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Russian orthodox monk who denied the COVID-19 pandemic is jailed

Father Sergiy was arrested in December 2020 after giving sermons that urged believers to "die for Russia".

United Kingdom

Man sentenced for sending bomb hoax to UK vaccine plant and Wuhan lab

About 120 people were evacuated from a plant near Wrexham producing the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine after the bomb scare in January.

World News

Man imprisoned for organising fatal flight of footballer Emiliano Sala

David Henderson was found guilty of recklessness or negligence likely to have endangered an aircraft.

United Kingdom

Ratcliffe down after meeting about securing wife's release from Iran

Ratcliffe has been on a hunger strike since October 24 outside Britain's Foreign Office in an effort to ratchet up the pressure on the British government to secure her release.

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Georgia

Georgia's Saakashvili moved to prison hospital amid hunger strike

Georgia's jailed ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili has been moved to a prison hospital weeks after he began a hunger strike.

Culture news

Tiger King Joe Exotic reveals he has 'aggressive cancer'

The announcement comes as Joe Exotic is serving time in prison for violating federal wildlife laws and a failed murder-for-hire plot.

Russia

Eight people jailed in Russia over deadly Kemerovo leisure centre fire

More than half of the 60 victims of the 2018 fire were children.

Denmark

Danish brothers who murdered biracial man have sentences increased

The body of 28-year-old Phillip Mbuji Johansen was found in a forest on the Baltic Sea island in June 2020 after he had been tortured by two former friends.

Kosovo

Former Serb paramilitary jailed for 20 years for war crimes in Kosovo

An ethnic Serb has been sentenced to 20 years in prison in Kosovo after being convicted of war crimes, including involvement in a 1999 massacre.

Denmark

Denmark set to ban life-term prisoners from new romances

Prisoners will be able to maintain contact by letter or telephone with people who were close to them before their detention.

Spain

Ex-ETA leader jailed for 1997 plot to attack Spain's former king

Maria Soledad Iparraguirre Guenechea was found guilty of "crimes against the Crown" and sentenced to an additional 15 years in prison.

Belarus

Belarusian activist sentenced, weeks after stabbing himself in court

Stsiapan Latypau was reportedly given an eight-a-and-half-year sentence after his trial resumed on Monday.

Tech News

Samsung leader Lee Jae-yong released from prison on parole

Lee Jae-yong was convicted of crimes related to the explosive corruption scandal that toppled South Korea's previous president Park Geun-hye.

Italy

Italian NGO calls on government to address overcrowded prisons

53,637 people occupy the approximately 47,000 prison cells in Italy, according to the annual report of prisoners’ rights association Antigone.

Albania

Ex-Albanian police officer jailed for killing that sparked protests

A former Albanian police officer was given a 10-year sentence for fatally shooting a man during a COVID-19 curfew patrol in December.

Belarus

Former Belarusian presidential candidate given 14-year prison sentence

A court in Belarus has jailed former presidential contender Viktor Babariko for 14 years on corruption charges, which have been widely seen as politically motivated.

USA

Derek Chauvin to be sentenced over George Floyd's murder

The former Minneapolis police officer faces up to 40 years in prison for his conviction of second-degree unintentional murder.

Russia

Man sentenced in Russia for preparing to commit school shooting

Russia has sentenced a man to 10 years in prison for preparing to massacre students, one week after nine people were killed at a school shooting in Kazan.

Belarus

Belarusian drummer given six-year sentence for playing during rallies

According to Viasna, the musician had blocked traffic by waving a red and white flag and encouraged demonstrators to clap their hands.

Poland

Writer charged for calling Poland's president a 'moron'

Polish writer faces a potential three-year prison sentence for calling President Duda a "moron" in a Facebook post.