Prison

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.

South Korea's former first lady Kim Keon Hee, wife of impeached former president Yoon Suk Yeol, arrives at a court to attend a hearing to review her arrest warrant requested by special prosecutors at the Seoul Central District Court, in Seoul, South Korea August 12, 2025.
A person holds a Venezuelan flag as Venezuelans living in Costa Rica demonstrate for a democratic transition, after the US launched strikes on Venezuela, capturing its President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, in San Jose, Costa Rica January 4, 2026

Venezuela frees at least 104 political prisoners as interim government continues releases

Children and women, relatives of suspected Islamic State jihadists, walk inside Al-Hol camp in the desert region of Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province on January 21, 2026; illustrative.

US to complete transfer of Islamic State detainees from Syria to Iraq in coming days, official says

Tetsuya Yamagami, suspected of killing former Japanese premier Shinzo Abe, is escorted by police officers as he is taken to prosecutors, at Nara-nishi police station in Nara, western Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo July 10, 2022.

Japanese Court sentences man to life imprisonment for fatally shooting former PM Shinzo Abe


Protesters support Kim Arad in her bid to keep sex offending psychologist behind bars

Arad was called to speak before a parole committee to explain why Carmi should serve the full three-year and three-month sentence he was given in August of 2022.

 Kim Arad speaking with Michal Danino Hacohen

Ben-Gvir accuses freed hostage Eli Sharabi of 'echoing Hamas propaganda' in testimony

This statement came as released hostage Eli Sharabi stated that this decision led to Hamas retaliating by worsening the conditions hostages were held in.

(L-R): Released hostage Eli Sharabi, MK Itamar Ben-Gvir (illustrative)

Over 1,000 Syrians killed by Assad regime in airport prison, report says

“Discovering the fates of those missing persons and searching for more graves is one of the greatest legacies left by the Assad regime,” said a colonel in Syria's new government.

 Assad poster burns in Syria

Sharansky: I was shocked to hear Trump say Zelensky started the war

Sharansky wrote that he could only imagine what the political prisoners and dissidents in Russian jails are feeling today.

 NATAN SHARANSKY on the Haas Promenade in Jerusalem.

Bill to expand loss of guardianship for abusive parents passes first reading

As it stands, the law dictates that a parent convicted of murder or the attempted murder of their child or their child's other parent will automatically lose guardianship over their child.

Inside the Knesset building.

Justice Ministry adds two additional names to prisoner release list

The Ministry added two additional names to the list: Ahmad Raad Zaid Faroukh and Ahmad Mohammad Nayef Al-Hawamdeh.

 Red Cross vehicle is seen near the Ofer Prison, near Jerusalem, January 19, 2025

Journalist Cecilia Sala recounts her 21-day ordeal in Iran's Evin prison

When asked if she would return to Iran, Sala was resolute. "No. As long as the Islamic Republic exists, I would say definitely not."

 Journalist Cecilia Sala.

CPJ list Israel as 'second worst jailers of journalists' in 2024 - report

However, the report does not account for journalists being linked with Hamas or PIJ when being detained or killed by Israeli authorities.

Israel Police raid the Al Jazeera offices in east Jerusalem on May 5, 2024

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala describes harrowing detention in Iran's Evin prison

'Their game is to give you hope and then use your hope to break you,' Sala said, adding, 'I am not going back to Iran, at least as long as there is the Islamic Republic.'

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani (R) and released journalist Cecelia Sala (L) embrace upon her return, January 8, 2025.

Israel prepares for prisoner exchange as IDF, IPS conclude plans

Most of the prisoners on the list are women, and only one prisoner on the list under the age of 18 at the time of their arrest was convicted of murder.

 Red Cross vehicle is seen near the Ofer Prison, near Jerusalem, January 19, 2025