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Crisis in Ecuador: Three Keys to Understanding the Political Unrest and Surge in Violence

President Noboa declared an "internal armed conflict" on Tuesday, but the country has been on a slippery slope for years; this is how we got here

Latin Times

Poland’s president says he will not rest until ex-interior minister and deputy freed from prison

Andrzej Duda’s remarks escalate battle for rule of law with new government and come as politicians convicted of abuse of power begin hunger strike

The Guardian - UK

Is Ecuador at war with its armed gangs?

Storming of TV station by gunmen follows gang leader’s escape from prison and declaration of state of emergency

The Guardian - UK

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Las Vegas man who attacked judge in wild video is charged with her attempted murder

Deobra Redden, the man who attacked a judge last week, has been hit with new charges

The Independent UK

Is it safe to travel to Ecuador? Prosecutor investigating TV studio attack is murdered

César Suárez was leading the investigation of the attack on Ecuadorian TV station led by gang members

Evening Standard

‘Wrecked my life’: Horizon victims tell of suffering caused by Post Office scandal

One former operator says he missed seeing dying father, as others describe horrors of prison and the stigma they suffered

The Guardian - UK

New law to 'swiftly exonerate and compensate' Post Office IT scandal victims

A NEW law will be brought in so that the hundreds of innocent people sent to prison as a result of the Horizon Post Office scandal are “swiftly…

The National (Scotland)

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Alexei Navalny seen on video in first court appearance since transfer to brutal Arctic prison

The most prominent critic of Vladimir Putin sardonically jokes about conditions in jail 1,200 miles from Moscow

The Independent UK

'When they led me to my prison cell I thought I'd died' — ordeal of Hampstead postmaster jailed in scandal

Kamran Ashraf, 46, had just become a father to his second child when he was sent to jail for a £25,000 theft he didn't commit. After decades spent living in shame and silence, ITV's drama has helped him speak out for the first time. He shares his moving story with…

Evening Standard

Putin critic Navalny says he’s in punishment cell at Russian Arctic prison

‘Polar Wolf’ colony is among the harshest in Russia’s prison system, whose inmates have been convicted for grave crimes.

Al Jazeera

Wednesday briefing: Why masked gang members stormed an Ecuadorian TV station

Ecuador’s president has declared a state of “internal armed conflict”. How did the country find itself in the grip of armed gangs?

The Guardian - UK

Hot, crowded jails spark danger fears, calls for action

Incarceration and recidivism rates in the Northern Territory are the highest in the nation, with corrections facilities at capacity and temperatures high.

AAP

North Carolina man settles for millions after wrongful conviction, 44 years in prison

The settlement, which will end a wrongful incarceration lawsuit filed by attorneys for Ronnie Wallace Long, also included a public apology from the city of Concord for its role in his imprisonment.

WEKU

"We are on air!" Masked gunmen storm TV studio in Ecuador as gang attacks in the country escalate

It was a day like any other at the TC Television studio in Guayaquil, Ecuador, with its mid-afternoon newscast underway, when the masked gunmen burst in unleashing at least 15 minutes of threats and fear – all broadcast live

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Armed attack during live broadcast at Ecuadorian TV station. What's behind the spiraling violence?

A group of armed, masked men in Ecuador launched an audacious attack on a television station during a live broadcast and so revealed the country’s spiraling violence in the wake of an apparent recent prison escape

The Guardian - US

Armed gangs and prison breaks: how Ecuador was plunged into chaos and bloodshed

President declares state of ‘internal armed conflict’ as gang leader escapes from jail and gunmen invade TV studio

The Independent UK

In $25M settlement, North Carolina city `deeply remorseful' for man's wrongful conviction, prison

Lawyers for a man wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 44 years say he's reached a $25 million combined settlement with a central North Carolina city and the state of North Carolina

The Guardian - US

Man who attacked Las Vegas judge has schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, says lawyer

Deobra Redden’s foster mother says his mental health was not taken into consideration in his court sentence

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The Independent UK

U.S. Navy sailor sentenced to over 2 years in prison for accepting bribes from Chinese officer

A U.S. Navy sailor has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for transmitting sensitive U.S. military information to a Chinese government’s intelligence officer

Latin Times

Ecuadorian President Declares 'Internal Armed Conflict' After Gangs Go on Violent Spree

Daniel Noboa identified several groups as "terrorist organizations and non-state belligerent actors"

WEKU

Armed men are arrested after storming an Ecuador TV studio during a live broadcast

The men armed with pistols and what looked like sticks of dynamite entered the set of the TC Television network. Prosecutors say the 13 arrested will be charged with terrorism.

Latin Times

Armed Band Takes Over Live News Broadcast in Ecuador Amid Surge of Violence

"This is so you know you don't mess around with the gangs," said one of the people in the studio

The Guardian - US

Armed gang storms Ecuador TV station as state of ‘internal armed conflict’ declared

Gangsters unleashed wave of terror following move by President Daniel Noboa in response to gang leader’s prison escape

The Independent UK

Former prisons chief blasts ‘panicky’ response to overcrowding crisis

Emergency proposals to ease capacity do not solve ‘fundamental problem’ of prisons crisis, a former prison chief inspector has warned

The Hindu

Justice for Bilkis Bano, questions on remission

A blanket denial of remission for crime categories, rather than ensuring effective compliance with remission conditions, takes us towards a punishment framework that is retributive

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