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South Korean court sentences ex-first lady Kim Keon Hee to jail for bribery by Unification Church
The court cleared Kim, the wife of ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was ousted from office last year, of charges of stock price manipulation and violating the Political Funds Act.
Venezuela frees at least 104 political prisoners as interim government continues releases
US to complete transfer of Islamic State detainees from Syria to Iraq in coming days, official says
Japanese Court sentences man to life imprisonment for fatally shooting former PM Shinzo Abe
Why did almost 100 Palestinian detainees reportedly die in Israeli custody? - analysis
The Israeli government doesn't dispute the number of prison deaths but disputes the claim that detainees were dying due to illegal beatings and other actions by Israeli prison guards.
China underground church pastors arrested, face up to three years in jail, NGO head says
The group, which includes church founder Pastor Jin Mingri, is being held in detention centers in the southern city of Beihai.
Hannibal Gaddafi freed from Lebanon after nearly a decade in detention
Gaddafi was abducted in 2015 by insurgents in Syria, where he was living in exile with his Lebanese wife and children.
Iran arrests Iranian-American Jew for visiting Israel - NYT
Hekmati, a 70-year-old resident of Long Island, New York, has been held in Evin Prison since July.
Several prisoners mistakenly released from UK prisons each week, minister says
The UK government says over 260 prisoners were mistakenly released in the past year, amid growing pressure over overcrowded prisons and wrongful releases of foreign offenders.
Iran carries out highest level of prisoner executions in past two decades in Oct., watchdog says
Out of the eight political prisoners Iran executed during October, Hengaw identified seven as being sentenced on charges of espionage for Israel.
Palestinian detainee allegedly abused by five IDF soldiers at Sde Teiman returned to Gaza
The alleged abuse of the terrorist appears in the leaked Sde Teiman video central in the scandal around military advocate-general Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi's resignation.
Yemeni actress accused of 'indecent act' released from five-year Houthi imprisonment
Al-Hammadi was convicted of committing an "indecent act" and possessing drugs by a Houthi-run court, a verdict that the actresses' lawyer says was "marred with irregularities and abuse."
UK police searching for convicted sex offender mistakenly released from prison
UK police are searching for Hadush Kebatu, an Ethiopian asylum seeker and convicted sex offender mistakenly released from prison.
Doha clears UK activist Andy Hall of defamation over migrant rights case
A Doha court overturned the 2022 defamation conviction of British activist Andy Hall, clearing him of charges linked to his advocacy for migrant workers’ rights ahead of the 2022 World Cup.
