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It's barely 6 a.m. and Alfred is already busy milking cows. But when his chores on the farm are done, he won't be going home — he'll be returning to his prison cell. In Sweden, which prioritizes rehabilitation over long prison sentences, Alfred is one ...
A museum dedicated to the Soviet gulags has been forced to close, its director said Friday, the latest case of Russian authorities putting pressure on those researching the Soviet-era camps. "We no longer have access to the museum, and yesterday there was an attempt to ...
North Korea says it will grant large-scale prisoner amnesty next month
North Korea is planning to grant a general amnesty next month in the run-up to the 70th anniversary of its foundation day in September, state media said Monday, in an echo of moves done before other key dates in the nuclear-armed country's history. The North's ...
Japanese man, a North Korean defector, sentenced to five years for spying in China
A Chinese court has sentenced a Japanese man to five years in prison on charges of espionage, sources familiar with Japan-China relations said. Dandong Intermediate People's Court in Liaoning Province handed down the sentence at the trial of the 57-year-old man from Kanagawa Prefecture, the ...
Prosecutors claim relationship problems drove inmate to flee Ehime prison
The three-week manhunt sparked by Tatsuma Hirao’s escape was caused by disagreements with others at the minimum security prison, prosecutors claim as his trial opens.
Chinese democracy activist sentenced to 13 years in prison for 'subversion'
A prominent Chinese political campaigner was sentenced to 13 years in prison Wednesday, a court in central China said. Qin Yongmin was found "guilty of subversion of state power," the Wuhan City Intermediate People's Court said on its official website. According to court records, it appears ...
Indian court upholds death sentences over 2012 bus gang rape
India's Supreme Court on Monday upheld death sentences handed down to three men over the gang rape and murder of a woman in New Delhi in 2012, saying there were no grounds for a review. "The review petition of all the three convicts has been ...
Mexico extradites key lieutenant of drug kingpin 'El Chapo' to U.S.
Mexico on Friday extradited to the United States a senior lieutenant of the Sinaloa Cartel drug gang formerly headed by Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the attorney general's office said. Damaso Lopez, known as "The Graduate" because of his higher education studies, was a former security ...
The torturers followed a schedule. Beatings on Saturdays, torture on Sundays, and Monday was a break. The next three days were the same routine. On Fridays, it was time for solitary confinement. From inside a Yemeni prison controlled by the United Arab Emirates — a top ...
Three protesters from Hong Kong's radical youth opposition were jailed on Monday for taking part in a violent unrest, receiving the harshest sentences handed down to democracy activists since the city returned to Chinese rule in 1997. Edward Leung, 27, one of the leaders of ...
Malaysia's reformist icon Anwar Ibrahim was freed from custody Wednesday after receiving a royal pardon, transforming a political prisoner into a prime minister-in-waiting following his alliance's stunning election victory. Anwar, 70, was convicted of sodomy in 2015 in a case he said was aimed at ...
Paris suspect Abdeslam sentenced to 20 years over Brussels shootout
A Belgian court Monday found Salah Abdeslam, the last surviving suspect in the Paris attacks, guilty of terrorism-related attempted murder over a shootout with police in Brussels days before his capture in 2016, and sentenced him to 20 years in jail. In its judgment, the ...
