Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes suspends use of law to reduce prison sentences, pending further review. Published On 9 May 20269 May 2026 Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has barred the implementation of a law that could dramatically reduce the prison sentence of former President Jair Bolsonaro for involvement in a … Read more
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Magistrate hands the opposition figure five-year term, that his lawyers say will be appealed. Published On 16 Apr 202616 Apr 2026 South African opposition politician Julius Malema has been sentenced to prison time for firing a rifle in the air at a party rally. Malema, the leader of the far-left opposition Economic … Read more
NewsFeed Palestinian journalist Muath Amarne said his prosthetic eye fell out after an infection while in Israeli detention, leaving him in urgent need of surgery. Amarne, who lost his left eye in 2019 after being struck by an Israeli rubber bullet, was held in prison for more than seven months. Published On 10 Apr 202610 … Read more
Security forces deployed after gunfire heard near central prison. Listen to this article | 2 mins info Published On 10 Feb 202610 Feb 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Heavy security has been deployed after sustained gunshots were heard near the central prison in Guinea’s capital, Conakry, according to media reports. It was … Read more
Judge says Ryan Routh engaged in ‘premeditated’ plot to kill Trump several months before the US presidential election. Published On 4 Feb 20264 Feb 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share A judge has sentenced Ryan Routh, convicted of plotting to kill Donald Trump two months before the 2024 US presidential election, … Read more
The ex-president’s wife says he fell out of his prison bed while sleeping and hit his head. Published On 6 Jan 20266 Jan 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Brazil’s jailed ex-president, Jair Bolsonaro, fell and struck his head in his prison cell, but his request to go to a hospital … Read more
Top court sentences Alejandro Gil in the highest profile case against an ex-official in Cuba in decades. Published On 9 Dec 20259 Dec 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Cuba’s top court has sentenced former Economy Minister Alejandro Gil to life in prison for espionage following a closed-door trial, in one … Read more
What it took to release a Palestinian-American teen from an Israeli prison. Palestinian American Mohammed Ibrahim was just 15 years old when he was arrested by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank for allegedly throwing rocks. He was freed after more than nine months. But his story is not unique. Each year, Israel systematically … Read more
Four inmates died and more than 30 others were injured Sunday when a riot broke out at a prison in Ecuador, corrections officials in the South American country said. The riot stemmed from the “reorganization of inmates” to a new maximum-security prison that will soon begin operating in a different province, according to a statement … Read more
A rental car company owner who blackmailed an idol couple with footage of physical intimacy has received a prison sentence. On October 18, sources in the legal industry reported that Judge Gong Woo Jin sentenced the rental car company owner (hereafter referred to as “A”), who was convicted of blackmail, to eight months in prison, … Read more