The State Administration Council of Myanmar announced that it has remitted sentences of 1,316 political prisoners and closed 4,320 cases. Junta Commander-in-Chief of Defence Min Aung Hlaing, who was recently excluded from the upcoming ASEAN summit said that the releases …
A judge in Los Angeles has sentenced New York real estate heir Robert Durst to life in prison without parole for the murder of his best friend. LA Superior Court Judge Mark Windham handed down the punishment on Oct. 14, …
The Jammu Kashmir Police has detained over 700 people in response to the killing of seven minorities. Among those detained were reportedly over-ground workers (OGWs) of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Al-Badr, and The Resistance Front (TRF) with suspected links to …
EDITOR NOTE: LINK TO GRAPHIC IMAGES AND VIDEO MAY BE DISTURBING TO SOME VIEWERS. VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED. The Russian government has fired 5 prison officials in the southern Russian province of Saratov amid sexual abuse allegations after the release …
Australia stopped sending asylum seekers in Papua New Guinea (PNG), declaring that their so-called “regional resettlement arrangement” ends on December 31. PNG is one of two Pacific nations that Canberra has paid to jail asylum seekers and refugees attempting to …
Former Riace Mayor Domenico Lucano was sentenced by Italian authorities to 13 years and two months in prison for alleged conspiracy, abuse of office, fraud, extortion, embezzlement, and abetting illegal immigration. Lucano, who was mayor during the European migrant crisis …
Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso said on Wednesday that the prison massacre that erupted on Tuesday in Ecuador has killed 116 people and wounded about 80. Lasso declared a state of emergency in Ecuador’s jail system, allowing the government to send …
Ecuador’s national bureau of prisons (SNAI) said that at least 24 people were killed and 48 others were wounded in the deadly riot in prison in Guayaquil. According to the authorities, the battle between inmates was equipped with firearms and …
The Chinese Foreign Ministry said that two Canadian prisoners who were permitted to fly back to Canada have been granted bail due to health concerns. The Canadians, Michael Spavor and Michael Korvig were arrested in December 2019 after Huawei’s Chief …
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi announced plans to open the country’s largest prison within weeks despite the public’s clamor to liberate thousands of political prisoners. Sisi said in a local TV channel interview that he will be launching a “full …