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• Lindsay en Craig Foreman kregen een gevangenisstraf van 10 jaar nadat zij het land binnenkwamen tijdens een motorreis • De "geterroriseerde" familie van een Brits stel dat voor 10 jaar in Iran is gevangengezet op beschuldiging van spionage, heeft verklaard dat zij elk contact met hen zijn verloren. • Lindsay en Craig Foreman, beiden 53 jaar oud, werden in januari 2025 gearresteerd terwijl zij door Iran reisden tijdens een wereldreis per motor. Lees verder...

• Staatsfunctionarissen hebben leveranciers bij de faciliteit opgeroepen zich voor te bereiden op de ontmanteling van het tentenkamp vanaf volgende maand. • Een alliantie van milieuorganisaties en immigratievoorstanders heeft de aanstaande sluiting verwelkomd van Alligator Alcatraz, de beruchte immigratiegevangenis in de afgelegen Florida Everglades die door Donald Trump werd geprezen om de barre omstandigheden. • Staatsfunctionarissen mededelingen dinsdag aan leveranciers van de faciliteit dat zij zich moeten voorbereiden op de afbraak van het tentenkamp begin volgende maand, meldde de New York Times, waarbij verwezen werd naar de voortdurende kosten.

Kouri Richins (35) riskeert een levenslange gevangenisstraf voor de moord op haar echtgenoot, en haar drie zonen zeggen dat ze 'bang' voor haar zijn. • De jonge zonen van Kouri Richins, een auteur uit Utah, verklaarden voorafgaand aan haar vonniszitting op woensdag dat ze zich onveilig zouden voelen als hun moeder ooit uit de gevangenis zou worden vrijgelaten, nadat ze in maart schuldig werd bevonden aan de moord op hun vader. • Richins (35) riskeert meerdere decennia tot een levenslange gevangenisstraf voor vijf ernstige misdrijven, waaronder moord met verzwarende omstandigheden. Lees verder...

IDF meldt dat twee soldaten weken in een militaire gevangenis zullen doorbrengen vanwege een incident dat volgens de organisatie met grote ernst is beschouwd. Twee Israëlische soldaten zullen weken in een militaire gevangenis doorbrengen voor de ontheiliging van een christelijk object, nadat de één een sigaret in de mond van een standbeeld van de Maagd Maria in Zuid-Libanon stak en de ander er een foto van maakte. De foto van de soldaat, met een sigaret in zijn eigen mond, ging viraal en veroorzaakte wijdverbreide verontwaardiging. Het was de nieuwste actie van Israëlische troepen in Zuid-Libanon die als anti-christelijk werd veroordeeld. Lees verder...

• Casting director dringt er bij Keir Starmer op aan om in te grijpen in de zaak van Paata Burchuladze (71), die tot zeven jaar gevangenis is veroordeeld nadat hij zong bij anti-regime demonstraties

• Holder ging na een avondje uit terug naar het appartement van de vrouw in Cheltenham en weigerde de aanval te stoppen, zelfs toen ze begon te huilen

In een exclusief interview vanuit de gevangenis vertelt Sadia Moalim Ali, een 27-jarige rickshawchauffeur, over haar behandeling nadat ze was gearresteerd voor het demonstreren tegen de overheid. Een vrouw die in Somalië wordt vastgehouden vanwege haar deelname aan vreedzame protesten, heeft beschreven hoe ze door haar bewakers is gemarteld. Sadia Moalim Ali, 27, vertelde aan The Guardian dat ze in een ruimte onder CCTV-bewaking naakt was uitgetrokken door twee mannelijke bewakers, was getrapt, met een knuppel was geslagen en twee dagen lang in een kleine cel zonder voedsel was achtergelaten. Lees verder...

• Jordan Linden veroordeeld tot 18 maanden voor een reeks misdrijven begaan over 10 jaar tussen 2011 en 2021 • Een voormalig SNP-raadsvoorzitter is veroordeeld tot 18 maanden gevangenisstraf nadat hij schuldig werd bevonden aan een reeks seksuele misdrijven tegen jonge mannen en tieners vanaf 14 jaar. • Jordan Linden, ooit beschouwd als een rijzende ster binnen de SNP, is veroordeeld voor vijf seksuele aanvallen op jonge mannen na een proces bij de Falkirk sheriff court in maart, waarbij naar voren kwam dat de SNP klachten over zijn gedrag had "gebagatelliseerd of genegeerd".

