Almost 700 child detainees are being held in the prison still under siege four days after ISIS launched an attack to free detainees
Tag: Prisons and Prisoners
Mass Trials in Cuba Deepen Its Harshest Crackdown in Decades
Following nationwide demonstrations last year, more than 60 people were put on trial this week, some facing up to 30 years behind bars.
‘I Didn’t Look Like a Human’: Journalist Tells of Myanmar Torture
When Ko Aung Kyaw erased his cellphone contacts to protect his sources, he knew his interrogators would make him pay a horrific price. He did it anyway.
After Time in U.S. Prisons, Maria Butina Now Sits in Russia’s Parliament
Maria Butina, convicted of serving as an unregistered foreign agent before and after the 2016 election, insists she “wasn’t a spy” and that her Duma seat is “not a reward.” Her critics call her a Kremlin “trophy.”
U.S. Urges Release of Chinese Citizen Journalist Who Documented Covid
Zhang Zhan, who was imprisoned after exposing the failures of the government’s initial response to the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, is near death, friends and family say.
U.S. Urges Release of Zhang Zhan, Chinese Citizen Journalist Who Documented Covid
Zhang Zhan, who was imprisoned after exposing the failures of the government’s initial response to the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, is near death, friends and family say.
Back in Chicago, Woman Is Charged in Killing of Mother on Indonesian Vacation
Heather L. Mack, 26, had already served more than six years in prison in Indonesia for the 2014 killing of her mother, whose body was found in a suitcase at a Bali resort.
Men in Gaza Imprisoned Over Wedding Loans
Like many men in Gaza, Wasfi al-Garosha regularly returns to prison for failing to repay a wedding loan. His trip back, always on foot, reveals much about the stresses of life in the Strip.
Police Storm Ecuador Prison Where More Than 100 Inmates Died
The officers entered the prison after two days in which gangs connected to criminal drug cartels battled for dominance inside the prison system.
Danny Fenster, U.S. Journalist, Told to Stay in Myanmar Prison
Danny Fenster on Monday was ordered to remain in confinement. The court hearing marked his 120th day in custody after being detained by the junta in May.