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South Africa 2021 riots: Alleged instigator sentenced to 12 years in prison

In tonight's edition: For the first time, a South African court has sentenced a man to 12 years in prison for inciting unrest. More than 350 people died during days of unrest in 2021 sparked by the incarceration of ex-president Jacob Zuma. Also, with COP28 is set to begin, we…

France 24

Hurt, scared but free now. Palestinian boy recalls abuse in Israeli prison

Mohammad Salhab Tamimi, 18, was returned to his family on Tuesday as part of an ongoing prisoner exchange deal.

Al Jazeera

Locked up with no charge, Palestinian prisoners tell of pain and sorrow as they are freed in hostage exchange

Dozens of women and children released from prison in Israel were held without trial or charge, a practice rights group says violates international law, writes Bel Trew

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The twenty drugs to be made class A by the government

Possession of Class A drugs carries a sentence of seven years inprisonment

The Independent UK

Jailed without charge: How Israel holds thousands of Palestinian prisoners

Israel has called Palestinians released under a truce with Hamas violent ‘terrorists.’ But most haven’t been charged.

Al Jazeera

Irish Prison for Edgelords and Hotheads?

Plus: Repealing tobacco bans, UN pointlessness, Substack's "Nazi problem," and more…

Reason

Andhra Pradesh| Kadapa court grants bail to TDP leader B.Tech Ravi

TDP in-charge of Pulivendula Assembly constituency, Mareddi Ravindranath Reddy (B.Tech Ravi), granted bail by YSR Kadapa district court on Wed. He was in Kadapa central prison since Nov 14 in a case filed in Vallur police station in Jan. Senior TDP leaders & cadres welcomed his release. Case was filed…

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Head constable suspended in Tirupattur for consuming liquor on jail premises

Suspended head constable Jayakumar found consuming liquor on jail premises; public outrage led to suspension order. Further inquiry underway.

The Hindu

'Welcome Back': Joy In West Bank As Freed Prisoners Return

A red keffiyeh scarf around her neck and a beaming smile on her face, Rouba Assi fell into her friends' arms after being freed from an Israeli prison.

International Business Times

Former Guangdong Prison Chief Expelled From Party for Graft

Li Jingyan has also been booted from public office for misconduct including ‘wanting to be an official as well as getting rich,’ local authorities say

Caixin Global

Dani Alves Rape Case: Former Barcelona Star Denied Bail Again

The case is set to go to trial in early 2024, and Alves is facing a possible nine-year prison term.

International Business Times UK

Activist who acknowledged helping flip police car during 2020 protest sentenced to 1 year in prison

A well-known west Philadelphia activist who acknowledged having helped overturn a police car during 2020 protests following the death of George Floyd has been sentenced to a year in prison

The Independent UK

Two 15-Year Sentences Illustrate the Ugly Interaction of Drug and Gun Laws

The Supreme Court mulls how to apply a mandatory minimum for gun possession by people convicted of drug felonies.

Reason

Alex Murdaugh's financial fraud victims confront him in court before his sentencing

The emotional testimony from victims who had been duped by the disgraced lawyer came before a judge accepted a deal sentencing Murdaugh to 27 years in prison for stealing about $12 million.

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The Independent UK

WWE star sentenced to 17 years in prison over deadly DUI car crash

Sytch spent the 1990s as the character ‘Sunny’, an often opportunistic ringside manager and commentator on WWE programming

The Independent UK

Conviction overturned for man behind bars for 11 years over shooting

The Philadelphia district attorney has six months to retry CJ Rice or release him from prison

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh confronted by theft victims at sentencing: ‘What kind of animal are you?’

Victims of Murdaugh’s fraud scheme spoke at his sentencing on Tuesday

The Independent UK

The spy who fed CIA secrets to Russia — and convinced his son to do it too

Harold James “Jim” Nicholson, a 16-year veteran of the CIA, spent decades in prison for espionage and kept up the treason from behind bars. He finally walked free this month. Sheila Flynn asks: What will the double agent do next?

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The Independent UK

13 Sierra Leone military officers are under arrest for trying to stage a coup, a minister says

The attacks on Sierra Leone’s main military barracks and prisons are a failed coup attempt and have resulted in the arrest of 13 military officers, the government’s spokesman said Tuesday

Al Jazeera

Israel arrests almost as many Palestinians as it has released during truce

Over the first four days of Israel-Hamas prisoner exchange, Israel arrests 133 Palestinians while releasing 150.

Evening Standard

Prison staff struggling to spot modern slavery survivors, research finds

Survivors of modern slavery offences are being under-counted and under-supported in prison system, finds study

WEKU

Up First briefing: Truce in Gaza extended; Texas Supreme Court to hear abortion case

Israel and Hamas have agreed to extend their truce in Gaza by two days to allow for more hostage-prisoner exchanges. The Texas Supreme Court is set to hear a case on the state's abortion ban.

WEKU

Israel releases more Palestinian prisoners as part of extended exchanges for hostages

Hamas had earlier Tuesday released 10 Israelis and two foreigners before 30 Palestinians were freed from Israeli prisons on the fifth day of a temporary truce between the two sides.

The Independent UK

A Pakistani court orders public trial for imprisoned ex-premier Khan on charge of revealing secrets

A Pakistani court has ordered a public trial in prison of former Prime Minister Imran Khan on charges of revealing official secrets

Radio France Internationale

Three French minors among hostages released from Gaza

French President Emmanuel Macron has welcomed the release of three Franco-Israeli minors held by the Islamist group Hamas. They were among a group of 11 people released late Monday night in exchange for 33 Palestinian prisoners. This came after the two sides agreed to a two-day extension of a truce…

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