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United Arab Emirates

UAE considers clemency request for jailed Briton Matthew Hedges

The United Arab Emirates is considering a request to grant clemency to British academic Matthew Hedges, who was sentenced to life in prison this week after being convicted of spying.

23/11/2018

Nicaragua

Concerned families in Nicaragua wait outside jails for news of their loved ones

It's after arrests were made at anti-government protests which continued over a three month period

19/07/2018

Turkey

Turkish court orders release of jailed journalist Mehmet Altan

The Istanbul Regional Justice Court voted to release journalist Mehmet Altan on Wednesday. He was one of hundreds of journalists arrested following a military coup attempt in 2016.

27/06/2018

Europe News

Former drug addict writes her own future

"If they had treated me from the beginning, I would never have returned to jail eight times."

14/06/2018

Europe News

Brief from Brussels: EU sounds another Brexit alarm bell

27/02/2018

Europe News

How do you tackle radicalisation in Europe's jails?

Experts gather in Brussels to advise EU on fighting radicalisation in wake of deadly attacks

27/02/2018

USA

US: Ex-Volkswagen executive imprisoned over emissions scandal

Oliver Schmidt is the second to be jailed in the US over the diesel emissions scandal.

07/12/2017

United Arab Emirates

Indecency charges against Briton Jamie Harron dropped after intervention by the prime minister and ruler of Dubai

The charges gainst a 27-year-old Scot, accused of indecency for allegedly touching a man's hip in a bar in Dubai have been dropped

23/10/2017

Spain

Two Catalan separatists are jailed

Madrid hardens its stance towards Catalonia and jails two separatists pending sedition investigation

17/10/2017

Turkey

Turkey issues more coup arrest warrants

Turkish authorities issued detention warrants for 115 people across 15 provinces over alleged links to last year's failed coup attempt, the state-run Anadolu news agency said on Friday.

13/10/2017

United Kingdom

The prisoners changing their lives through art

Art is not always where you might expect to find it.

28/09/2017

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A night behind bars

17/08/2017

USA

Inmates used peanut butter to fool guard in jailbreak

Inmates at an Alabama prison escaped after fooling a new guard by obscuring door numbers with peanut butter

01/08/2017

World News

Former Peruvian President jailed

Ollanta Humala, President of Peru until 2016, has been jailed along with his wife amidst concerns that they might flee the country ahead of their trial on money laundering charges.

14/07/2017

World News

Where in the EU are prisoner numbers falling fastest?

Scandinavian states are driving a general downward across the bloc.

10/07/2017

Italy

Mafia boss 'entitled to a dignified death'

05/06/2017

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West Bank clashes

Palestinians clashed with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank on Friday (May 19) during demonstrations in support of Palestinian inmates on hunger strike in Israeli…

20/05/2017

USA

Chelsea Manning is free

Chelsea Manning, the US Army private sentenced to 35-years in jail for leaking military files, has been released from military jail.

17/05/2017

Italy

Costa Concordia verdict due

Italy's highest court is due to give a verdict in the case of the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship that sank in 2012 with the loss of 32 lives.

12/05/2017

USA

Alanis Morissette's ex-manager jailed for stealing millions from singer

A former business manager for Alanis Morissette who stole over seven million dollars (6.

04/05/2017