Calls for release of Sierra Leonean singer jailed in ‘crackdown on free speech’
Zainab Sheriff unjustly sentenced to four years in prison for incitement and threatening language, say activistsLawyers, politicians and activists hav...
David Lammy promises 25% cut in number of children jailed while they await trial
Justice secretary’s white paper will overhaul youth justice rules and could end lifelong criminal records for under-18sDavid Lammy has promised to cut...
Sons of jailed Saudi scholars urge Cambridge to drop plans to train Riyadh staff
Exclusive: Families of men facing death penalty add to internal opposition to seeking deal with Saudi defence ministryThe families of two scholars fac...
Tape shows Bolsonaro son asking jailed banker for $26.8m to fund film on father
Flávio Bolsonaro, Brazil’s leading rightwing presidential hopeful, caught on tape asking banker for millionsFlávio Bolsonaro, Brazil’s leading rightwi...
Family of British couple jailed in Iran say they have lost contact
Lindsay and Craig Foreman were given 10-year sentences after entering the country on a motorcycling tripThe “terrified” family of a British couple jai...
Israeli troops jailed for desecration of Virgin Mary statue in Lebanon
IDF says two soldiers will spend weeks in military prison over incident it said was viewed with great severityTwo Israeli soldiers will spend weeks in...
Royal Opera House calls for release of Georgian bass singer jailed over democracy protests
Casting director urges Keir Starmer to intervene in case of Paata Burchuladze, 71, jailed for seven years after singing at anti-regime demonstrationsT...
Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Winner Is Transferred to Tehran Hospital
Narges Mohammadi, a prominent human rights activist who has spent much of her adult life in and out of prison, will undergo treatment in Tehran after ...
Superdry co-founder James Holder jailed for eight years for raping woman
Holder went back to woman’s Cheltenham flat after night out and refused to stop assault even when she began cryingA co-founder of the clothing company...
Woman jailed in Somalia for peaceful protest ‘stripped, kicked and beaten’
In an exclusive interview from prison, Sadia Moalim Ali, a 27-year-old rickshaw driver, tells of her treatment after being arrested for demonstrating ...
Former SNP council leader jailed for sexual offences against young men and boys
Jordan Linden sentenced to 18 months for string of crimes committed over 10 years between 2011 and 2021A former SNP council leader has been sentenced ...
Former Spandau Ballet singer jailed for 14 years for multiple rapes and sexual assaults
Ross Davidson, who sang with group in 2018, was convicted of offences committed against six womenMusician Ross Davidson, a former singer for Spandau B...
Jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai wins freedom of speech award in Germany
Media tycoon honoured in absentia as critics decry his 20-year sentence under national security lawThe jailed media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai has been aw...
Beekeeper jailed after releasing insects on authorities trying to evict her friend
Massachusetts woman jailed for six months after court heard she admitted to freeing bees on sheriff’s deputiesA beekeeper has been jailed for six mont...
Man, 32, jailed for life for rape and assault of Sikh woman in Walsall
John Ashby to serve minimum of 14 years after admitting rape, robbery, intentional strangulation and religiously aggravated assaultA man has been jail...
