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Former Peruvian President jailed

Ollanta Humala, President of Peru until 2016, has been jailed along with his wife amidst concerns that they might flee the country ahead of their trial on money laundering charges.

14/07/2017

World News

Where in the EU are prisoner numbers falling fastest?

Scandinavian states are driving a general downward across the bloc.

10/07/2017

Italy

Mafia boss 'entitled to a dignified death'

05/06/2017

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West Bank clashes

Palestinians clashed with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank on Friday (May 19) during demonstrations in support of Palestinian inmates on hunger strike in Israeli…

20/05/2017

USA

Chelsea Manning is free

Chelsea Manning, the US Army private sentenced to 35-years in jail for leaking military files, has been released from military jail.

17/05/2017

Italy

Costa Concordia verdict due

Italy's highest court is due to give a verdict in the case of the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship that sank in 2012 with the loss of 32 lives.

12/05/2017

USA

Alanis Morissette's ex-manager jailed for stealing millions from singer

A former business manager for Alanis Morissette who stole over seven million dollars (6.

04/05/2017

My Europe Series

Insiders: Living with Terror

Insiders takes an in-depth look at how Europe is responding to the threat of terrorist attacks.

28/04/2017

My Europe Series

Fighting extremism - in and out of prison

Usman Raja is a cage fighting coach.

28/04/2017

My Europe Series

Insiders: Living with the threat of terror

Sophie Claudet speaks to former French intelligence official,Louis Caprioli about what can be done to combat radicalisation in prisons.

28/04/2017

Venezuela

'There is no future here' - Venezuelans stage mass sit-ins

Mass sit-ins in Venezuela, as anti-government protesters keep up the pressure for early elections.

24/04/2017

Tunisia

Questions over detention of Tunisians in Libya

Tamim Jaboudi is nearly three-years-old.

21/04/2017

South Korea

South Korea's ousted president charged with bribery

Prosecutors in South Korea have charged ousted president Park Geun-hye and Lotte Group chairman Shin Dong-bin with bribery. It is the latest twist to a corruption scandal that rocked the country for m

17/04/2017

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Easter mass in a Russian prison

Easter Mass was held in a maximum security prison in Bor, Russia, at midnight on Saturday.

17/04/2017

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