Jail
Egyptian Photojournalist Shawkan walks free after five years in prison
Egypt
March 4, 2019
Egyptian Photojournalist Shawkan walks free after five years in prison
Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abou Zeid, widely known as Shawkan, walked free on Sunday after spending over five years in jail.…
Inmates shiver in frigid cells at New York jail, lawmakers say
World
February 4, 2019
Inmates shiver in frigid cells at New York jail, lawmakers say
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Inmates at a federal jail in Brooklyn have suffered for days without heat or power during…
Chinese rights lawyer jailed for ‘subversion’
World
January 28, 2019
Chinese rights lawyer jailed for ‘subversion’
Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang was sentenced on Monday to four and a half years in prison…
Ramadan jailed for 6 months over insult charges
Cinema/TV
November 22, 2018
Ramadan jailed for 6 months over insult charges
Dokki Misdemeanor Court jailed Egyptian actor Mohammed Ramadan on Wednesday for six months with a bail of LE 1,000 bail…
UAE court sentences British student to life for spying
Middle East
November 21, 2018
UAE court sentences British student to life for spying
A United Arab Emirates court sentenced British student Matthew Hedges to life in jail on Wednesday after convicting him…
Monufia ex-Governor to be jailed 10 years for bribery
Egypt
November 14, 2018
Monufia ex-Governor to be jailed 10 years for bribery
Giza Criminal Court has sentenced the former governor of Monufia, Hesham Abdel Basset, to 10 years in maximum security…
Former Egypt forward Aboutrika handed jail sentence for tax evasion – report
Egypt
November 14, 2018
Former Egypt forward Aboutrika handed jail sentence for tax evasion – report
CAIRO, Nov 13 (Reuters) – Former Egypt forward Mohamed Aboutrika, one of the country’s most famous sportsmen, has been…
Australia charges woman in strawberry needle case
World
November 12, 2018
Australia charges woman in strawberry needle case
SYDNEY (Reuters) – An Australian court on Monday ordered a 50-year-old farm supervisor charged in a strawberry needle contamination case…
Woman at centre of Pakistani blasphemy row leaves jail
Middle East
November 8, 2018
Woman at centre of Pakistani blasphemy row leaves jail
A Pakistani Christian woman who spent eight years on death row for blasphemy has been freed from jail after…
Spain prosecutor seeks long jail terms for Catalan pro-independence leaders
World
November 2, 2018
Spain prosecutor seeks long jail terms for Catalan pro-independence leaders
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s public prosecutor on Friday sought jail terms of up to 25 years for nine leaders…