Russia European Parliament calls on Russia to free Kremlin critic Navalny The European Parliament has demanded Russia free Alexei Navalny. 06/04/2017
France Prosecutors call for third life sentence for 'Carlos the Jackal' Once the world's most wanted fugitive, terrorist 'Carlos the Jackal' awaits verdict in latest trial in France 27/03/2017
South Korea Ousted S.Korean president is questioned over bribery allegations Ousted South Korean leader Park Geun-hye has been question by prosecutors over a corruption scandal which has cost her the presidency. 21/03/2017
USA Pulse nightclub shooting: Gunman's wife to be freed pending trial A federal judge’s decision to free the wife of a man who killed 49 people at an Orlando nightclub has been condemned by survivors of the massacre. 02/03/2017
Turkey Turkish-German journalist writes letter from jail Turkish-German journalist Deniz Yücel thanks his supporters in a letter from prison 02/03/2017
Germany Merkel blasts Turkey over detention of German journalist Chancellor Angela Merkel has condemned the detention of a German journalist in Turkey describing it as excessively harsh. 28/02/2017
world news Former IMF head sentenced for credit card fraud Rodrigo Rato has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison for misusing company credit cards at a Spanish bank he chaired for two years before its state bailout in 2012. 23/02/2017
Spain Spain's Urdangarin escapes jail pending appeal A Spanish court has decided not to send the King of Spain's brother-in-law to prison while he awaits the outcome of an appeal against a six-year-sentence for charges including tax fraud and money laun 23/02/2017
Russia Jailed Kremlin critic Ildar Dadin's jail term quashed Russia’s supreme court has overturned the conviction of jailed opposition activist Ildar Dadin and ordered his release. 22/02/2017
China Former Hong Kong leader sentenced to 20 months imprisonment for misconduct Donald Tsang, the most senior official in the territory even to stand trial for corruption, was found guilty of having failed to declare a conflict of interest. 22/02/2017
South Korea Samsung chief Lee is questioned in S. Korea corruption probe Handcuffed and tied with rope, he arrived for questioning on Saturday after a night in a tiny cell, his bed a mattress on the floor. 18/02/2017
Panama Panama's former dictator Manuel Noriega moved for brain surgery Panama’s former dictator Manuel Noriega has been freed from jail for three months ahead of planned brain surgery. 29/01/2017
world news Brazil jail riot sees hundreds of inmates escape At least 150 inmates escaped from a prison in Brazil on Tuesday after a mass a riot broke out. 24/01/2017
Mexico Notorious drug lord 'El Chapo' extradited to US, Mexico's Foreign Ministry The infamous boss of the Sinaloa drug cartel is wanted on charges of conspiring to import cocaine to the US. 20/01/2017
Brazil Brazil's brutal prison violence prompts government action Brazil's prison violence prompts government action 17/01/2017
Turkey Turkish prosecutors demand 142 year jail term for Kurdish leader Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtas faces 142 years in jail 17/01/2017
USA Watch: Prisoners 'stabbed' as violence erupts at US jail This is the brawl at a US jail that left five prisoners injured, some with stab wounds. 07/01/2017
Brazil At least 31 killed in Brazilian prison 'drug gang revenge attack' At least 31 inmates are killed in a Brazilian prison in what is believed to be a drug gang revenge attack. 06/01/2017
Business South Korean Volkswagen executive jailed over emissions-test cheating scandal A South Korean court has jailed a local Volkswagen executive for 18 months for falsifying documents to get import certificates for vehicles. 06/01/2017
Brazil Mass escape after prison riot in Brazil claims 56 lives Over 100 prisoners are on the loose and 56 have died after two rival drugs gangs ran riot in a Brazilian prison. 04/01/2017
Venezuela Venezuelan opposition activists freed, but '100 remain imprisoned' After being held for more than a year on corruption charges, Venezuelan former presidential candidate Manuel Rosales has been released from house arrest. 31/12/2016
Iran #SaveArash: Hunger strike by Iran activist tops Twitter trending A jailed Iranian activist on hunger strike in protest at the detention of his writer wife has taken social media by storm. 31/12/2016
Israel Disgraced ex-Israeli president to be freed from jail The disgraced former Israeli president, Moshe Katsav is to be freed on parole after serving five years of a seven year jail term for rape. 18/12/2016
United Kingdom Riot officers regain control of British jail Police have regained control of one of Britain’s biggest jails hours after a huge riot broke out. 16/12/2016
France French ex-budget minister Cahuzac is jailed for tax fraud Former French budget minister Jerome Cahuzac, who led a government crackdown on tax dodgers, was sentenced to three years in jail in Paris on Thursday – for hiding an offshore bank account of his… 08/12/2016
Austria Austria's asylum seeker crackdown plan 'part of bid to deter migrants' Austria's government has agreed on a draft law that will fine or jail asylum seekers who lie about their identities to authorities 06/12/2016
