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Serco accused of ‘petty and vindictive’ removal of artwork from court cells

Government contractor stripped custody suites in England and Wales of motivational murals, report says

The Guardian - UK

Trump’s DOJ throws out charges against Steve Bannon despite conviction and prison time

Former adviser already served a four-month sentence for defying January 6 committee subpoenas

The Independent UK

Washington mom, boyfriend ‘abused, starved’ 8-year-old, lived with corpse for 3 months

In a horrific case, a Washington mother has been sentenced to 32 years in prison for starving and torturing her eight-year-old adopted daughter to death, then transporting the child’s body more than 1,000 miles in a rented U-Haul.

The Times of India

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How Diddy’s Prison Sentence Appeal Reportedly Took A Major Step Forward

This marks another legal victory for the rapper.

Cinemablend

Half-Hearted Halftime Outrage

Plus: Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison, endemic fraud in federal welfare, Ghislaine Maxwell won't talk to Congress, and more...

Reason

UK, UN and EU deplore ‘monumental injustice’ of Jimmy Lai’s 20-year jail sentence

Son says Hong Kong media figure, 78, fears dying alone while legal team say Lai is now world’s highest profile political prisoner

The Guardian - UK

UK pushing for release of Hong Kong campaigner Jimmy Lai on humanitarian grounds

British national Mr Lai, 78, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Monday under a security law imposed by China.

The Independent UK

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Hundreds protested against this Venezuelan’s detention by ICE. Now he’s free after seven months

Case continues against those who protested Joswar Torres’s arrest, with prosecutors seeking six years’ imprisonment

The Guardian - US

Machado's close ally 'kidnapped' hours after Venezuelan prison release

Juan Pablo Guanipa was abducted in Caracas less than a day after being freed with other Venezuelan political prisoners, sparking demands for proof of life.

Euronews

China-critic & media tycoon Jimmy Lai jailed for 20 years in Hong Kong sedition case; Beijing under fire for 'death sentence', draws global condemnation

Hong Kong–based pro-democracy media figure Jimmy Lai, a British citizen, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Monday, more than five years after his arrest in August 2020, sparking global outcry.

The Times of India

Sentence for Hong Kong's ex-publisher Jimmy Lai raises concerns as China defends it

The sentencing of Hong Kong’s onetime media magnate Jimmy Lai is raising concerns from foreign governments and rights groups

The Independent UK

UK expands Hong Kong visa scheme in wake of Jimmy Lai’s prison sentence

Exclusive: Home Office ruling means thousands more Hongkongers will be eligible to come to the UK over next five years

The Guardian - UK

Jimmy Lai jailed for 20 years: Yvette Cooper calls for ‘appalling ordeal’ to end

The 78-year-old British national has been sentenced under a security law imposed by China.

Evening Standard

Close ally of Machado was ‘kidnapped hours after release from prison’

Venezuela’s opposition leader claims ‘heavily armed men’ took Juan Pablo Guanipa away

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong pro-democracy figure, sentenced to 20 years in prison

Family of media tycoon say he will ‘die a martyr behind bars’ amid widespread criticism from press freedom groups

The Independent UK

Venezuela frees several opposition members after lengthy politically motivated detentions

Venezuela’s government has released several prominent opposition members from prison, including one of the closest allies of Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado

The Independent UK

NZ mosque shooter claims ‘nervous exhaustion’ made him plead guilty

Brenton Tarrant says he admitted to the crimes due to harsh prison conditions

The Independent UK

Jimmy Lai trial latest: 20-year jail term for Hong Kong media mogul condemned as ‘effectively a death sentence’

Briton’s punishment after national security trial has been decried as 'effectively a death sentence'

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The Independent UK

‘It’s a travesty’: Calls to free frail Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai from jail before it’s too late

Exclusive: Pro-democracy media tycoon’s son warns ‘this is not justice, it is political persecution... for speaking truth to power’ as his father waits to learn his fate

Euronews

Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi sentenced to seven additional years in prison

Supporters of Narges Mohammadi, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023, said she had been on hunger strike since 2 February.

The Times of India

Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi sentenced to fresh jail term in Iran

Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi has received over seven additional years in prison, alongside a two-year travel ban and internal exile, according to her lawyer. The Iranian activist, already incarcerated, is reportedly on a hunger strike. This latest sentence follows her persistent campaigning against the regime's human rights abuses, including the…

Evening Standard

Federal statement on Jeffrey Epstein's death dated day before he was found dead in cell

The statement announcing Epstein’s death was dated one day before a corrections officer found him hanging in his cell

Euronews

An Ottoman-era lock-up and a juvenile jail: How former prisons are turning into five-star hotels

As "salvaged stays" begin to trend, we take a look at some of the infamous jailhouses finding new life as luxury properties.

The Guardian - AU

Queensland moves to ban pro-Palestine slogan ‘from the river to the sea’ under sweeping new hate speech laws

Laws to be introduced this week include up to two years in prison for distributing, displaying or reciting prohibited phrases to harass or offend

The Times of India

Bangladesh Awami League Hindu leader Ramesh Chandra Sen dies in jail, raising custodial treatment concerns

Ramesh Chandra Sen, a senior Hindu leader of Bangladesh Awami League, died in Dinajpur District Jail. This incident raised concerns about the treatment of political prisoners. His passing comes at a sensitive political juncture for Bangladesh as it's about face its first poll since sheikh Hasina' ouster on Feb 12.

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