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The head of the Norwegian Nobel Committee urged Iran to release imprisoned peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi and let her accept the award at the annual prize ceremony in December

A Hong Kong man has been sentenced to four months in prison after he pleaded guilty to importing children’s books deemed to be “seditious publications.”

Pat Arrowsmith, the British peace activist and notable figure in the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, passed away last week at the age of 93. Obituaries have celebrated her commitment to the peace movement, noted her one-day marriage (despite being a lesbian, Arrowsmith married a man to fulfil the terms of…

Convicted pedophile and former BBC Radio 1 presenter Chris Denning died of diabetes in prison aged 81, after being convicted for a string of offences against 35 young boys, some as young as eight

Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi, who remains in prison in Iran, is this year's Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

The case which gained global attention in the podcast Serial has rumbled on for over two decades. Now, one year after Adnan Syed walked free from prison, he is back in court fighting to prove his innocence in the 2000 murder of his girlfriend Hae Min Lee. Mike Bedigan and…

The prolific paedophile, 81, used his fame to groom and sexually assault dozens of young victims in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

Imprisoned Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for fighting the oppression of women in the country.