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Just Stop Oil activists get record sentences for peaceful protest

Protesters behind 2022's M25 shutdown have been handed four and five year prison sentences.

Art

Inside the Vatican’s eye-opening pavilion at the Venice Biennale

The exhibition, With my eyes, has sight and perception at its heart and controversially transforms the Vatican pavilion from a women's jail into a gallery.

Culture news

French street artist JR presents his new documentary ‘Tehachapi’

In his new documentary ‘Tehachapi’, French street artist JR reveals the behind-the-scenes of a four-year-long project with inmates of an American prison.

Russia

Emmanuel Macron demands Russia releases jailed French citizen

The French President said Moscow must free Laurent Vinatier from prison, after he was jailed on Friday for allegedly handling sensitive military data.

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France

Hunt for runaway criminal continues after French prison van ambush

The inmate who escaped during a prison transfer with the help of four other assailants on Tuesday is yet to be found.

France

At least two French prison officers killed in van ambush shootout

An inmate convicted of burglary escaped the van following the incident. He is currently on the run, according to officials.

Belarus

Lithuania demands answers after citizen dies in Belarusian prison

Lithuanian government demands answers after citizen dies in Belarusian prison.

Culture news

Berlinale 2024 review: Elbow screening in Berlin Prison

There's been a special screening at the Berlinale of a film showing in a Berlin prison about a young girl who has not been dealt the best cards in life. Liv Stroud went behind bars to find out more.

22 February 2024

Russia

More than 300 detained in Russia for paying respects to Navalny

Russians continue to lay flowers in tribute to opposition leader Alexei Navalny following his sudden death in an Arctic prison.

19 February 2024

Russia

American reporter accused of spying in Russia has detention extended

The pretrial detention for Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich has been pushed back to March, which means his stay in prison will have lasted for over a year.

27 January 2024

Russia

Alexei Navalny's location still unknown after 15 days

Navalny's team last week announced he had suffered a "serious health incident," saying he had collapsed in the solitary cell he was being held in.

21 December 2023

Gaza

Situation in Gaza 'beyond imaginable', warns WHO

More than 17,000 people - mostly women and children - have been killed in the besieged Palestinian enclave.

8 December 2023

USA

Ex-police officer convicted in George Floyd killing stabbed in prison

Derek Chauvin is currently serving a simultaneous 21-year federal sentence for violating Floyd’s civil rights as well as a 22 and a half year-long state sentence for second-degree murder.

25 November 2023

Switzerland

Daughter of former Uzbek president indicted on corruption charges

The daughter of the late President Islam Karmiov, Gulnara Karimova, is already behind bars in Uzebekistan for charges relating to allegations of money laundering, fraud, and violating the terms of her house arrest.

28 September 2023

France

Genocide in Rwanda: former prefect indicted in Paris and imprisoned

Pierre Kayondo has been jailed for his role in the atrocity which saw more than 800,000 killed in 1994.

23 September 2023

Business

What economic crime gets you 11,000 years in jail?

Faruk Fatih Özer, CEO of collapsed Turkish crypto exchange Thodex, was sentenced to 11,196 years in jail on Thursday.

8 September 2023

Pakistan

Court suspends corruption conviction and sentence ex-PM Imran Khan

A court in Pakistan suspended the corruption conviction and three-year prison term of the country's former Prime Minister Imran Khan.

USA

Trump posts mug shot on site formerly known as Twitter

Donald Trump returned to the social media site formerly known as Twitter by posting his mug shot on Thursday after he surrendered himself at a jail in Atlanta on charges that he illegally schemed to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia.

No Comment

El Salvador mega-prison holds 12,000 alleged gang members

Opened six months ago, the penitentiary was built on the orders of President Nayib Bukele and is a symbol of his war against gangs.

South Africa

South Africa's former president granted remission, avoiding jail time

The main opposition party has described the remission granted to former president Jacob Zuma as a disgrace to the country’s criminal justice system.