World news about “Jail” published by euronews.
Pussy Riot member goes on hunger strike in Russia A jailed member of Russia’s Pussy Riot punk band is said to have gone on hunger strike. Maria Alyokhina is protesting over not being allowed to be in court… 22/05/2013
Brazilian prisoners knit their way to freedom When Raquell Guimaraes, a Brazilian fashion designer was short on staff and needed to boost production for her clothing line, she turned to the inmates at the… 16/05/2013
Barcelona clothes-swap jailbreak An inmate at a Barcelona prison has managed to escape after swapping clothes with his visiting brother and brazenly walking past security guards. Staff at… 03/05/2013
Conman jailed in fake bomb detector scandal Millionaire businessman James McCormick has been sentenced to ten years in jail in Britain for selling fake bomb detectors to countries including Iraq… 02/05/2013
Amanda Knox ponders return to Italy for retrial Amanda Knox, the US student tried for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher in 2007, is considering a return to Italy to face a retrial. In her… 30/04/2013
Mubarak goes straight to prison Ex Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak has been sent back to prison in Cairo after making a court appearance in much improved health, waving and smiling. The 84… 17/04/2013
Palestinian hunger striker’s health hangs in the balance on Prisoner’s Day Palestinians are marking Prisoner’s Day with acts of defiance across the West Bank and Gaza. The annual event is held to call attention to the plight of… 17/04/2013
Prisoner blasts his way out of prison A well known thief in France has blasted his way out of prison. Redoine Faïd who has links to organised crime used explosives to blast his way out of Sequedin… 13/04/2013
Life in prison for UK house fire child killer A British man has been jailed for life after starting a fire at his house that killed six children in Derby in central England. Michael Philpott’s wife… 04/04/2013
Ukrainian court keeps Tymoshenko ally in jail Yuri Lutsenko Ukraine’s former interior minister has had his appeal against a prison sentence rejected. Like his once close ally the jailed ex-prime… 03/04/2013
Russian trial of dead lawyer Magnitsky continues Proceedings resumed on April 1 in the Moscow trial of Russian anti-corruption lawyer Sergey Magnitsky – who died in prison in 2009. Magnitsky is accused by… 01/04/2013
Last US-controlled prison handed over in Afghanistan The US military has handed over the last prison under its control in Afghanistan. The transfer of Parwan Detention Facility to the Afghan government ends a… 25/03/2013
Ocalan to make an “historic appeal” from prison Jailed Kurdish separatist leader Abdullah Ocalan is to make what’s described as an “historic” appeal from his Turkish prison this Thursday. It has raised… 19/03/2013
Greek prison hostage drama: murderer ‘has explosives’ A convicted Albanian murderer has taken hostages in a Greek prison and is threatening to blow himself up if he is not allowed to escape. Alket Rijai has… 17/03/2013
UK ex-minister jailed for perverting justiceChris Huhne, the former British Energy Secretary and one of the Liberal Democrat party’s most senior figures has been sentenced to eight months in prison for… 11/03/2013
Prison riot in Sri Lanka – nocomment 27 people were killed and 43 people injured during a riot in Sri Lanka’s biggest prison in Colombo. The inmates managed to take control of part of the prison… 10/11/2012
From deep water to behind bars Trenton Oldfield – the man who jumped into the river Thames and disrupted the annual boat race – has been jailed for six months for causing a public… 20/10/2012
‘Gangnam Style’ in Philippines jail – nocomment Inmates in Cebu, the Philippines, have been perfecting their moves again – this time in a “Gangnam Style” as performed by South Korean singer Psy. Five years… 30/09/2012
Orthodox priests march against prison abuse – nocomment Thousand of Georgia’s Orthodox believers led by their priests took to the streets in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, on September 27 to pray for the country… 28/09/2012
Syria releases detainees – nocomment Syrian authorities released 225 detainees in Damascus. They were forced to sign declarations that they would not rejoin the uprising before being released. 02/09/2012
