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Palme d’Or winning director Jafar Panahi sentenced to prison by Iran Revolutionary Court

Iran has sentenced acclaimed filmmaker and Cannes Palme d’Or winner Jafar Panahi to one year in prison and imposed a travel ban for allegedly engaging in “propaganda activities” against the state. The verdict, delivered in absentia, was confirmed by his lawyer Mostafa Nili.

Euronews

Jails chaos: 12 more prisoners released by mistake in weeks and two still on the run, says David Lammy

The blunders take the total freed by error to more than 100 since April

Evening Standard

Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi sentenced to prison for ‘propaganda activities’

Filmmaker says he intends to return to his country to carry out sentence

The Independent UK

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Rough handling a factor in inmate's death, inquest told

A disabled inmate's death may have been triggered by rough handling as prison guards did not realise he was having a medical incident, a coroner has heard.

AAP

How Kenya’s jailhouse lawyer turned a life sentence into a legal career behind bars

After being incarcerated for murdering her partner, Ruth Kamande studied the legal system to understand her own case. Now she is fighting to reform Kenya’s laws

The Guardian - UK

Prison Guard Says Luigi Mangione Talked About 3D-Printed Pistol Before Arrest 'Without Prompting'

A Pennsylvania prison guard testified that Luigi Mangione, the man accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare (NYSE:UNH) CEO Brian Thompson, told him he had a 3D-printed gun in his backpack when police arrested him, adding a new wrinkle to a high-stakes fight over what evidence jurors will see.

Benzinga

UK man posts holiday photo from Florida and ends up spending the night in a prison cell, all because of what he was holding

Angry Brits can't handle Florida guns

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Jailed fathers reunited with children at daddy-daughter dance in notorious Louisiana prison

Inmates at the Louisiana State Penitentiary reunited with their families for a daddy-daughter dance in November.

The Independent UK

Trump Defends Pardoning Former Honduran President Convicted Of Drug Trafficking: 'The People of Honduras Really Thought He Was Set Up'

Donald Trump defended pardoning former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, sentenced to 45 years in prison for drug trafficking last year in the U.S.

Latin Times

Bangladesh court sentences UK MP Tulip Siddiq to two years in prison in absentia

MP for Hampstead and Highgate in London denies allegations and condemns ‘flawed and farcical’ trial

The Guardian - UK

Sam Bankman-Fried 'Glad; Trump Plans To Pardon Former Honduran President Who Was Once His Prison Inmate

Convicted cryptocurrency fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried defended former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, calling his arrest for drug-related crimes a “travesty.”

Benzinga

British former MP Tulip Siddiq sentenced to prison in Bangladesh corruption trial

In January, Siddiq resigned as a government minister following pressure because of her ties to her aunt.

Euronews

Labour MP Tulip Siddiq sentenced to two years in prison by Bangladeshi court

Ms Siddiq’s lawyers have called the charges baseless and politically motivated.

Evening Standard

Labour MP Tulip Siddiq says Bangladesh prison sentence is ‘Kafka-esque nightmare’

Dhaka court finds Siddiq guilty of corruptly influencing her aunt – the former prime minister Sheikh Hasina – to help her mother acquire a piece of land in suburbs of Bangladeshi capital

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Tulip Siddiq hits out at 'flawed and farcical' corruption verdict as she gets jail sentence in Bangladesh

Hampstead and Highgate MP pictured outside her north London home on Monday morning - hours after jail sentence handed out nearly 5,000 miles away

AAP

Nurse absent for inmate's medical alert, inquest told

A prison nurse should have been at the side of a disabled inmate after he had a seizure that sparked a medical alert before his death, a coroner has heard.

The Independent UK

Bangladesh's ex-leader Hasina and niece, British lawmaker Tulip Siddiq, found guilty of corruption

A court in Bangladesh’s capital sentenced ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to five years in prison and her niece, British Labour Party lawmaker Tulip Siddiq, to two years for corruption involving a government land project

Euronews

Vote count under way in Honduras in close presidential race after Trump’s intervention

Trump shocked Hondurans on Friday by endorsing one of the candidates and announcing that he would pardon ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández, who was serving a 45-year sentence in a US prison for drug trafficking.

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The Independent UK

Trump commutes prison sentence for former private equity executive David Gentile

President Donald Trump has commuted the prison sentence of a former investment manager convicted of defrauding investors

International Business Times UK

Diddy Organises 1,000-Inmate Thanksgiving, Saying Holidays Leave Prisoners 'Depressed'

Diddy brought Thanksgiving to 1,000 Fort Dix inmates, aiming to lift spirits during a time he said leaves many prisoners feeling 'depressed'.

Latin Times

Ruben Gallego Slams Trump For Announcing Pardon Of Former Honduran President Convicted Of Drug Trafficking: 'This Doesn't Make Sense?'

Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego slammed President Donald Trump for announcing he would pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, sentenced to 45 years in prison for drug trafficking last year in the U.S.

Radio France Internationale

Prominent Tunisian activist arrested as hundreds protest clampdown on dissent

Lawyers for Chaima Issa, a well-known Tunisian writer and human rights activist, say she was arrested at a protest in Tunis on Saturday as hundreds demonstrated against the curtailing of freedoms.

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Paul and Bob consider marriage in Mortimer & Whitehouse Gone Fishing

The angling buddies get intimate as their journey reaches the Scottish Highlands. Plus: Boris Johnson lands Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in danger as Prisoner 951 continues. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Independent UK

Dictatorship-era army officers and supporters rally in Argentina in latest sign of political shift

Ex-military officers who served in Argentina’s brutal dictatorship and their families have staged a rare rally to push for the release of fellow officers imprisoned for human rights abuses committed during the junta’s 1976-1983 rule

The Independent UK

A dance at a Louisiana prison gives fathers and daughters a rare moment to reunite

The Louisiana State Penitentiary held its first ever ‘Father Daughter Dance’ this month

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