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Before Maharashtra withdrew award, 2 bodies ‘with RSS links’ objected to Kobad Ghandy memoir

The withdrawal of a Maharashtra government award to the Marathi translation of Kobad Ghandy’s prison memoir over “administrative reasons” has triggered a controversy within academic and literary circles, and its translator Anagha Lele surprised.

Newslaundry

Brittney Griner prisoner swap AP Sports Story of the Year

The return of Brittney Griner to the United States in a dramatic prisoner swap with Russia marked the culmination of a 10-month ordeal that captivated world attention, a saga that landed at the intersection of sports, politics, race and gender identity — and wartime diplomacy

The Independent UK

Iranian regime U-turns on decision to execute 16-year-old girl as crowd demands release

Sonia Sharifi, 16, was set to be killed yesterday, but was thankfully released from Ilam prison in western Iran at around 3pm after being held there for a month

Daily Mirror

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Jordan Hands Prison Terms to Captagon Smugglers from Syria

Jordan's judiciary on Thursday sentenced two men to long prison terms for attempting to smuggle nearly 2 million Captagon pills into the country from Syria, a judicial source told AFP. The state security court handed a 20-year prison term and a fine of 20,000 Jordanian dinars ($28,000) to one of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Houthis Abuse Dozens of Detainees in Sanaa Prison

For the fourth day in a row, dozens of detainees in the central prison in Sanaa continued their hunger strike. They are protesting their detention, torture, and humiliation by Houthi militias. Houthis, according to the relatives of detainees, responded to the hunger strike by stepping up its exemplary punishment of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kosovo tribunal convicts former KLA commander in first war crimes verdict

In a milestone ruling judges at the Kosovo tribunal on Friday convicted a former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) guerrilla commander who ran a prison where torture took place during the 1998-99 independence conflict with Serbia.

Reuters

Robin Abcarian: Is the documentary 'Navalny' a life insurance policy for the imprisoned Russian opposition leader?

As Vladimir Putin wages his misbegotten war on Ukraine, there's another, quieter war he's prosecuting, this one against a 46-year-old man who sits in a Russian prison, in solitary confinement, on trumped-up charges of fraud.

Los Angeles Times

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White Torture by Narges Mohammadi review – solitary savagery

An Iranian political activist, now in jail herself, interviews 12 female prisoners of the Islamic Republic about their experiences

The Guardian - UK

European MPs seek to publicise plight of jailed Iranian protesters

Politicians particularly in Germany taking responsibility for lobbying for the safety of individual prisoners

The Guardian - UK

California sex offender gets life for killing 4 women

A California sex offender who kidnapped, raped and killed four women, some of them while wearing a GPS tracker, has been sentenced to life in prison without parole

The Independent UK

Orange County serial killer Franc Cano gets life in prison after guilty pleas

SANTA ANA, Calif. — Franc Cano, who with an accomplice abducted and killed several women in Anaheim and Santa Ana while on sex-offender probation, pleaded guilty to murder Thursday after prosecutors dropped their call for the death penalty.

Los Angeles Times

Indigenous women, kids at risk in custody

Indigenous women and children are among the most vulnerable and largely over-represented groups in custody, a truth-telling inquiry has been told.

AAP

Convicted ex-wife killer claims innocence

Adrian Basham continues to maintain his innocence despite being convicted of murdering his estranged wife Samantha Fraser earlier this year.

AAP

ISIS supporter to be watched in community

A Sydney man who planned on fighting for ISIS in Syria will be carefully monitored for two years after being released from prison.

AAP

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Feds: Imprisoned polygamous leader helped plan kidnapping

Prosecutors allege that the leader of a small polygamous group on the Arizona-Utah border helped orchestrate the escape of eight girls he considered his wives from a group home where they were placed after authorities learned of what was happening

Tribune News Service

Former Twitter employee sentenced for selling information to Saudi Arabian officials

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge has sentenced a former Walnut Creek resident and Twitter employee to 3½ years in prison following his conviction for acting as a foreign agent to the Saudi Arabian royal family, authorities said.

The Independent UK

Lamar Johnson denies role in killing that led to life term

A Missouri man seeking freedom after nearly three decades in prison for a murder he denies committing testified Thursday that he was with his girlfriend on the night of the crime, except for a few minutes when he stepped outside to sell drugs on a corner several blocks from where…

ABC News

The Loop: Donald Trump announces his own NFT collection, and survivors remember Lindt Cafe siege on eighth anniversary — as it happened

The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happen.

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Former Twitter employee sentenced for selling information to Saudi Arabian officials

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge has sentenced a former Walnut Creek, California, resident and Twitter employee to 3 1/2 years in prison following his conviction for acting as a foreign agent to the Saudi Arabian royal family, authorities said.

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Victims and people harmed by crime say restorative justice helped them heal, now there are calls to make it more available

Restorative justice is a facilitated process where victims of crime have an interaction with offenders about the harm caused, and reach a level of reconciliation. Evidence shows it can help relieve pain for those harmed and reduce recidivism rates.

Nottingham Post

Gang trafficked children to flood streets with heroin and crack cocaine

The gang's leader did his bidding from prison

The Independent UK

A clampdown too far? ‘Bizarre’ prison sentence may give Erdogan’s rival a boost

Inside the Turkish government’s decision to push Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu out of politics

Al Jazeera

Thousands protest against conviction of Istanbul Mayor Imamoglu

Supporters of Ekrem Imamoglu rally in Istanbul after a court sentenced the mayor to prison and banned him from politics.

Edinburgh Live

Prisoner once branded 'worst teen in Edinburgh' stabs guards after row over meal

Darren Cornelius, 33, lashed out at prison guards as his evening meal was being served at his cell. He flew into a rage over the delivery of the food and produced a 'small white' blade from his pocket

Irish Mirror

Furious prison officers refusing to cooperate with RTE Mountjoy documentary fronted by Philly McMahon and Rory's Stories

The Prison Officers now want to boycott a GAA match between guards and prisoners as part of the production

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