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Brittney Griner is a 'hostage' in Russian jail as WNBPA releases scathing statement

WNBA star Brittney Griner had her appeal denied after she was arrested in Russia for smuggling hashish oil back in February and sentenced to nine years in prison

Daily Mirror

An exiled actress stars in a piercing portrait of Iran

Ninety-nine lashes and a prison sentence awaited Zar Amir Ebrahimi in 2008 when she decided to flee Iran

The Independent UK

What is a penal colony? Brittney Griner follows Navalny and Pussy Riot to notorious ‘concentration camp’ prison

The WNBA star’s lawyers said their client will be transferred to a Russian penal colony in the next few months

The Independent UK

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Pensioner, 74, jailed in Portugal for drug smuggling moves to UK to finish prison term

Cocaine smuggler Roger Clarke, 74, left his Lisbon prison just weeks after his wife Susan, 72, died from breast cancer, with the pair jailed after being caught with drugs stitched into their suitcases’ lining

Daily Mirror

Magic mushroom grower who 'sold to friends' spared prison

The 36-year-old, caught with nearly 300 grams of mushrooms, said they were to treat his addictions with some for sale

Liverpool Echo

Police hunt wanted man after release from prison

Lewis Patrick Edwards is wanted by police for breaching his licence

Liverpool Echo

Mountjoy inmates could play prison guards in Gaelic football match at big venue

It's the 'Battle of the Joy'

Irish Mirror

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Cyclist paralysed from waist down after being deliberately run over by driver

Steven Thomas was at the wheel of a stolen car he had stolen he knocked down Kyler Brophy outside a supermarket

Wales Online

Griner Appeal Rejected: National Security Adviser Shares Statement

The U.S. government is reportedly still working with Russia on a possible prisoner exchange.

Sports Illustrated

Outside the White House, Protesters Urge Biden To Release Nonviolent Marijuana Offenders

While Biden's mass pardons for those with low-level marijuana possession convictions were greeted with cautious optimism, protesters expressed frustration over Biden's lack of action to actually release those imprisoned for nonviolent drug crimes.

Reason

WNBA star Brittney Griner has appeal over jail term rejected by Russian court

WNBA superstar Brittney Griner has had her appeal denied after she was arrested in Russia for smuggling hashish oil back in February and sentenced to nine years in prison

Daily Mirror

Brittney Griner’s 9-year prison sentence upheld by Russian court

The Texas basketball star had asked for a suspended sentence. The White House is calling for her release.

The Texas Tribune

Prisoner found dead in cell during robbery trial next to 'modified vape'

Anthony Peloe was found to have taken psychoactive substances such as Spice which may have triggered a cardiac arrest

Liverpool Echo

Griner's lawyer hopes she can be exchanged in U.S.-Russia prisoner swap

U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner's Russian lawyer said on Tuesday that she and her team hoped she could be released in a prisoner exchange with the United States.

Reuters

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Benzinga

White House Protesters Holding 5-Foot Inflatable Joint Urge Biden To Keep Promise And Release All Cannabis Prisoners

Cannabis activists protested outside of the White House on Monday, urging President Biden to keep on his promise and release people who are in jail over marijuana-related offenses. The action was organized by Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) the Last Prisoner Project (LPP) and DC and Maryland Marijuana Justice

Reuters

Gang control of Ecuador's prisons leave inmates' families terrified

Gangs operating inside Ecuador's prisons are taking advantage of state abandonment to expand their power, extorting inmates for access to services and threatening their lives with violence, prisoners' families and human rights groups say.

The Independent UK

Brittney Griner: Russian court rejects appeal of nine-year prison sentence for drug possession

The WNBA star’s defence had requested an acquittal or reduction in her nine-year prison sentence for drug possession

Benzinga

White House Calls Russia's Ruling To Uphold Brittney Griner's Prison Sentence 'A Sham'

A Russian court upheld Brittney Griner’s sentence on drug smuggling charges, clearing the way for her to serve nine years in a penal colony unless the U.S.

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Axios

Russian court rejects Brittney Griner's appeal

She is expected to be moved to a penal colony, where she'll serve a nine-year prison sentence.

Daily Mirror

Creator of shambolic Fyre Festival teases new project after prison release

Fyre Festival was advertised by A-listers including Hailey Bieber, Kendall Jenner and Bella Hadid, tickets cost as much as £75,000, but the event left a lot to be desired and organiser Billy McFarland was jailed

France 24

Russian court upholds US basketball star Brittney Griner's 9-year prison sentence

A Russian court on Tuesday dismissed American basketball star Brittney Griner’s appeal against a nine-year sentence for possessing and smuggling vape cartridges containing cannabis oil.

Reuters

U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner's appeal rejected by Russian court

A Russian court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner against her nine-year prison sentence for possession and smuggling of drugs.

France 24

In Saudi Arabia, being an openly LGBT influencer can land you in prison

In Saudi Arabia, posting a makeup tutorial as a man can get you arrested. Under the kingdom's strict cyber laws, being openly gay or defying gender roles online can have severe consequences. That was the case for three LGBT influencers who have been arrested in Saudi Arabia since 2019. Our…

Manchester Evening News

Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland says he is ‘working on something new’ following release from prison

The convicted fraudster was released from prison earlier this year after serving four years

Daily Mirror

Inside notorious and deadly Iran prison as prisoner shares 12-hour interrogations

Anoosheh Ashoori was sentenced to spent time at Evin Prison in Tehran, Iran, in August 2017 where he spent nearly five years - he returned to the UK in March of this year

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