Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was sentenced Tuesday to 22 years in prison for orchestrating his far-right extremist group’s attack on the U.S. Capitol in a failed bid to stop the transfer of presidential power after Donald Trump lost…
Navalny’s new trial to start Monday in his prison camp
A controversial trial of prominent Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was scheduled to officially start on Monday, his lawyer said. The Moscow Municipal Court travelling some 260 kilometres to the prison camp where Navalny is being held for the proceedings. Navalny…
Court remands man in prison over alleged defilement of lover’s daughter
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Monday, ordered the remand of a 41- year-old man, Nnamdi Dike, over alleged defilement of the 12-year-old daughter of his lover. The defendant, a security guard, who lives at 27, Salami St., Akute, Ogun…
Prison hit for barring inmate from attending mother’s funeral
Correctional authorities’ decision not to allow an inmate to leave prison to attend his mother’s funeral in 2021 was due to COVID-19. According to him, the reason was due to reasons of COVID-19 quarantine was a violation of human rights,…
Organ trafficking: UK court sentences Ekweremadu to 10 years imprisonment
The United Kingdom court has sentenced former Deputy Senate President of Nigeria, Ike Ekweremadu, to nine years and eight months in prison for an organ trafficking plot. The court also sentenced his wife, Beatrice, to four years six months while…
Prominent Islamic Jihad leader dies in Israeli prison after hunger strike
Palestinian and Israeli authorities on Tuesday reported the death of a prominent leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement (PIJ), Khader Adnan, who embarked on a hunger strike for 86 days. The Palestinian Prisoners’ Club Association, a non-governmental organisation, said…
Israel releases oldest Palestinian prisoner
The oldest Palestinian prisoner in an Israeli jail was released on Monday after serving a 17-year sentence for arms smuggling, an advocacy group and his son said. Fuad Shubaki, 83, was released from Ashkelon prison and is “on his way…
Iranian film director Jafar Panahi goes on hunger strike
Iran’s courts voided the dissident director’s sentence last week, but Jafar Panahi is being kept incarcerated in the notoriously harsh Evin prison. “I firmly declare that in protest against the illegal and inhumane behavior of the judicial and security apparatus…
Israel releases longest-serving Palestinian prisoner
The longest-serving Palestinian prisoner held by Israel has been released after 40 years in jail. Karim Younis was convicted in 1983 of the kidnapping and murder of an Israeli soldier, Avi Bromberg, in the occupied Golan Heights three years earlier.…
Todd Chrisley blasts claims he’s gay, had affair with former business associate
Todd Chrisley has shut down claims he’s gay and that he enjoyed a passionate affair with his former business associate, Mark Braddock. The “Chrisley Knows Best” star, who is imminently due to report to a Florida prison for his 12-year…