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Critic of Tunisia's President Saied gets one-year prison sentence for televised comments

Sonia Dahmani, a prominent Tunisian lawyer known for her criticism of President Kais Saied, has been sentenced to one year in prison, her legal representative said on Saturday. Dahmani's sentence comes as rights organisations say that Tunisian authorities' crackdown on critical voices is "methodically annihilating" what little remains of Tunisia's…

France 24

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah: ‘Satire is a way to make myself less depressed’

The US author on dystopian fiction, the experience of speaking to prisoners about his debut novel and why both of America’s major parties ‘love the war machine’

The Guardian - UK

The week in audio: Behind the Crime: Liam; The Skies Are Watching; Time of the Week – review

On Radio 4, the moving story behind one teenager’s prison sentence; a satisfying mystery show; and a pitch-perfect satire inspired by Woman’s Hour

The Guardian - UK

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Five key workers on how Labour can fix Britain, from the NHS to prisons

Workers in healthcare, education and justice are battling crumbling systems. They told us what actions they want to see from the new government

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer hits out at prison system ‘mess’ caused by Tories

New PM says there are ‘too many prisoners and not enough prisons’ but that it will take time to change

The Guardian - UK

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Controversial memes, mandatory recusal, and punitive damages caps.

Reason

Imprisoned Kremlin critic Kara-Murza transferred to a prison hospital, his wife and lawyers say

The wife and lawyer of imprisoned Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza say he has been transferred to a prison hospital, where his attorneys have been unable to visit him since Thursday

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Kremlin Critic Kara-Murza Transferred To Prison Hospital

Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza has been transferred to a prison hospital and his lawyers have been denied access to him for two days, his wife said on Friday, raising fears for the dissident's fate.

International Business Times

Jailed Putin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza transferred to Siberian prison hospital, wife says

The opposition leader is serving longest sentence handed to a Kremlin critic since fall of Soviet Union

The Independent UK

US Citizen Sentenced To 12 Years In Russian Prison

US citizen Robert Woodland sentenced to 12 years in Moscow for drug trafficking. Legal appeals planned. Concerns raised over treatment of detained American...

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Kim Kardashian Reveals She's in Contact with Gypsy Rose Blanchard and For a Very Meaningful Reason

"I just think there's such an opportunity for her to use her platform in a really important way."

Marie Claire

Invest in people, not in building more prisons, to cut reoffending

Letters: Readers on the crisis in the criminal justice system that has brought the prison and the probation service to the verge of collapse

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International Business Times

Swedish Diplomat Recalls Darkest Moments In Iran Prison

After almost 800 days in Iran's notorious Evin prison, the now-free Swedish diplomat Johan Floderus recalled the darkest moments throughout his imprisonment and how he survived them.

The Independent UK

US citizen Robert Woodland convicted of drug-related charges by a Moscow court

Robert Woodland, a Russia-born U.S. citizen, has been convicted of drug-related charges by a Moscow court and sentenced to 12 1/2 years in prison

The Guardian - UK

As an ex-prison officer, here’s what I think about the Wandsworth jail sex video scandal

The film of an officer allegedly having sex with an inmate in a cell has gone viral. I worry that cuts create conditions in which corruption can flourish, writes former prison officer Alex South

The Guardian - UK

New prime minister will face a range of urgent priorities from day one

An imminent Nato summit, bursting prisons and another strike by junior doctors for starters mean whoever takes the keys to No 10 will have little to no time to celebrate

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The Independent UK

Neo-Nazi convicted of hate-crime murder of gay classmate, 19, he met online for a hookup

Blaze Bernstein, 19, was found dead in a California park in 2018. Now, his killer faces a sentence of life in prison without parole

The Independent UK

Federal judge sentences 4 anti-abortion activists for a 2021 Tennessee clinic blockade

Four anti-abortion activists who were convicted for their roles in a 2021 Tennessee clinic blockade will serve sentences ranging from six months in prison to three years of supervised release

The Independent UK

As temperatures soar, judge tells Louisiana to help protect prisoners working in fields

A federal judge has ordered Louisiana to take steps to protect the health and safety of incarcerated workers toiling in the fields of a former slave plantation

PC Gamer

UK man imprisoned for 4 months after walking up to cops wielding 6-inch Master Sword

Anthony Bray will also have to pay a victims' surcharge of £154.

Evening Standard

Rats, overcrowding and urgent riot warnings — my day inside a London jail

Britain’s jails are “on the precipice of failure”, with warnings that jails could run out of space within days. As Keir Starmer announces emergency measures to fix the crisis, Katie Strick spends a day on the frontline

The Independent UK

Labour must help release Briton Jimmy Lai jailed in China amid fears he could die in prison, son says

Jimmy Lai, 76, faces a life sentence under charges described as politically motivated after being locked up for years

The Independent UK

Arrest warrant lifted for Madeleine McCann suspect

Christian Bruckner spent many years in Portugal, including in the resort of Praia da Luz around the time of Madeleine’s disappearance there in 2007. He has denied any involvement in her disappearance

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