Secret prisons in Europe finds EU special committee Six years after the first revelations about the abduction, torture and detention on European soil of terrorism suspects by the CIA, the European Parliament is… 12/04/2012
Scuffles outside Mexican prison – nocomment In a desperate bid for information regarding their loved ones, hundreds of family members gathered outside a prison facility in the northern Mexican city of… 20/02/2012
Sri Lankan prison riot – nocomment More than 30 prison guards and inmates were injured when rioting broke out on Tuesday (January 24) at a Sri Lankan prison. 25/01/2012
Protest outside jail on Tymoshenko’s birthday – nocomment Supporters of Ukraine’s jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko demonstrated outside her prison on Sunday – her 51st birthday. Tymoshenko was… 27/11/2011
Tymoshenko makes plea from prison windowUkrainian ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko is seen through a prison window in Kiev November 4, 2011. Tymoshenko, in a dramatic plea from her prison cell… 05/11/2011
Pakistan cricket captain set to appeal jail sentence Former Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt, along with team mates Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir and their agent Mazhar Majeed have been jailed. They will… 03/11/2011
Cherkesov found guilty A Moscow city court jury has found Aslan Cherkesov guilty of the premeditated murder of Yegor Sviridov, a fan of the football club Spartak. Sviridov was… 25/10/2011
Hamas-Israel win-win Shalit deal The prisoner-exchange deal between Israel and the Hamas rulers of the Palestinian Gaza Strip has finally been sealed, amid much emotion and controversy. To… 18/10/2011
Protest over conditions for Palestinian prisoners – nocomment Several dozen Palestinians clashed with Israeli troops outside an Israeli jail. They had gathered to demonstrate in support of prisoners on hunger strike over… 12/10/2011
British man convicted of sex crimes in Cambodia – nocomment A Cambodian court on Thursday convicted a British man of sexually abusing three young girls and sentenced him to 12 years in prison. 09/09/2011
Ahmadinejad defends ‘free’ Iran Faced with a growing power-struggle and political isolation in Iran, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad struck an unusually moderate tone in an exclusive interview… 04/08/2011
Spanish drama heads for Hollywood remake Riding high on its success at home, award-winning Spanish drama “Cell 211” is about to inspire a Hollywood remake. The story of a young prison guard who… 14/07/2011
Learning lessons in jail In prison, education can be the window that lets hope in. More and more prisons are offering not only academic and vocational studies, but also arts, music… 10/05/2011
Prisoner blasts his way out of prisonA well known thief in France has blasted his way out of prison. Redoine Faïd who has links to organised crime used explosives to blast his way out of Sequedin… 13/04/2013
Las Palmas court delivers Spain’s harshest penalty for sex abuseA case known as the Karate affair has ended with a Las Palmas court imposing the highest penalty for sexual abuse in Spanish history. Fernando Torres Baena… 15/03/2013
Palestinian militants break truce with rocket attack on IsraelPalestinian militants have launched their first attack on Israel since a November truce. The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades says it fired a rocket fired from Gaza… 26/02/2013
Israel’s Prisoner X sparks allegations of a cover-upThe mysterious identity and death of an Australian-Israeli man held under suspicious circumstances in a Tel Aviv prison has sparked allegations of a cover-up… 14/02/2013
Former Austrian minister sentenced for corruptionA former Austrian interior minister has been sentenced to four years in jail for corruption. Ernst Strasser, who was also a Euro MP, was charged following a… 14/01/2013
Cat caught with suspect gear ‘detained’ at Brazil jailPrison guards in northeastern Brazil detained a cat after it entered a gate and crossed a yard with its body wrapped in tape. An inspection at the jail in… 06/01/2013
Prison guards held amid Russia jail brutality scandalRussian authorities have arrested five serving and former prison guards amid a national controversy over brutality by officers in the country’s jails. The… 30/11/2012
