Tag: Prisons

Categories Russia

Russian court rejects appeal for Alexey Navalny to be released – opposition figure will remain behind bars until trial

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A court has returned opposition figure Alexey Navalny to prison to await trial for allegedly breaching the terms of a suspended sentence for fraud, as his supporters prepare for a fresh wave of protests across Russia. … Read More >Russian court rejects appeal for Alexey Navalny to be released – opposition figure will remain behind bars until trial

Categories Asia & Pacific

Chinese woman gets one year in prison for HIDING Covid-19 symptoms on flight from US

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A Chinese woman who took anti-inflammatory drugs to hide her Covid-19 symptoms on a flight from the US to China last March was sent to prison by a Beijing court for obstructing the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases. … Read More >Chinese woman gets one year in prison for HIDING Covid-19 symptoms on flight from US

Categories USA

Biden ends contracts with private prisons in series of executive orders on race & ‘systemic problems’ in criminal justice system

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In the latest decree supposedly aimed at combating racial inequality, President Joe Biden has ordered the Justice Department not to renew contracts with private prisons – for-profit institutions that have a grim history in the US. … Read More >Biden ends contracts with private prisons in series of executive orders on race & ‘systemic problems’ in criminal justice system

Categories Russia

Sentences of ‘extremist’ group that planned armed takeover of Russia slashed weeks after Putin intervenes on human rights grounds

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Four men at the center of a plot to overthrow the Russian government by force have had their sentences reduced by a Moscow court on Tuesday. All but one are currently serving a long term in a penal colony for their involvement. … Read More >Sentences of ‘extremist’ group that planned armed takeover of Russia slashed weeks after Putin intervenes on human rights grounds

Categories USA

‘The government was trying to kill him anyway’: Epstein’s fellow inmates claim he was suicidal due to abuse & threats, report says

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While in jail, sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was harassed and extorted by other prisoners and abused by guards, which may have led him to end his own life there, a new report claims, citing accounts by his fellow inmates. … Read More >‘The government was trying to kill him anyway’: Epstein’s fellow inmates claim he was suicidal due to abuse & threats, report says