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Russia's Lavrov Says He Will Discuss US Prisoner Swap Offer

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday that he's open to a call with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to discuss a possible prisoner swap involving American basketball star Brittney Griner. Blinken said Wednesday that Washington had offered Russia a deal that would bring home Griner and another jailed…

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Russia's Lavrov says he will discuss US prisoner swap offer

Russia's top diplomat says he’s open to a call with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to discuss a possible prisoner swap involving American basketball star Brittney Griner

The Independent UK

Sarah Everard's killer Wayne Couzens will die in prison after losing appeal to reduce sentence

Couzens’s lawyers argued he deserved 'decades in jail' but said a whole-life term was excessive

Wales Online

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Former police officer Wayne Couzens loses bid to reduce whole-life prison sentence for Sarah Everard murder

His lawyers had argued the sentence was 'excessive'

Manchester Evening News

Ireland jobs: Irish Prison Service is hiring for full-time roles

The prison service is looking for 'conscientious, resilient, and adaptable' candidates

Dublin Live

Sarah Everard murderer Wayne Couzens loses appeal against whole-life prison sentence

Court of Appeal told the way Couzens hunted down and killed his victim was a ‘fundamental attack on our way of life’

The Independent UK

Killer cop Wayne Couzens will die in prison as he loses bid to cut jail term

In May, five judges heard challenges to or appeals against the prison sentences of five convicted killers including former cop Wayne Couzens and double murderer Ian Stewart

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Spanish prosecutor asks for eight-year jail term for Shakira

A Spanish prosecutor is seeking a prison term of eight years for Colombian superstar Shakira over a 14.5 million-euro tax fraud case, a prosecutor's office document showed on Friday.

Reuters

Russia: 40 Ukrainian POWs killed by Ukrainian missile strike on Donetsk prison

Russia's defence ministry said Ukraine struck a prison in separatist-held territory with U.S.-made HIMARS rockets on Friday, killing 40 Ukrainian prisoners of war and leaving 75 wounded, Russian news agencies reported on Friday.

Reuters

Separatists say shelling killed Ukrainian prisoners of war

Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine say that at least 40 Ukrainian prisoners of war captured during the fighting for Mariupol have been killed by Ukrainian shelling

The Independent UK

Restorative Justice, the alternative tool of justice to erase retributive mindset for harmonious society

Thailand’s prison overcrowding is one of the most severe problems deteriorating its justice system and prisoners’ wellbeing. Meanwhile, the emergence of Covid-19 in Thailand and worldwide reverberates the concerns and sparks the need for the country’s justice system that should be less dependent on detention and imprisonment and must seek…

Bangkok Post

Factbox-National political dialogue in Egypt follows years of crackdowns

Egypt plans to launch a national political dialogue in the coming weeks, a test of whether authorities are prepared to ease a crackdown on dissent that critics say is the most severe in the country's recent history.

Reuters

Detentions loom over Egypt's political dialogue

After nine years of sweeping crackdowns on dissent, Egypt is set to launch a carefully choreographed political dialogue, but the main Islamist opposition movement is excluded and critics say a parallel move to release prisoners is proceeding too slowly.

Reuters

"If you get a new man while I am in jail l will kill them and make you watch"

Robert Saxon was jailed at Liverpool Crown Court on Thursday

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Al Jazeera

Defiance in Myanmar even as executions prompt fears for detained

More than 70 political prisoners are on death row and analysts fear a desperate military regime could step up killings.

Daily Mirror

Prison officer made thousands selling mobile phones in jail with lover inmate

Emma Johnson "fell in love" with inmate Marcus Solomon at HMP Sudbury and began selling mobile phones via him in the jail in a racket that saw her earn thousands of pounds

Bangkok Post

Guantánamo prisoner 'was waterboarded'; agents omitted it from memo

GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba: A prisoner accused of plotting al-Qaida’s bombing of the USS Cole warship in 2000 told federal interrogators years later that he was waterboarded by the CIA, an interpreter testified Thursday. But that detail was omitted from the official account of the interrogations that prosecutors want to use…

Daily Mirror

Murderer Joe Nathan James executed despite desperate plea for mercy from victim's family

Joe Nathan James Jr was sentenced to death in 1996, two years after gunning down former lover Faith Hall - but Ms Hall's family had called for the state of Alabama to change his sentence to life in prison

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Philly protester identified through Etsy purchase sentenced to 2 1/2 years for torching police cars

PHILADELPHIA — A woman who admitted torching police cars amid the 2020 racial injustice protests that roiled Philadelphia was sentenced to 21/2 years in federal prison on Thursday, the stiffest sentence yet in a case against the six demonstrators who have been charged with similar crimes.

The Independent UK

Amnesty urges Egypt to free prominent activist, allow access

A leading human rights watchdog is urging Egyptian authorities to allow the family of a prominent activist serving a five-year sentence access to him

The Guardian - UK

Viktor Bout: the Lord of War at centre of Griner and Whelan prisoner swap

Moscow has never forgotten the arms dealer who reportedly keeps a photo of Vladimir Putin in his US cell

Chronicle Live

Prolific Tyneside thief jailed after leaving blood at scene during mobile phone crime spree

Michael Surtees had previously appeared on the Channel 4 documentary 'Prison' during a stint at HMP Durham

The Conversation

Myanmar: death penalty the latest tactic for military junta's murderous regime

Since the 2021 coup, Myanmar’s death penalty moratorium has been a myth. The junta has routinely targeted civilians for extra-judicial killing, including using army snipers to callously pick off peaceful protesters. There have been killings of prisoners too, with many of the dead reportedly exhibiting signs of torture on their…

Radio France Internationale

Benin marks Macron visit by releasing 30 jailed opposition politicians

This week's visit to Benin by French President Emmanuel Macron was marked by the release of 30 opposition figures, imprisoned during the April 2021 election campaign. Macron's host, President Patrice Talon, comfortably won that election, from which the vast majority of opposition candidates were barred.

The Guardian - UK

Brittney Griner lawyers welcome prospect of Russia prisoner swap

Arms trafficker Viktor Bout reportedly in line for exchange with the WNBA star facing drug charges

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