Child rights agency UNICEF has condemned the sentencing of a teenager to 10 years in prison for blasphemy in northern Nigeria.
British aristocrat sentenced to 10 months in prison for sexual assault at his castle
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London A relative of Queen Elizabeth II has been jailed for 10 months for sexual assault, after forcing his way into a woman's bedroom and attacking her at his Scottish castle last year. Simon Bowes-Lyon, the Earl of...
Alexey Navalny remains in jail after Moscow appeals court confirms prison sentence
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Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny will remain behind bars after a Russian court partially rejected his appeal over a two-and-a-half year prison sentence handed down earlier this month. The court did shorten the activist...
Gunmen kill one student and kidnap dozens more in Nigeria school raid
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At least 42 people, including students, were kidnapped in an armed raid at a state-run school in Niger state, in Nigeria's Middle Belt region Wednesday. The group includes 27 students, three teachers and nine famil...
James ‘Whitey’ Bulger’s former rogue FBI informant handler John Connolly granted conditional medical release from prison
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The former rogue FBI informant handler for mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger will be released from a Florida prison on a conditional medical release, a spokesman for the Florida Commission on Offender Review told CNN. ...
After 68 years in prison, America’s oldest juvenile lifer was released
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Joe Ligon, believed to be the oldest and longest-serving juvenile lifer in the United States, has been released from a Pennsylvania prison after spending nearly seven decades behind bars. Ligon was incarcerated in ...
One dead as armed men storm school in Nigeria, kidnap staff, students, witnesses say
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One person has died and dozens of students feared abducted as armed men raided a state-run school in Niger state, in Nigeria's Middle Belt region early Wednesday. The gunmen, wearing military fatigues according to w...
US expresses outrage over Erbil rocket attack as investigation gets underway
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Washington The White House said it was "outraged" by a rocket attack on coalition forces in Iraq that has been claimed by an Iranian-backed militia, but said is still working to determine who was responsible. White H...
Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul released from prison
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Loujain al-Hathloul, one of Saudi Arabia's most prominent women's rights campaigners, has been released after more than 1,000 days in prison for what critics have described as politically-motivated charges. Hathloul...
More than 23 killed as bandits attack five districts in northern Nigeria
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More than 23 people were killed in simultaneous raids on five districts in Nigeria's Kaduna state by armed assailants Tuesday. Authorities in the state confirmed the killings in a statement released by the Commiss...
Cleveland serial killer Anthony Sowell dies in prison
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An Ohio serial killer who strangled women and hid their corpses in and around his Cleveland home has died in state prison, an official said. Anthony Sowell, 61, died Monday afternoon after being admitted to an end-o...
Three New Jersey correctional officers charged after assault at a women’s prison
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Three suspended correctional officers are facing criminal charges for their alleged role in an assault of inmates at a New Jersey women's prison. The charges, announced Thursday by State Attorney General Gurbir S. ...
Prisoners in Massachusetts are getting their Covid-19 vaccines — and reduced sentences
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Prisoners in Massachusetts have a special incentive to get the Covid-19 vaccine. If they receive both doses, watch and read educational materials and submit a form for approval, they could shorten their sentence, th...