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

Tetsuya Yamagami was arrested on the spot in July 2022 after fatally firing at Abe with a homemade gun while he was delivering a campaign speech in the western city of Nara.

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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.
A Salvadoran soldier stands guard, as the CECOT logo is seen, during a media tour at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison, in Tecoluca, El Salvador April 4, 2025.

CBS airs El Salvador mega prison report weeks after pulling segment

The report on the prison holding US deportees was delayed from December 21, with CBS saying more reporting was needed.

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IDF soldiers seen in the aftermath of Hamas's Nova music festival massacre in Re'im, southern Israel, on October 7, 2023.

Court sentences two men to 38 months in prison for looting victims of Nova festival massacre

The judge said the defendants’ actions represented a “particularly grave moral failure,” adding that they had shown a “crude trampling of the most basic elements of human compassion.”

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An inmate looks out from a security tower at the Renovacion 1 prison, as inmates at three Guatemalan prisons rioted on Saturday and took mostly prison guards hostage, authorities said, in Escuintla, Guatemala, January 17, 2026.

Guatemalan inmates riot at three prisons, taking 46 people hostage

Inmates, some wearing jumpsuits but most in tank tops and shorts, their faces covered by masks improvised with pieces of clothing, watched from above, perched in the prison's patrol towers.

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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.

NOVEMBER 7, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Kemran Hekmati, pictured in a family photo. Iran charged the 70-year-old Jewish Iranian-American for traveling to Israel.

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.

NOVEMBER 6, 2025ByREUTERS
Police officers work as people gather outside the Old Bailey after British police officer Martyn Blake was acquitted of the 2022 murder of Chris Kaba, in London, Britain, October 21, 2024.

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.

NOVEMBER 3, 2025ByJAMES GENN
Activists protest against Iranian executions in Rome, Italy, July 30, 2025.

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.

NOVEMBER 3, 2025ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Officers from Force 100, responsible for guarding terrorists at Sde Teiman, November 2, 2025.

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."

OCTOBER 27, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Houthi terrorists lead detained people on the day of their release in Sanaa, Yemen, January 25, 2025; illustrative.

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.

OCTOBER 26, 2025ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
An undated handout image shows Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, an Ethiopian asylum seeker who sexually assaulted a teenage girl and another woman in Britain, and who according to the government has been accidentally released from jail.

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.

OCTOBER 18, 2025ByJAMES GENN
Activist Andy Hall attends a meeting at the UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office to discuss his detainment in Qatar, July 2025.

Palestinian prisoner slated for release attacks female prison guard

A Palestinian inmate slated for release under the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal attacked a female prison guard before being restrained and detained.

OCTOBER 12, 2025ByMAARIV
A Palestinian prisoner waits to be released from Ketziot prison, southern Israel, October 1, 2007

Global Sumud Flotilla activist sentenced to 10 days in prison after assaulting guard

The activist was fined 10,000 shekels and given a suspended fine of 5,000 shekels for three years. Seven detainees from the flotilla remain in Israel as of Friday.

OCTOBER 11, 2025ByYOAV ETIEL, YANIR YAGNA
FILE PHOTO: Crew interacts from aboard a boat, part of the Global Sumud Flotilla aiming to reach Gaza and break Israel's naval blockade, as it sails off Koufonisi islet, Greece, September 26, 2025.

Israel deports 171 Gaza flotilla activists, including Greta Thunberg, to Greece and Slovakia

The Israel Prison Service (IPS) announced its intentions to deport the activists by late Sunday night.

OCTOBER 6, 2025BySARAH BEN-NUN, REUTERS
Greta Thunberg and a crew member flash victory signs from their ship, part of the Global Sumud Flotilla aiming to reach Gaza and break Israel's naval blockade, as they sail off Crete island, Greece, September 25, 2025.