Prison protests cause injuries in RussiaA plea for help, a placard reading, “people help us”, from the roof top of a prison in Kopeysk, eastern Russia. The protest was reportedly sparked in response… 26/11/2012
Couple jailed for having sex in Dubai taxiA court in Dubai has jailed a British woman and an Irish man for three months for having sex in taxi. The case is the latest in which Westerners have… 22/11/2012
Hunger strike ends in TurkeyA hunger strike that has lasted over two months by hundreds of Kurdish militants in Turkish prisons has come to an end after jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan… 18/11/2012
Prison riot in Sri Lanka leaves 13 deadThirteen people were killed and a police officer seriously wounded on Saturday in a gunfight in Sri Lanka’s biggest prison. Officials said it started after… 10/11/2012
Anti-Putin protestor jailedAn anti-Putin protestor has been jailed for 4 1/2 years. Maxim Luzyanin pleaded guilty to attacking riot police during an opposition rally in Moscow in May. 09/11/2012
Republican held in Northern Ireland prison guard killingPolice in Northern Ireland have arrested two men in connection with the shooting of prison officer David Black. The father-of-two was gunned down as he… 02/11/2012
Belgian jail loses keysThe governor of one Belgian jail has been suspended after keys to the cells went missing. The chaplain of Leuven prison has mislaid his master set and staff… 01/11/2012
Russia’s jailed Pussy Riot members sent to prison campsTwo female members of Russian punk group Pussy Riot convicted of protesting against President Vladimir Putin in a cathedral have been sent to prisons far from… 22/10/2012
Egypt’s President pardons all political prisonersEgypt’s President has pardoned all those arrested during last year’s popular uprising that resulted in the ousting of former leader Hosni Mubarak. Several… 09/10/2012
Austrian right wing politician jailed in bank scam planA former regional head of Austria’s conservative People’s Party has been sentenced to five and half years in jail. Josef Martinz and three others were… 02/10/2012
Wrongful conviction overturned in FranceA 51-year-old man has become only the seventh person in France since 1945 to have a wrongful conviction overturned. Loic Secher served seven years in jail… 26/09/2012
Vietnam jails bloggers for spreading “propaganda against the state”Three Vietnamese bloggers have been jailed for between four and 12 years as officials continue to clamp down on criticism of the government. The trio – two… 24/09/2012
Egypt judge gives death sentences to Sinai attackersFourteen Egyptians will be executed for carrying out deadly attacks in the Sinai peninsula last year. The judge handed out the punishment of death by… 24/09/2012
Growing protests in Georgia threaten to unseat ruling partyProtests in Georgia against brutality in prisons have strengthened. In central Tbilisi students -some carrying brooms as a symbol of torture called for the… 23/09/2012
UN condemns Georgia prison abuseGeorgia’s newly-appointed prisons minister Georgy Tugushi says he will put an end to torture and violence in detention. The message comes in the wake of… 21/09/2012
Amish 16 found guilty, jail awaitsThe jury in Cleveland, Ohio, took five days to reach their verdict, but the conviction of an Amish sect leader and 15 of his followers for federal hate crimes… 21/09/2012
Georgia: Outcry over prison torture videoMothers of prisoners were joined by thousands of protesters on Thursday, after a video emerged showing guards torturing and raping inmates at a prison. They… 20/09/2012
Georgian president to punish prison abusersAngry protesters lined the streets of Tbilisi, appalled by videos apparently showing torture in the country’s jails. The footage, which was aired on an… 19/09/2012
Georgia prisons minister resigns after revelations of inmate torture and rapeHundreds of people held a spontaneous protest in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi early on Wednesday following late night news bulletins purportedly showing the… 19/09/2012
Afghanistan government takes control of Bagram prisonThe Afghan flag was hoisted during a ceremony handing over control of US-built Bagram prison. Afghan authorities have taken over control of the jail after… 10/09/2012
