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...
prisons and jails
Oscar Pistorius denied parole | CNN
CNN — Disgraced South African Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius was denied parole on Friday, according to local authorities who said...
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...
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...
