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Iran detainee Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe wins Magnitsky Bravery Award
Zaghari-Ratcliffe's 7-year-old daughter Gabriella accepted the award at a ceremony in London on behalf of the British-Iranian dual national, held in Iran since 2016.
Police: Ecuadorian prison clash leaves dozens dead
Clashes inside Ecuador’s largest prison early on Saturday left at least 58 inmates dead.
Russia dismisses 18 prison officials over rape and torture allegations
Videos released by an NGO in October showed a prisoner being sexually abused at a prison hospital in the Saratov region.
Myanmar junta leader says over 5,000 anti-coup protesters to be freed
Coup leader General Min Aung Hlaing was speaking for the first time since being excluded from the upcoming ASEAN summit of south-east Asian leaders.
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Robert Durst hospitalised with COVID-19, his lawyer says
New York real estate heir Robert Durst, who was sentenced in a two-decade-old murder case, has been hospitalised after contracting COVID-19.
Navalny says Russian prison has changed his status to 'terrorist'
Putin's most prominent critic claims he is no longer considered a flight risk but is now deemed an extremist and a terrorist.
Russia dismisses four prison officials over allegations of rape
Russia is investigating allegations of torture and rape in the country's prison system after leaked NGO videos appear to show inmates being abused.
State of emergency declared in Ecuador’s prisons after 116 die in riot
Officials said at least five of the dead in the riot at Litoral penitentiary in Guayaquil were beheaded.
Inmate thought to have used drone to smuggle gun into Italian prison
An Italian prisoner, with links to the Neapolitan mafia, is thought to have smuggled in a gun by drone to shoot at other inmates, a prison union has said.
Indonesia prison fire kills 41 drug inmates, 80 hospitalised
A massive fire raged through an overcrowded prison near Indonesia’s capital early on Wednesday.
Prisoner in Kosovo puts bile in mobile as Nokia is found in stomach
Pin-digestion? The prisoner had been complaining of stomach pain for days before doctors discovered the Nokia phone.
Gazans celebrate escape of six Palestinians from Israeli prison
Gazans celebrate the escape of 6 Palestinian prisoners from an Israeli prison in northern Israel through a tunnel dug beneath a sink, triggering a massive manhunt for the group that includes a prominent ex-militant.
Guards freed after hostage-taking by inmates at Swedish prison
Two inmates broke into a staff room and are holding two guards hostage, demanding a helicopter and 20 pizzas.
52 prison officers in Italy suspended over alleged beating of inmates
Surveillance videos published by the Il Domani newspaper showed club-wielding officers beating, kicking and punching inmates at the Santa Maria Capua Vetere prison in Naples.
Pardoned Catalan pro-independence leaders leave prison in Spain
Nine separatists pardoned by the Spanish government walked free from prison on Wednesday, where they were serving lengthy terms for organising a bid for an independent northeastern Catalonia region nearly four years ago.
Greek MEP and neo-Nazi appears in Athens court
Ioannis Lagos, who was detained in Brussels last month, has been sentenced to 13 years in prison in Greece over his membership of the banned Golden Dawn party.
Georgia's parliament passes amnesty law to release 1,500 prisoners
"The opposition claims Georgia Dream passed this law as a payback to the criminal world for the help they got during the election. In the past criminals have helped the ruling party by pressuring people during the campaign," claims former minister Thorniké Gordadze.
No evidence mother imprisoned son for three decades, says prosecutor
The woman was arrested on Monday on suspicion of "unlawful deprivation of liberty" and "causing grievous bodily harm".
British-Australian academic released after years jailed in Iran
Kylie Moore-Gilbert was sentenced to 10 years in prison on disputed espionage charges, but was released early in exchange for three Iranians held abroad.
US: Hundreds of millions paid to criminals in coronavirus aid fraud
Prisoners in California, including serial killers on death row, have received hundreds of millions of dollars in aid related to the coronavirus pandemic.