Bahrain court upholds activists’ jail termsAn appeals court in Bahrain has upheld the convictions of 20 activists sentenced for their role in pro-democracy protests. They were condemned to lengthy jail… 04/09/2012
USA: Woman jailed for stealing Motorola secretsA Chinese-born American woman has been sentenced to four years in jail for stealing millions of dollars in trade secrets from Motorola. Former software… 30/08/2012
Chile pardons Bolivian prisonersHundreds of Bolivians arrested in Chile for attempted drug smuggling have been sent back home. Over 400 prisoners were pardoned as part of Chile’s effort… 30/08/2012
Mexico holds a mass wedding for prisonersThe “I do’s” went on for a little longer than usual, when more than 100 inmates at a Mexican jail held a mass wedding ceremony. Officials arranged the… 25/08/2012
Breivik begins 21 year jail term for Oslo murdersNorwegian killer Anders Behring Breivik has begun his 21 year jail term for the murder of 77 people in July last year. Sharidyn Svebakk was the youngest of… 25/08/2012
No appeal against Breivik ‘sane’ verdictThe mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik has told a Norwegian court that he will not appeal against the verdict that found him sane. The prosecution which… 24/08/2012
Norwegian anger and sadness following Breivik verdictIn Norway, many survivors of Anders Behring Breivik’s mass killings are still coming to terms with the tragedy, more than 12 months on. Seventy-seven people… 24/08/2012
Norway killer jailed for 21 years, judges rule Breivik not psychoticA court in Norway has declared Anders Behring Breivik sane and sentenced him to 21 years in jail for mass murder. The far-right extremist had previously… 24/08/2012
Life for killer of South Africa white supremacist Terre’blancheA black farmworker has been sentenced to life imprisonment in South Africa for the murder of white supremacist leader Eugene Terre’blanche in 2010. The… 22/08/2012
Armed prisoners riot in VenezuelaIn Caracas rioting between armed gangs inside a prison has left at least 25 inmates dead and up to 40 others injured. About 900 women who were visiting… 21/08/2012
Activist jailed for Bahrain anti-government protestsProminent opposition and human rights activist Nabeel Rajab has been given a three-year prison term for offences related to anti-government protests in… 17/08/2012
ETA prisoners on hunger strike over cancer inmateSome 150 Basque separatist prisoners are on hunger strike, demanding a fellow detainee suffering from cancer be released. The hunger strikers say Iosu… 13/08/2012
Russia: Khodorkovsky’s ex-business partner has jail term cutThe former business partner of oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has had his prison sentence cut by more than three years. The ruling, made by a court in… 08/08/2012
Madonna defends Pussy Riot threeMadonna has spoken out in defence of three Russian punk rockers being tried for hooliganism, after a performance of an anti-Putin song. Speaking ahead of… 06/08/2012
Western officials in court for Pussy Riot trialWestern embassy officials and a British member of parliament have been in a Moscow courtroom, to observe the controversial Pussy Riot trial. Three members… 06/08/2012
Turkish military retires jailed ‘coup plot’ generalsTurkey’s military has retired 40 generals and admirals currently in jail on charges of plotting against the government. They are among a group of 55 of the… 05/08/2012
Spain jails one of three ‘al Qaeda’ suspectsA Turkish man, one of three terror suspects arrested in Spain, has been charged with possessing explosives and jailed. He and two men of Chechen origin… 04/08/2012
Tunisia’s Ben Ali receives second life sentence A Tunisian military court has sentenced ousted president, Zine al-Abadine Ben Ali to life in absentia for his role in the killing of protesters in the… 19/07/2012
Gaza families visit relatives in Israeli jails for first time in five yearsPalestinian families from Gaza have been able to visit their relatives held in Israeli jails for the first time in five years. The move came as part of a… 16/07/2012
Pussy Riot supporter stages ‘crucifixation’A woman spent almost an hour on a cross outside a central St. Petersburg church in protest against the prosecution of Pussy Riot, a punk band being tried over… 13/07/2012
