British police arrested 86 people on suspicion of aggravated trespass after protesters breached the grounds of a prison in west London during a demonstration in support of a Palestine Action activist, authorities said on Sunday. The Metropolitan Police said the arrests were made Saturday evening outside HMP Wormwood Scrubs, where demonstrators gathered to protest the […]
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Senate panel approves strict bill to regulate black magic practices
The Senate Standing Committee on Interior has approved a new bill aimed at regulating black magic practices in Pakistan. This legislation proposes severe penalties for those who engage in or promote black magic, including prison sentences of up to seven years. The draft passed unanimously during a session chaired by Senator Faisal Saleem on Monday. […]
US woman who led female IS battalion gets 20 years in prison
An American woman who converted to Islam and joined the Islamic State in Syria, leading an all-female military battalion, was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a US court Tuesday. Allison Fluke-Ekren, 42, who grew up on a farm in Kansas, was given the maximum possible sentence by US District Judge Leonie Brinkema after […]
Russian opposition leader Navalny found guilty on new embezzlement charges
Pokrov: A Russian court on Tuesday found jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny guilty on embezzlement charges that could see hissentence significantly extended. “Navalny committed fraud — the theft of property by an organised group,” judge Margarita Kotova said, according to an AFP reporter present at the trial. Navalny, President Vladimir Putin’s most vocal domestic critic, […]
Iran grants clemency to over 5,000 prisoners
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has granted clemency to more than 5,000 prisoners to mark a Shiite religious holiday, a statement on his official website said Saturday. The statement gave no details of the identity of the 5,156 prisoners who were pardoned or had their sentences reduced. Clemency was granted to mark last Tuesday’s […]
Six teens killed in fire at Egypt detention centre
Six teenage girls were killed and 19 others injured in a fire at a juvenile detention centre in the Egyptian capital, officials said Friday. The blaze broke out late Thursday at the building in Al-Marg district on Cairo’s northeastern outskirts, a security official told AFP. The head of the facility, which houses around 200 girls […]
Bangladesh prison breakfast menu gets makeover after 200 years
Bangladesh authorities have upgraded a 200-year-old colonial-era breakfast menu in all its prisons, an official said Sunday, as part of a reform of the country’s penal system. Bazlur Rashid, deputy head of the Prison Directorate, said the nation’s more than 81,000 convicts would from Sunday receive an improved breakfast, replacing the bread and molasses that […]
Leaders of white supremacist prison gang charged in killings
Leaders of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang were charged Thursday with directing killings and drug smuggling from within California’s most secure prisons, US prosecutors said. The charges detail five slayings and accuse an attorney of helping smuggle drugs and cellphones to aid the white supremacist gang. Sixteen Aryan Brotherhood members and associates are accused of […]
WikiLeaks co-founder sentenced 50 weeks in prison
Julian Assange the co-founder of WikiLeaks is sentenced to 50 weeks in jail. He has been sentenced for breaching his bail conditions. Assange breached a British court order seven years ago. He breached when he took asylum in Ecuador’s London embassy to avoid deportation to Sweden. London court will hear the application submitted by the […]
Mandela prison drawing goes under the hammer in US
A drawing by late South African leader Nelson Mandela of the door of his prison cell on Robben Island — where he was held for 18 years — will be put up for auction in early May in New York. Bonhams, which will host the sale on May 2, has put the value of “The […]