Witch Hunt in Russia Food blogger sentenced to nine years in prison for talking about the crimes in Bucha Veronika Belotserkovskaya was sentenced to nine years for her stance against Russia's war in Ukraine © Screenshot Instagram Veronika Belotserkovskaya In Russia, the fight against regime critics is ongoing. The verdicts for alleged "forgeries" intended to discredit Moscow's armed forces are piling up. It was not an opposition politician who received the highest penalty, but a food blogger. Moscow's notorious Basmanny...
Witch Hunt in Russia Food blogger sentenced to nine years in prison for reporting on the crimes in Bucha Veronika Belotserkovskaya was sentenced to nine years for her stance against Russia's war in Ukraine © Screenshot Instagram Veronika Belotserkovskaya In Russia, the fight against regime critics is ongoing. The verdicts for alleged "forgeries" intended to discredit Moscow's armed forces are piling up. It was not an opposition politician who received the highest penalty, but a food blogger. Moscow's notorious Basmanny...
It is one of the oldest monuments in Brest (Finistère). Spared by the bombardments of the Second World War which had ravaged the city of Ponant, the old prison of Pontaniou is a vestige that its inhabitants intend to preserve. Friday, the metropolis of Brest announced the launch of a call for projects to rehabilitate this emblematic building of the city, which had remained unused for more than thirty years. What for ? According to the local press, the building...
This was one of the issues in the trial. The jurors of the Assize Court of the North, in Douai, recognized, Friday, the racist nature of the murder of Karim El Barni, shot twice with buckshot, on January 12, 2018, in the commune of Saint-Waast-la -Valley, near Valenciennes. With this aggravating circumstance, the accused, Ludovic L., was sentenced to 25 years of criminal detention.In this case, the investigation had revealed that the latter had called several of his relatives in...
Randall Crater, founder of the business cryptocurrency The scammer dubbed "My Big Coin" was sentenced to eight years in prison, with federal prosecutors previously insisting his sentence should be 13. Denise Casper, U.S. District Judge in Boston decideThat Crater should be in prison for more than eight years for a cryptocurrency scam known as “My Big Coin” between 2014 and 2017, in which perpetrators stole $7.5 million from investors during that time. to lure them into investing in dubious digital...
“A relief”, for the world of cinema. Renowned Iranian director Jafar Panahi, imprisoned for nearly seven months in Iran, was released on bail on Friday, the NGO Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI, based in New York) announced. Panahi, whose films have won awards at several European film festivals, was released "two days after going on a hunger strike", according to CHRI, while Iranian newspaper Shargh published a photo of Panahi hugging one of his support upon his release...
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165 hectares in size - space for 40,000 prisoners In the fight against gang crime, El Salvador brings out the heavy artillery. Gang members are to be housed in a huge prison complex in Tecoluca, southeast of the capital San Salvador. The facility covers 165 acres and can accommodate 40,000 inmates. More source site-1
Four men are said to have tried to kill two people - they are awaiting their trial. Then they are suddenly released from custody. About the delicate consequences of an overburdened judiciary.From Moritz GeierThe four men brought sticks, sticks, knives and the pent-up anger of an unresolved argument. It is shortly after midnight, July 3, 2021. The day before there was said to have been an argument, just words, it can be read in court documents, and now the matter...
September 11 34 more incarcerated in US detention center Guantánamo Guantánamo has existed for 21 years. photo © Maren Hennemuth/dpa The camp was established after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. At times, 800 people were imprisoned there. More than two decades after the September 11 attacks, the US Guantanamo prison camp in Cuba still has 34 prisoners. This was announced by the Ministry of Defense in Washington after a detainee was transferred from Pakistan to the Central American country of Belize....