• U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia M. Faruqui formally apologized to Cole Allen, the suspect accused of attempting to assassinate President Trump and administration officials, for his treatment at the D.C. jail. • Allen's defense raised concerns over overly restrictive and punitive jail conditions, including placement on suicide watch and in a padded cell. • The apology marks a significant development in the high-profile case involving allegations of assassination conspiracy against the president and multiple officials.

Judge tells 70-year-old Nancy Pexton she showed no remorse for the ferocious attack on Jennifer AbbottA woman who murdered her sister in her London flat and stole her Rolex watch has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 22 years.Nancy Pexton stabbed Jennifer Abbott 10 times and left her body for three days in the property in Camden, a court heard. Continue reading...

Ross Davidson, who sang with group in 2018, was convicted of offences committed against six womenMusician Ross Davidson, a former singer for Spandau Ballet, has been jailed for 14 years for multiple rapes and sexual assaults.Davidson, 38, was convicted across two trials of two counts of rape, an attempted rape, three sexual assaults and two charges of voyeurism, in offences committed against six women between August 2013 and December 2019. Continue reading...

Media tycoon honoured in absentia as critics decry his 20-year sentence under national security lawThe jailed media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai has been awarded Deutsche Welle’s freedom of speech award for his contribution to Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement.The German public broadcaster said on Thursday that Lai would be presented in absentia with the 12th iteration of the award on 23 June at the DW Global Media Forum in Bonn. Continue reading...

Human rights commissioner says alleged jailing highlights the ‘growing risks of transnational repression’ in AustraliaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s human rights commissioner has said the Chinese student who was allegedly jailed for six years by Chinese authorities for joining protests in Sydney underscores the “very real and growing risks of transnational repression affecting people in Australia – including international students”.Commissioner Lorraine Finlay told Guardian Australia that while she couldn’t comment on the circumstances of individual cases, “no one should fear punishment abroad for exercising their lawful rights to free expression and peaceful protest here”. Continue reading...

Narges Mohammadi denied medical leave from prison in spite of sharp decline in health and drastic weight loss, say lawyersThe family of the jailed Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi say they fear for her life after a sharp deterioration in her health, suspected heart attack and drop in body weight of almost 20kg (44lb).The 54-year-old human rights activist, who was awarded the 2023 Nobel peace prize while in prison, had been released for health reasons in 2024. She was re-arrested in December 2025 during the memorial service of a fellow human rights activist and is being held in Zanjan central prison, in north-west Iran. Continue reading...

In the incident in Johor Bahru’s Ulu Tiram town on May 17, 2024, two police officers were killed and the alleged attacker Radin Luqman Radin Imran was shot dead.

Massachusetts woman jailed for six months after court heard she admitted to freeing bees on sheriff’s deputiesA beekeeper has been jailed for six months after she set swarms of her insects on sheriff’s deputies attempting to carry out an eviction at a friend’s house.Rebecca Woods insisted she only released her truckload of hives to allow the bees to enjoy the “lovely, flowering landscape” near the home of an elderly friend and cancer patient. Continue reading...

Lauren Ashley Mastrosa given 18-month community corrections order after book was read by handful of advance readersThe author behind an offensive novel depicting toddler role-play has been convicted but spared jail for penning child abuse material.Lauren Ashley Mastrosa, a 34-year-old former marketing executive for a Christian charity, wrote Daddy’s Little Toy under the pen name Tori Woods and published it through an online pre-release in March 2025. Continue reading...

John Ashby to serve minimum of 14 years after admitting rape, robbery, intentional strangulation and religiously aggravated assaultA man has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 14 years for the religiously aggravated rape and assault of a Sikh woman.John Ashby, 32, had admitted charges of rape, robbery, intentional strangulation and religiously aggravated assault on Tuesday. Ashby asked to see his barrister and changed his pleas around an hour after being sworn at and told to “sort your shit out” by a member of the public who approached the dock of Birmingham crown court. Continue reading...

