Tag: prisons
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Nerve agents, poison and window falls. Kremlin foes have been attacked or killed over the years
Kremlin critics, turncoat spies and investigative journalists have been attacked or killed in a variety of ways
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Imprisoned former Pakistani premier Khan appeals 3 recent convictions
A lawyer for former Prime Minister Imran Khan says the legal team has appealed his recent convictions and sentences in three controversial legal cases
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Pennsylvania magistrate judge is charged with shooting her ex-boyfriend as he slept
A suspended magistrate judge in Pennsylvania is accused of shooting her estranged boyfriend in the head as he slept last weekend
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Russia’s prison service says that imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s prison service says that imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died.
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Norwegian mass killer loses second attempt to sue the state for alleged breach of his human rights
Norwegian far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in a bombing and shooting rampage in 2011, has lost his second attempt to sue the state for what he says is a breach of his human rights
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La Scala concert features violins that inmates made from battered migrant boats
The violins, violas and cellos played by the Orchestra of the Sea in its debut performance at Milan’s famed Teatro alla Scala carry with them tales of desperation and redemption
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Israeli forces rescue 2 hostages in dramatic Gaza raid that killed at least 67 Palestinians
Israeli forces rescued two hostages after storming a heavily guarded apartment in a densely packed town in the Gaza Strip and extracting them under fire
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The prison that helped build ‘the city at the end of the world’
Some call this prison the Alcatraz of Argentina. Its inmates helped build what’s now known as the city at the end of the world. Sent here in the early 1900s to populate the country’s southern tip, they paved the roads and heated homes with timber they hauled by train from nearby forests. Ushuaia’s frigid climate…
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Israeli military says it has rescued 2 hostages from captivity in the Gaza Strip
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli military says it has rescued 2 hostages from captivity in the Gaza Strip.
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Antifascists gather in Hungary to oppose annual far-right event as Italian activist remains jailed
Hundreds of antifascist activists have gathered in Hungary’s capital to oppose an annual commemoration held by far-right groups