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UN rights chief: Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s life in great danger

Volker Turk called on Egypt to immediately release hunger striking prisoner as leaders gather for COP27 in the country.

Al Jazeera

World Cup in Qatar not safe for someone like me, says gay MP

Homosexuality is illegal in Qatar and anyone found participating in same-sex sexual activity can be punished by up to seven years in prison.

The Independent UK

Police hunting for wanted man who was just released from prison

A search is underway to track down Thomas Baker

Manchester Evening News

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Nigerian influencer ‘Hushpuppi’ sentenced to 11 years in US prison for money laundering

A Nigerian social media influencer who called himself Ray Hushpuppi and flaunted a lavish lifestyle fueled by his efforts to launder millions of stolen dollars was sentenced Monday in Los Angeles to more than 11 years in federal prison.

France 24

Confirm ‘proof of life’ family urges UK government as Egyptian Briton enters second day of water strike

Alaa Abd El-Fatteh aunt said she fears the British government will be ‘fobbed off’ by Egypt

The Independent UK

Judge ‘in error’ over sentence for Jeremy Vine stalker, says solicitor general

Alex Belfield could have been given longer prison term but legal technicality makes it too late to change

The Guardian - UK

U.N. warns Egypt hunger striker's life in danger as family seek information

The family of jailed Egyptian-British hunger striker Alaa Abd el-Fattah said on Tuesday they had not heard from him since he had been due to stop drinking water two days ago, and the United Nations human rights chief warned his life was in great danger.

Reuters

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UWA law professor, judge call for WA's Banksia Hill juvenile jail to be closed

Former custodial services inspector Neil Morgan and former Children's Court judge Denis Reynolds are the latest to slam the "appalling" treatment of children at Banksia Hill jail, as the WA Premier continues to defend the transfer of some to an adult prison.

ABC News

Judge accuses WA government of 'flouting the law' over juveniles detained in adult prison

A senior Perth judge accuses the WA government of "flouting the law" and "thumbing its nose at the court" in relation to the ongoing detention of juveniles inside an adult prison.

ABC News

Fred Chaney says racist attitudes to blame for lack of air conditioning at Roebourne prison

One of Australia's leading Indigenous affairs advocates says a racist society is to blame for the conditions at Roebourne prison.

ABC News

Man sentenced in connection with Sweetie Pie's murder plot

A former St. Louis insurance agent has been sentenced to three years in prison for helping a one-time reality show star fraudulently obtain life insurance on a relative later shot to death in a murder-for-hire conspiracy

The Independent UK

Diego Uribe sentenced to life in prison for the murders of six family members in Gage Park

Diego Uribe shot, bludgeoned and stabbed the family to death during a robbery in 2016.

Chicago Sun-Times

Man gets life in killings of 2 Colorado women in 1982

A man convicted of killing two women who disappeared near a Colorado ski resort town nearly 40 years ago after DNA testing identified him as a suspect has been sentenced to two terms of life in prison

The Independent UK

Benjamin Mendy tells court he enjoyed ‘having sex with a lot of women’

The Premier League footballer, who is accused of seven counts of rape, said being in prison on remand had made him ‘learn lots of things about life’

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

Alaa Abd el-Fattah: family await news on day two of prison water strike

British-Egyptian activist and figurehead of 2011 uprising now refusing water after six-month hunger strike

Manchester Evening News

Urgent appeal to find pensioner, 77, wanted on recall to prison

John O'Neil is known across Manchester and Salford

WEKU

An Iowa teen convicted of killing her rapist escapes from a probation center

Pieper Lewis, who was a 15-year-old sex trafficking victim at the time she stabbed her abuser, could face 20 years in prison if her sentence is reimposed.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ghosn Escape Accomplices Return to US, Lawyer Confirms

The American father and son duo who helped former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn dramatically escape from Japan have been returned to the United States after spending 20 months in Japanese jails, their lawyer said Monday. Former Green Beret operative Michael Taylor, 62, was being held at a Los Angeles detention…

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The Independent UK

Filming of new series of prison drama Screw gets under way in Glasgow

The show, starring Jamie-Lee O’Donnell of Derry Girls, is filmed at studios in the city’s Kelvin Hall.

France 24

‘I’m very worried’: Mother of jailed Egyptian activist on hunger strike wants action

Detained Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah’s decision to escalate a hunger strike in prison to a refusal to drink water has raised the stakes and shone a spotlight on human rights violations as Egypt hosts the COP27 climate summit. For his mother, the time has come for the world to…

Liverpool Echo

Police issue urgent appeal to trace wanted man Kevin Rutter on run from prison

He has links to Wirral, mainly New Ferry and Moreton, and Liverpool

Daily Mirror

UAE dismisses UK inquest finding of death of Brit in Dubai custody as 'speculation'

A UK coroner's court had ruled that "neglect" most likely led to the death of British businessman Lee Brown, who died after five days in custody at a police station in Dubai in 2011

Daily Record

Channel 4 prison drama Screw starts filming new series in Glasgow

There'll be a few new faces joining the Channel 4 show in Series 2.

The Guardian - UK

An intervention from Rishi Sunak today is all that stands between my brother and death

My brother Alaa Abd el-Fattah is on hunger strike in an Egyptian prison and is now refusing water. The prime minister is his last hope, says activist Sanaa Seif

Daily Record

'Billy Whizz' gang netted over £1m from peddling Beano character branded drugs

Gang members were sentenced to a combined total of 40 years in prison for pushing nearly 50kg of amphetamine worth up to £500,000.

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