Adam Hall, of Tyne and Wear, will serve at least 23 years in prison, with victims describing lasting traumaA “callous, calculating sexual predator” who raped and deliberately infected young, vulnerable men with HIV has been jailed for life and told he must serve at least 23 years.Adam Hall, 43, of Washington, Tyne and Wear, is the second man in the UK ever to be found guilty of intentionally setting out to spread the virus. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Corrective Services investigates how Richard Guilliatt of The Australian was able to interview Rob and Karen Gilfillan for Shadow of DoubtFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCorrective Services New South Wales is investigating how a journalist from The Australian was able to interview a man and a woman convicted of abusing their daughter for a podcast that raised questions about their guilt.After legal restrictions were lifted last month the victim said the podcast had been highly detrimental to her mental health. Continue reading...

Israel Defense Forces say the ‘soldiers’ conduct completely deviated from IDF orders and value’Two Israeli soldiers have been removed from combat duty and sentenced to 30 days in jail after one used a sledgehammer to smash a statue of Jesus in southern Lebanon, while the other filmed him, the Israel Defense Forces have said.An image circulating on social media on Monday showed an Israeli soldier using a sledgehammer to strike the head of a statue of a crucified Jesus that had fallen from its cross in a Christian village in southern Lebanon, near the border with Israel, prompting outrage across Christian communities worldwide. Continue reading...

Exclusive: The Australian government has been urged to take stronger action to protect overseas students from political repressionThe Australian government has been urged to take stronger action to protect Chinese international students from political repression by authorities on their return after a Chinese student was allegedly sentenced to six years’ imprisonment for joining pro-democracy protests in Australia.The student, who the Guardian has chosen not to name, lost contact with his friends in Sydney after returning to China in December 2024. Continue reading...

Zayne Jason William McMillan’s lawyer says client’s tirade was antisemitic but claims he ‘does not consider himself racist against Jewish community’ A man seen mimicking the Bondi beach terror attack before making slurs against Jewish people has been jailed.Zayne Jason William McMillan, 23, was heavily intoxicated when he and a friend went to Bondi beach, six weeks after the shooting, in which 15 people were killed. Continue reading...

State investigated claims of bear attacks on cars, unconvincingly backed up by video of person in bear suitWhen it comes to the California department of insurance, don’t poke the bear.That is the lesson three individuals in Los Angeles learned recently when they were sentenced to jail time for an insurance fraud scheme in which they staged attacks on high-end vehicles by having a person dress up in a bear costume – then pretending that person was an actual bear. Continue reading...

Noah Sibanda died after he was physically restrained while being put to sleep at Fairytales Day Nursery in DudleyA nursery worker has been sentenced to more than three years in prison and the nursery fined £240,000 after a 14-month-old boy was restrained and died in their care.Noah Sibanda died after he was physically restrained face-down with a blanket over his head while being put to sleep at the Fairytales Day Nursery in Dudley in December 2022. He was left unchecked for two hours before he was found unresponsive. He was pronounced dead an hour later in hospital. Continue reading...

Retrial ordered in case of Benjamin Field, found guilty in 2019 of murdering Peter Farquhar, 69, in BuckinghamshireA former church warden who was jailed for life for the murder of a university lecturer has had his conviction quashed at the court of appeal.Benjamin Field was jailed for at least 36 years in 2019 after being found guilty of murdering 69-year-old Peter Farquhar in Maids Moreton, Buckinghamshire. Continue reading...

Leader of leftwing Economic Freedom Fighters was convicted last year for firing rifle in the air at 2018 rallyThe South African leftwing politician Julius Malema has been sentenced to five years in prison for firing a rifle in the air at a political rally in 2018.Lawyers for the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters, South Africa’s fourth largest political party, immediately sought leave to appeal. Legal arguments are ongoing. Continue reading...

‘Palestine’s Mandela’ suffers three recent attacks including assault where prison guards set a dog on him, lawyer saysJailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti is at immediate risk in Israeli jails, where he has been attacked three times in as many weeks, including in one assault last month where prison guards set a dog on the 66-year-old, his lawyer has said.Barghouti is often called Palestine’s Nelson Mandela. He is respected across otherwise feuding Palestinian factions, has broad popular support across occupied Palestine, repeatedly engaged with Israeli officials before his detention and long backed a two-state solution. Continue reading...