A Tokyo court rejected an offer that the fallen Nissan chairman hire private security guards and surrender all of his passports.
Tag: Prisons and Prisoners
Iran Has Held U.S. Navy Veteran Since July, Family Says
Michael R. White of Imperial Beach, Calif., was seized in late July while visiting an Iranian woman whom his mother described as his girlfriend.
Paraguay Dispatch: A Defiant Interview in a Jail Cell, Soon to Turn Into a Murder Scene
In a prison interview, a drug lord called Paraguay “the land of impunity.” Hours later, it was hard not to interpret those words as a blood bath foretold.
Kurdish Fighters Discuss Releasing Almost 3,200 ISIS Prisoners
Upset by President Trump’s order to withdraw troops, and expecting a Turkish attack, the Syrian Democratic Forces are considering freeing fighters, a monitoring group and official said.
Brazil’s Violent Drug Trade Overruns Paraguay: ‘Scenes You Only See in Movies’
Some of Brazil’s most powerful gangs have established a foothold in neighboring Paraguay, importing havoc as they export guns and drugs. One man is at the center of much of the mayhem.
Pastor Charged With ‘Inciting Subversion’ as China Cracks Down on Churches
Wang Yi, one of China’s best-known Protestant pastors, has been charged for “inciting subversion,” suggesting a serious crackdown on religious groups.
10 Years in Prison for Exaggerating Her Elementary School Record?
A 53-year-old cleaner in Greece is appealing her sentence to the Supreme Court for lying about the time she spent in elementary school: six years instead of five.
Pakistani Christian Freed After Being Cleared in Blasphemy Case
Asia Bibi, who had been on death row for eight years, was released from a women’s prison in central Pakistan and flown to Islamabad late Wednesday.