The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Dani Alves Rape Case: Former Barcelona Star Planned To Escape To Brazil, Says Former Cellmate

The footballer has been accused of raping a young woman in Barcelona in December 2022.

International Business Times UK · Feb 18, 2024

In Moscow, Russians Mourn Navalny In Quiet Despair

On a snowy overcast Saturday in Moscow, a steady stream of mourners quietly laid flowers at makeshift memorials to opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in prison aged 47.

International Business Times · Feb 17, 2024

Ex-FBI official gets over 2 years in prison for receiving $225,000 tied to Albania

Charles McGonigal, a former high-ranking FBI counterintelligence official, was sentenced for taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash from a businessman with ties to the Albanian government.

WEKU · Feb 17, 2024

El Salvador: A Country Where Suffering a Miscarriage Might Result in Imprisonment

In Latin America, elective abortion is legal in Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Cuba and Uruguay

Latin Times · Feb 17, 2024

‘They killed him’: Was Putin’s critic Navalny murdered?

Pro-Kremlin media have said Alexey Navalny had a blood clot. But critics say his death in jail was suspicious.

Al Jazeera · Feb 17, 2024

El Salvador, Where A Miscarriage Can Land You In Jail

Lilian was 20 when her newborn baby died of medical complications at a hospital in El Salvador, where abortion is a crime and even the suspicion of one can land a woman in jail.

International Business Times · Feb 17, 2024

Protesters gather outside Russian Embassy following Alexei Navalny’s death

Russia’s federal prison service said in a statement that Mr Navalny became unwell after a walk on Friday and lost consciousness.

Evening Standard · Feb 16, 2024

In Navalny's final hours of freedom, he was calm, funny and watching 'Rick and Morty'

Russian authorities announced on Friday that opposition leader Alexei Navalny had died in a remote Russian prison. Navalny was imprisoned after returning to Russia in 2021.

WEKU · Feb 16, 2024

Biden Says Putin And 'His Thugs' Responsible For Navalny Death

US President Joe Biden directly blamed Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Friday for the reported death of Alexei Navalny in prison, describing the Kremlin critic as a "powerful voice for the truth."

International Business Times · Feb 16, 2024

Alexei Navalny is the latest Putin critic to die in suspicious circumstances

The death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in prison was shocking, but hardly surprising. It follows a long line of fallen critics and opponents of Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

WEKU · Feb 16, 2024