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Brittney Griner moved to penal colony in Russia’s Mordovia region

WNBA player, whose whereabouts had been publicly unknown, is in penal colony 500km southeast of Moscow, lawyers confirm.

Al Jazeera

He was Roger Clemens' lawyer. Why he says Trevor Bauer is 'absolutely' right to fight.

LOS ANGELES — The star pitcher believed he was wrongly accused. He spoke up, and he spoke out. He faced the possibility of prison time. He sued his accuser, and his accuser sued him back.

Los Angeles Times

Russia sends Brittney Griner to a penal colony

The U.S. basketball star was transferred to a prison colony in Mordovia — 300 miles southeast of Moscow — to begin serving out a nine-year sentence on drug charges.

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Officer gets less than 2 years for killing unarmed Black man

A judge has sentenced a white Philadelphia police officer to 11½ to 23 months in prison in the 2017 fatal shooting of an unarmed Black motorist

The Independent UK

Alaa Abd el-Fattah exhausted and weak, family say after visit

The activist’s mother was allowed to visit her son for the first time in nearly a month on Thursday

The Guardian - UK

Brown box deliveries tipped off police to huge £7m heroin plot

Two men were handed substantial prison sentences after playing a 'significant role' in the conspiracy

Liverpool Echo

Kinahan hitman Caolan Smyth badly injured in brutal prison attack involving boiling water and sock of batteries

Investigators believe the attack on Smyth (30) in Castlerea Prison in Co Roscommon on Sunday was carried out by another jailed Kinahan goon.

Irish Mirror

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Government must take case of imprisoned activist in Egypt ‘much more seriously’

Amnesty International has said ‘nothing appears to be happening’ to free British-Egyptian writer Alaa Abd El-Fattah.

The Independent UK

WNBA star Brittney Griner reportedly moved to Russian penal colony

U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner has reportedly been moved to a women’s penal colony in western Russia, where she will serve out a nine-year prison sentence for drug possession and smuggling.

Tribune News Service

Egyptian-British activist was close to death when he broke hunger strike - family

The family of Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah said on Thursday that he had broken his hunger strike after collapsing in prison in a "near-death experience" and having a cannula inserted into his body to revive him.

Reuters

Dad jailed in Iraq over 'Qatar Bank debt' to arrive back home in Scotland on Friday

Brian Glendinning, from Fife, will finally arrive back home after a gruelling two months in an Iraqi prison, where his lawyers claim he was wrongly detained.

Daily Record

Brit stuck in jail in Egypt has 'deteriorated' since he started hunger strike

Alaa Abdel-Fattah, who has spent most of the past decade in prison because of his criticism of Egypt's rulers, went on hunger strike earlier this month as the UN climate conference came to Sharm el-Sheikh

Daily Mirror

British-Egyptian activist has ‘deteriorated severely’ in Cairo prison

Mona Seif, the sister of Alaa Abd El-Fattah, has given an update on his condition following his hunger strike.

The Independent UK

Jailed Egyptian activist’s health ‘deteriorated severely’: Family

Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s family allowed to visit prison for the first time in a month since he escalated his hunger strike.

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The Independent UK

Russian opposition leader Navalny sent to tiny one-man cell

Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been transferred to a one-man cell, according to a post on his social media account

Liverpool Echo

Wedding guests left covered in blood after 45 minute brawl

Tables, chairs and glasses flew as police arrived to try and stop the fighting

The Independent UK

Spanish minister accuses judges of 'machismo,' faces uproar

Spain’s magistrate associations are calling for the country’s equality minister to resign after she accused judges of “machismo” for reducing prison sentences under a new sexual aggression law

Daily Record

Scots killer serving life for 'internally decapitating' man punches prison guards during bust-up

Tristan Kiely, 20, lashed out during an incident at Polmont Young Offenders' Institution in November 2020.

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Dutch court convicts three for Malaysian Airlines MH17 plane crash

The three men were sentenced to life in prison for causing the crash that killed 298 people.

The Independent UK

Family: Egypt activist deteriorated since hunger strike

The family of imprisoned Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah says that they have seen him and that his condition has “deteriorated severely.”

The Independent UK

Foreign Secretary welcomes release of former British ambassador to Myanmar

Myanmar’s military-controlled government announced on Thursday that it was releasing and deporting Vicky Bowman as part of a wider prisoner amnesty.

Bangkok Post

Ex-British envoy, Australian adviser, Japanese journalist land in Bangkok from Myanmar

A former British envoy, an Australian economic adviser and a Japanese journalist touched down in Bangkok after being freed from prison and deported by Myanmar's junta on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Elizabeth Holmes sentencing: Disgraced Theranos CEO faces judgment day

A federal judge on Friday will decide whether disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes should serve a lengthy prison sentence for duping investors and endangering patients while peddling a bogus blood-testing technology

The Independent UK

Vicky Bowman: Who is the former UK ambassador being released by Myanmar in amnesty?

At the time of her arrest, Bowman was serving as the director of Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business, which aims to promote ethical business practices in the country

Evening Standard

Judge breaks down in tears sentencing Darrell Brooks for driving into Waukesha Christmas parade, killing six

‘Those are images that frankly kept me up at night’ she said, before sentencing Brooks to serve life in prison without parole

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