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The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Iranian officials and companies over accusations of serious human rights abuses, stepping up pressure on Tehran over its crackdown on protests as Washington marks International Women's Day. The US Treasury Department in a statement said it imposed sanctions on two senior Iranian…

BOISE, Idaho — A concerted push to allow Idaho to use a firing squad for inmate executions left out a key collaborator — the agency charged with carrying out the state’s death sentences.

‘I photographed Tia in the old counselling block where she had often recounted painful stories during her time as an inmate’

Iran has sentenced an Irish-French citizen to six-and-a-half years in jail. Bernard Phelan has been held since his arrest in October in the northeastern city of Mashhad.

Demi Keeler, from Wiltshire, is obsessed with the infamous prisoner and has a huge tattoo of him on her leg - and now she's spoken out about how she admires the armed robber, saying he should be released.

Colyn Evans was ordered to serve a minimum 17 year prison term after being convicted of killing 16-year-old Karen Dewar in Tayport, Fife, in January 2005.

The expert gave evidence to a public Parole Board hearing which resumed on Wednesday

It is understood that the cases of over 100 prisoners eligible for early release are waiting to be dealt with by the Board.

A political activist arrested in Thailand for selling satirical calendars featuring yellow ducks has been sentenced to two years in prison.