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Andrew Greste, brother of Australian Peter Greste. ©Reuters/Asmaa Waguih Jailed Australian journalist Greste 'outraged' at verdict Australian Al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste has voiced his "outrage" at being jailed for seven years by an Egyptian court, saying the case was about silencing critical voices.
26 June 2014
Rescued Japanese tourists. Photo courtesy of pislamonauseacentral.blogspot.com Jail sought for Indonesian skipper in Japanese diver deaths Indonesian prosecutors Tuesday sought a jail term of three years and six months for a boat skipper who lost track of seven Japanese women during a diving trip that left two of them dead.
25 June 2014
Eight Bangladesh Islamists to hang for new year bombing A Bangladeshi court sentenced eight Islamists to death Monday for a 2001 bomb attack that killed 10 people and wounded scores more during the country's main celebrations for the Bengali new year.
23 June 2014
Saudi Arabia flag. Photo courtesy of wikipedia.org Saudi jails Shiites over flag insult A court in Saudi Arabia sentenced five young Shiites to jail terms ranging from three to six years for insulting the kingdom's flag during protests, an official source said.
23 June 2014
Heavy jail terms for Chinese anti-graft trio: lawyer Three Chinese anti-corruption activists were sentenced to up to six and a half years in prison on Thursday, a lawyer said, the latest in their grass-roots movement to be jailed despite an official drive against graft.
19 June 2014
©Reuters/Mark Makela 'Utterly evil' Australian baby killer gets life An "utterly evil" Australian man who killed a 10-month-old boy by bludgeoning him with a homemade baton during a burglary was Friday jailed for life.
14 June 2014
Frenchman faces 17-year term on Indonesia meth charges An Indonesian prosecutor on Monday recommended a 17-year jail sentence for a Frenchman accused of smuggling a huge stash of crystal methamphetamine into the resort island of Bali.
09 June 2014
Nguyen Duc Kien. ©Reuters/Stringer Vietnam banking tycoon given 30-year jail term A Vietnamese court on Monday sentenced a disgraced banking tycoon to 30 years in jail over a multi-million dollar scandal that shocked the nation's already fragile financial markets.
09 June 2014
ICC sentences Congolese warlord Katanga to 12 years The International Criminal Court on Friday sentenced Congolese warlord Germain "Simba" Katanga to 12 years in jail for arming an ethnic militia that carried out a "particularly cruel" 2003 village massacre.
23 May 2014
Graham Phillips. Photo courtesy of themoscowtimes.com Kiev frees British journalist working for Russian TV A British journalist has been released without charge after being detained by Ukrainian authorities, the Russian TV channel employing him, RT, said.
22 May 2014
James Everett Dutschke. ©Reuters/Thomas Wells US man jailed for 25 years for Obama ricin plot A Mississippi man who concocted and then sent potentially lethal ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama and other senior US officials was jailed Monday for 25 years.
20 May 2014
Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag. ©bbc.com Sudan judge orders Christian woman to hang for apostasy A Sudanese judge on Thursday sentenced a heavily pregnant Christian woman to hang for apostasy, a ruling which Britain denounced as "barbaric" and left the United States "deeply disturbed".
16 May 2014
©Reuters/Luke MacGregor Six Moroccans jailed for 'homosexuality': NGO A Moroccan court has jailed six men for up to three years on various charges including "homosexuality", a rights group told AFP.
16 May 2014
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. ©Reuters/Ammar Awad Israel ex-PM Olmert gets 6 years jail for bribery A Tel Aviv court on Tuesday sentenced Israeli ex-premier Ehud Olmert to six years in prison for accepting bribes linked to a major property development in Jerusalem, media reports said.
13 May 2014
US judge jails Chris Brown for violating probation Troubled singer Chris Brown admitted Friday to violating his probation and was jailed for a year in Los Angeles, though he was given credit for about eight months already served.
10 May 2014
Gerry Adams 'received death threat' after release Irish republican leader Gerry Adams received a "credible" death threat following his release after four days of questioning over a notorious IRA killing in Belfast, his party said.
06 May 2014
N.Ireland republicans rally against Gerry Adams arrest Hundreds of supporters of detained republican leader Gerry Adams rallied in Belfast on Saturday after Northern Ireland police obtained an extension to quiz him over a notorious IRA murder.
04 May 2014
Taiwanese woman jailed for trafficking Cambodian fishermen A Taiwanese woman was on Tuesday jailed for 10 years by a Cambodian court for trafficking hundreds of people to work in slave-like conditions on fishing boats off Africa.
29 April 2014
Photo courtesy of diapazon.kz No beard for convicts: Minister of Interior of Kazakhstan The Ministry of Interior Affairs suggested introducing new regulations considering the appearance of convicts into the New Criminal Code.
25 April 2014
F1 boss Ecclestone's bribery trial starts in Germany Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone went on trial in Germany Thursday accused of bribery in a case which threatens a jail term for the Briton who has controlled the motor sport for four decades.
24 April 2014

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