Around the world, criminal charges are no barrier to high office | CNN
CNN — Donald Trump may be the first former US president to face criminal charges, but around the world many...
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Oscar Pistorius denied parole | CNN
CNN — Disgraced South African Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius was denied parole on Friday, according to local authorities who said...
Torture, forced abortions and insects for food: Life inside North Korean jails, says this NGO | CNN
Seoul, South Korea CNN — Extrajudicial executions, rape, forced abortions, jail without trial, torture, starvation rations that leave prisoners so...
US sanctions top Iranian officials over “serious” human rights abuses against women and girls in prisons | CNN Politics
Washington CNN — The Biden administration took action Wednesday against several Iranian officials and entities for committing human rights abuses...
El Salvador begins transferring thousands to ‘mega prison’ amid gang crackdown | CNN
Reuters — El Salvador’s government moved thousands of suspected gang members to a newly opened “mega prison” on Friday, the...
She’s the only woman living on an island of convicted criminals | CNN
CNN — When Giulia Manca traveled to Pianosa, a former Italian prison island, back in 2011, she was looking forward...
Iran frees dissident Farhad Meysami after photos of his emaciated condition cause outrage online | CNN
CNN — An Iranian doctor and rights activist has been released from Tehran’s infamous Evin prison one week after photographs...
Defiant Navalny has opposed Putin’s war in Ukraine from prison. His team fear for his safety | CNN
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Iran sentences daughter of former president to five years in prison | CNN
CNN — The daughter of former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been sentenced to five years in prison, her...
Mexico prison attack kills 14, dozens of inmates escape | CNN
CNN — At least 14 people died in a brazen armed assault on a prison in the Mexican border city...
Hiding in plain sight: The network of citizens sheltering Iran’s protesters | CNN
CNN — For months, Leila has barely seen sunlight. “I miss being in the open air…I miss being able to...
Paroled Bali bomber apologizes for nightclub attacks that killed 202 | CNN
An Indonesian bomb maker convicted for his role in the deadly 2002 Bali nightclub attacks has apologized to the victims’...
Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 69 months in prison for fraud | CNN
Hong Kong CNN — A Hong Kong court on Saturday sentenced jailed media mogul Jimmy Lai to five years and...
Bali bomber released on parole after serving half of 20-year sentence | CNN
Jakarta, Indonesia CNN — Indonesia has released on parole Umar Patek, a bomb maker in the deadly 2002 Bali attacks,...
Singapore’s pre-execution photos seek to soften a policy activists say doesn’t work | CNN
Hong Kong CNN — Nazira Lajim Hertslet can’t help but gush over pictures of her brother Nazeri. “Doesn’t he look...
Singapore jails OnlyFans creator for defying police order to stay off the site | CNN
CNN — A Singapore court on Tuesday sentenced an OnlyFans creator to three weeks in prison for breaching a police...
Myanmar court extends Aung San Suu Kyi’s prison sentence to 26 years | CNN
CNN — A court in military-run Myanmar has sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi, the country’s deposed former leader and Nobel...
Japanese journalist sentenced to 10 years in Myanmar prison, official says | CNN
CNN — A military court in Myanmar has sentenced a Japanese journalist to 10 years in prison for sedition and...
Myanmar court sentences Aung San Suu Kyi and Australian economist to 3 years in prison | CNN
CNN — A Myanmar military court has sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her former adviser to three...
At least 41 killed in riot at Honduras woman’s prison | CNN
CNN — A deadly riot at a women’s prison in Honduras led to at least 41 people being killed, Public...