Syria’s government frees 275 prisonersMore unverified amateur video purports to show Homs under heavy bombardment just two days after Syrian President Bashar al-Assad suggested a “step by step”… 11/07/2012
Brazil inmates cycle to freedom by generating electricityA group of inmates in a Brazilian high-security jail, clad in red prison uniforms, pedal furiously on stationary exercise bikes. Guards watch over them as… 11/07/2012
Palestinian footballer freed by IsraelWeak but happy, Mahmoud al-Sarsak of the Palestinian national football team, has been freed from jail by Israel. He had been held for the last three years… 10/07/2012
Argentine junta leader jailed for 50 years for stealing childrenThe leader of Argentina’s former military junta has been sentenced to 50 years in jail for stealing children from political prisoners. Jorge Rafael Videla… 06/07/2012
Breivik to get his own hospital ward if found insaneNorway is to build a special psychiatric ward to house the mass killer Anders Breivik if he is found criminally insane. The hospital ward will be established… 28/06/2012
Former Romanian PM shoots himselfFormer Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase has shot himself after a court upheld a two-year prison sentence for corruption. Nastase is Romania’s first… 21/06/2012
Prison fire in Turkey kills 13 inmatesThirteen prisoners have been killed in a fire at a jail at Sanliurfa in southeast Turkey. They died after an argument began among a group of inmates in a… 17/06/2012
Military court hands Tunisia’s Ben Ali 20 years in jailA military court on Wednesday sentenced former Tunisian president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali in absentia to 20 years in jail for the deaths of anti-government… 13/06/2012
Sierra Leone watches Taylor’s day of judgementThe sentencing of former Liberian president Charles Taylor to 50 years imprisonment for war crimes was watched by hundreds back in Sierra Leone. The… 31/05/2012
Russian opposition leaders freedRussian opposition leaders Alexei Navalny and Sergei Udaltsov have both been freed after more than two weeks in jail. Both men were arrested for disobeying… 24/05/2012
‘Bin Laden doctor’ jailed for treason in PakistanA Pakistani surgeon recruited by the CIA to help find Osama bin Laden has been sentenced to 33 years for treason. Shakeel Afridi was tried under the tribal… 24/05/2012
Pakistan jails doctor who helped find Bin LadenThe Pakistani doctor accused of helping the CIA locate Osama Bin Laden, Shakil Afridi, has been sentenced to 33 years in prison. The doctor was accused of… 23/05/2012
Demonstrators arrested in BakuEighteen opposition protesters have been arrested and later released, after taking part in a demonstration in the Azerbajani capital Baku. Activists called… 15/05/2012
Palestinian joy at prisoner hunger strike endThere have been celebrations in Gaza after a deal was reached to end a hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails. In the streets… 14/05/2012
Palestinians in Israeli jails to end hunger strikePalestinian prisoners in Israeli jails are reported to have agreed to end a mass hunger strike. As thousands of sympathisers for the strikers held a rally… 14/05/2012
Ukraine opposition rallies for TymoshenkoUkrainian opposition parties on Saturday held a rally in central Kiev in support of jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Opponents of President… 12/05/2012
Ukraine warned of ‘crisis of trust’ with EU over TymoshenkoUkraine’s leaders have been warned by Lithuania’s president that the crisis over Yulia Tymoshenko could block the country’s hopes of a future in mainstream… 11/05/2012
Palestinian hunger strikers ‘close to death’Two Palestinian prisoners who helped launch a mass hunger strike in Israeli jails are reported to be close to dying. Bilal Diab and Thaer Halahla of Islamic… 11/05/2012
Mafia don tries to kill himself in Sicily prisonFormer mafia boss Benardo Provenzano has apparently tried to commit suicide in his prison cell in Parma. He was found with a plastic bag over his head, but… 11/05/2012
Thailand: Man’s death stirs calls for change in royal insult lawProtesters in Thailand have staged a religious ceremony beside the body of a cancer victim who died in jail after being given 20 years for insulting the Royal… 09/05/2012
