#jails

4:30am, 16th April, 2019

Russian court jails Norwegian national for 14 years for espionage

A Russian court found a Norwegian man guilty on Tuesday of gathering espionage about Russian nuclear submarines and jailed him for 14 years in a verdict that could strain ties between Russia and its NATO-member neighbor.

Sudanese emergency court jails opposition leader's daughter: party

9:08am, 10th March, 2019

World

Sudanese emergency court jails opposition leader's daughter: party

A Sudanese emergency court sentenced Mariam Sadiq al-Mahdi, the deputy head of the opposition Umma Party and daughter of its leader, to one week in prison on Sunday, party officials said.

Venezuela jails 34 store managers on charges of price gouging

8:30pm, 20th September, 2018

World

Venezuela jails 34 store managers on charges of price gouging

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro said on Thursday that 34 supermarket managers had been jailed on charges of hiding food and gouging prices, in the leftist government's latest crackdown on businesses as the country struggles under a sev...

Turkey jails 24 Istanbul airport workers pending trial after protests

3:14am, 19th September, 2018

World

Turkey jails 24 Istanbul airport workers pending trial after protests

A Turkish court has jailed pending trial 24 people involved in protests over work conditions at Istanbul's new airport last week, broadcaster CNN Turk said on Wednesday.

British prison officers protest against violence in jails

7:55am, 14th September, 2018

UK

British prison officers protest against violence in jails

Thousands of British prison officers walked out of their jobs on Friday, gathering outside jails to protest against what their union called unprecedented levels of violence and the failure of the government to make prisons safe.

Turkey jails filmmaker for movie portraying execution of Erdogan

7:36am, 7th September, 2018

World

Turkey jails filmmaker for movie portraying execution of Erdogan

A Turkish filmmaker was convicted on Friday of membership of a terrorist group for a feature film that portrayed President Tayyip Erdogan having a gun pointed at his head as his family lay dead all around him, the state news agency said.

Vietnam jails two Vietnamese-Americans for 14 years over bomb plots

1:10am, 4th September, 2018

World

Vietnam jails two Vietnamese-Americans for 14 years over bomb plots

(Corrects this Aug 22 story to clarify in the third paragraph that the convicted were not accused of a June police station bombing as originally reported; clarifies the nature of the accusations in the third paragraph; clarifies in the 11th paragraph...

Myanmar court jails Reuters reporters for seven years in landmark secrets case

8:39am, 3rd September, 2018

World

Myanmar court jails Reuters reporters for seven years in landmark secrets case

A Myanmar judge on Monday found two Reuters journalists guilty of breaching a law on state secrets and jailed them for seven years, in a landmark case seen as a test of progress toward democracy in the Southeast Asian country.

Myanmar judge jails Reuters reporters for seven years in landmark secrets case

12:23am, 3rd September, 2018

World

Myanmar judge jails Reuters reporters for seven years in landmark secrets case

A Myanmar judge on Monday found two Reuters journalists guilty of breaching a law on state secrets and sentenced them to seven years in prison, in a landmark case seen as a test of progress towards democracy in the Southeast Asian country.

Iraq jails French and German Islamic State members for life

6:40am, 6th August, 2018

World

Iraq jails French and German Islamic State members for life

An Iraqi court sentenced a French man and a German woman to life in prison on Monday after finding them guilty of belonging to Islamic State.

Romania and Lithuania knowingly hosted secret CIA jails, European court rules

8:30am, 31st May, 2018

World

Romania and Lithuania knowingly hosted secret CIA jails, European court rules

VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania and Romania hosted secret CIA prisons a decade ago and their authorities were aware that detainees were held there illegally, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Thursday.