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The Iranian-American journalist has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, according to his lawyer. A court in Iran has sentenced Iranian-American journalist Reza Valizadeh to 10 years in prison …

Sergei Mikhailov was arrested in 2022 after publishing reports about civilian deaths in Bucha and Mariupol. A court in Russia has sentenced journalist Sergei Mikhailov to eight years in prison …

Prime Minister Keir Starmer says country remains on ‘high alert’ following violent far-right protests. A judge in Leeds has sentenced a man to months in jail after the defendant admitted …

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich – the son of Soviet emigrants – was arrested in the Urals region last year American journalist Evan Gershkovich has been sentenced by a …

Yevgenia Berkovich and Svetlana Petrichuk were handed prison sentences of six years each, the latest development in an unrelenting crackdown on dissent and freedom of expression in Russia. ADVERTISEMENT A …

A Swiss criminal court jailed four members of the billionaire Hinduja family on Friday for exploiting domestic workers at their lakeside villa. ADVERTISEMENT The family were found guilty of seizing …

The death of a detainee at a detention and deportation centre on the outskirts of Rome in February shone a spotlight on the conditions inside these de-facto jails for migrants, …

Anatoly Maslov is among a string of prominent Russian scientists to have been charged with treason in recent years. Russian physicist Anatoly Maslov has been convicted of treason, according to …

Niculina Moica felt the weight of history as she pushed open the rusty iron gate to the former communist prison of Jilava, where she was detained as a teenager. Jilava …

Defendants jailed for terms between four and seven years after being found guilty of rioting after forcing their way into the chamber. A Hong Kong court has sentenced 12 people …