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Being gay: where it can lead to prison or even death

As Singapore lifted a colonial-era ban on sex between men while also taking steps to block marriage equality, AFP looks at dozens of countries that still criminalise the LGBTQ community:

Bangkok Post

Brother of murdered Jennifer Poole hits out at killer who threatened prison officers

Mum-of-two Jennifer was fatally assaulted at her home in Melville Drive in Finglas on April 17 last year

Dublin Live

How Australian economist Sean Turnell came to be in and freed from a Myanmar jail

Macquarie University economist Sean Turnell is free and living in Sydney after 650 days of imprisonment in Myanmar, for what appears to be the “crime” of doing an economist’s job, which is trying to make people’s lives better – in this case the lives of the people of Myanmar.

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Peter Tobin hatched bizarre plan to take out life insurance then kill himself

Evil Tobin was serving a whole life sentence in Saughton prison for murdering Vicky Hamilton, 15, Dinah McNicol, 18, and 23-year-old Angelika Kluk when he died last month.

Daily Record

Former Ecuador VP released from prison for second time

Ecuador's former Vice President Jorge Glas was on Monday released from prison for the second time after a local judge approved alternative corrective measures in lieu of a custodial sentence for corruption charges.

Reuters

Vic Man Could Face 10 Yrs Prison For Alleged Wage Theft While George Calombaris Gets A TV Show

Victorian man Gaurav Setia could face 10 years in prison if found guilty of wage theft while George Calombaris gets a new TV show.

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North Carolina man gets home detention, not 5 years, for Jan. 6 crimes

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Federal prosecutors argued that a North Carolina man should be sent to prison for almost five years as punishment for his crimes during the riot at the U.S. Capitol.

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New arrest warrant issued in relation to other cases for Madeleine McCann suspect

Christian Brueckner is currently serving a seven-year prison sentence

The Independent UK

Buffalo supermarket attacker pleads guilty in mass shooting

US man who carried out white supremacist attack on a supermarket in predominantly Black area will face life in prison.

Al Jazeera

Ex-president of Comoros convicted of selling passports

Local media reports say a court in the Indian Ocean island of Comoros sentenced former President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi on Monday to life in prison for illegally selling off Comoros passports

The Independent UK

Expert: Trump may have committed felony

Former federal prosecutor says Trump may be "subject to up to five years in prison"

Salon

Report: Austrian-Iranian Gets Medical Leave from Iran Prison

Iran has released a 76-year-old dual Iranian-Austrian citizen from prison for health reasons, the Austria Press Agency reported Monday. APA quoted the Austrian foreign ministry confirming that Massud Mossaheb was given indefinite medical leave. The ministry said “intensive diplomatic efforts” had led to his release, which was first reported by…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ex-Comoros president given life sentence over passport scandal

Former president, who had already spent four years in prison before facing a trial, is a rival to the country’s leader.

Al Jazeera

Chad to try 400 people over deadly anti-government protests ahead of international inquiry

The trial of over 400 people who joined last month's anti-government protests is to open in a desert prison in Chad on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the military authorities are insisting that a Chadian oversee an international inquiry into the deaths of civilians on Thursday 20 October.

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The Independent UK

Trump and Melania ‘sick’ over Jan 6 detainees and will pardon them if reelected, Marjorie Taylor Greene says

Greene defends Trump from accusations by Kanye West that he could have freed people imprisoned for January 6

The Guardian - US

US awaits ‘serious response’ from Russia over Brittney Griner release proposal

Diplomat in Moscow says US has ‘put a significant proposal on the table’ in effort to free basketball star jailed on drugs conviction

Daily Record

Abuser who tried to force woman in Dundee to drink toilet water jailed

Scott Green, 29, a prisoner of HMP Perth, subjected his victims to a campaign of terror at addresses in Dundee and Fife between 2013 and 2021.

Wales Online

Domestic abuse survivors 'to be better protected' from imprisoned offenders

Under a new scheme, victims will be better protected from domestic abusers who attempt to continue their campaign of terror from behind bars

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Daily Mirror

Stephen Lawrence killer caught with mobile phone in prison cell for second time

Stephen Lawrence's racist killer was found to be illegally possessing a phone while in HMP Dartmoor, as fears are growing that corrupt prison staff member supplied David Norris with the device

The Independent UK

Ex-prison warden faces trial over inmate abuse allegations

The former warden of an abuse-plagued federal women’s prison known as the “rape club” is going on trial

WEKU

Trans people struggle to find housing after prison. This group is trying to help

Beyond These Walls, a trans-led group out of the Pacific Northwest, provides reentry services for LGBTQ individuals leaving prison.

The Independent UK

Japan filmmaker freed from Myanmar prison vows to tell story

Toru Kubota, a Japanese journalist who was arrested while covering a protest in military-ruled Myanmar and detained for more than three months, says his experience has made him more determined to tell the story of people there

Wales Online

Bridgend council takes control of social care in Parc prison

The care for prisoners in the facility is currently provided by a private company, G4S Health Services

Reuters

Former U.S. pilot facing extradition wrongly classified 'extreme high risk' - lawyer

The lawyer for a former U.S. military pilot arrested in Australia and facing possible extradition to the United States said his client was wrongly classified as an "extreme high risk" prisoner, and he had asked the attorney-general to release him.

The Canberra Times

Prisoner wanted by police again after second funeral bail breach

Guy Roberts has failed to comply with temporary release conditions for the second time in three months.

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