Prison
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.
CBS airs El Salvador mega prison report weeks after pulling segment
Court sentences two men to 38 months in prison for looting victims of Nova festival massacre
Guatemalan inmates riot at three prisons, taking 46 people hostage
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.'
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.
France plans to isolate 100 top drug lords in hyper-secure 'Narco-Prison'
Prisons no longer stop narcotraffickers from trafficking, killing, or threatening officials and journalists.
Almost 7,000 Palestinians detained without standard trials, NGOs report
PCATI's criticism suggested that shutting down IDF detention facilities may have been temporary and they may have returned to heavy use once the military started a new campaign in Gaza in October.
Annual pardons report: Herzog lists crimes for which there are no pardons, commuted sentences
The decisions were made in cooperation with the Justice Ministry.
