person prison as arrests soar in gang crackdown

Authorities in El Salvador have opened one of Latin America's largest prisons, more than doubling the country's incarceration capacity, as a government crackdown on criminal gangs is causing the prison population to soar.

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The Independent UK

Urban explorer finds abandoned prison previously used to house cartel criminals

‘It feels like someone is watching you all the time,’ TikToker says

Irish Mirror

Mother called prison concerned about son hours before he attempted suicide in cell and later died

The prison authorities at the inquest of Andrew Gearns indicated that he was checked on 13 times on the afternoon of September 28, 2020

Daily Mirror

Abandoned prison which caged dangerous cartel killers found by urban explorer

The building was opened as a state prison in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, in 1943 and closed in September 2019 following a string of riots and protests between prisoners

The Independent UK

'Dances With Wolves' actor to be charged with sex assault

Former actor Nathan Chasing Horse could be facing multiple sexual assault and sex trafficking charges and life in prison

Al Jazeera

Egyptian content creators arrested over comic prison visit video

Detainees face charges such as ‘publishing false news and utilising social media accounts to commit acts of terrorism’.

The Independent UK

Putin foe Navalny says he's in solitary cell for 6 months

Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says prison authorities have placed him in a one-person cell for the next six months

The Independent UK

Andrew Tate to remain behind bars after losing new appeal against detention in Romania

Social media figure, his brother and two Romanians are in custody following police raids in December

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