Paul Whelan, a corporate security executive, was arrested at a Moscow hotel in December 2018. President Biden says his administration is still working on getting him released.
Tag: Prisons and Prisoners
Jacob Zuma’s Release Was Unlawful, South African Court Rules
The Supreme Court decision raises the possibility that former President Jacob Zuma, who was granted medical parole from a contempt-of-court sentence, may have to return to prison.
In Yahidne, Ukraine, a Battered School Holds Memories of Trauma
In Yahidne, a village in northern Ukraine, a basement became a virtual prison for hundreds of residents for four weeks. Months later, that horror lingers.
Russia Raises Hopes for Griner’s Release, but U.S. Says It’s Just Talk
The State Department says Russia refuses to negotiate seriously to free the basketball star Brittney Griner, who was sent to a penal colony with a nine-year sentence on a cannabis charge.
Brittney Griner Transferred to Penal Colony Outside Moscow, Lawyers Say
The W.N.B.A. star, who has been detained in Russia since February, is facing nine years in a Russian prison on a drug charge.
Alexei Navalny Says He Has Been Placed in Permanent Solitary Confinement
The Russian opposition leader has been jailed since March 2021 after surviving an assassination attempt that American intelligence agencies blamed on Russian security agents.
Alaa Abd El Fattah Is Alive, His Family Says
A note in the handwriting of Alaa Abd El Fattah, who has been on hunger strike for about seven months, read: “I began drinking water, my vitals are good.”
Egypt Starts ‘Medical Intervention’ on Prominent Political Prisoner, Family Says
The hunger-striking dissident Alaa Abd El Fattah escalated his protest this week when he stopped drinking water as a U.N. climate conference opened in Egypt. His family fears that he is being force fed.
Brittney Griner Transferred to Russian Penal Colony
The U.S. basketball star, detained for more than eight months so far, is being transferred to an undisclosed prison in Russia, her lawyers said. The United States denounced the move.
How a Prison Fire Unfolded in Iran
The cause of the fire last weekend remains unclear, but witnesses and families of prisoners say that the authorities had been bracing for unrest in the notorious Evin Prison in northern Tehran.