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©Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon Pastor of state church 'sentenced to 12 years' in China A pastor of a state-sanctioned church in China has been sentenced to 12 years in prison, his lawyer and an overseas rights group said, accusing authorities of "fabricated charges".
04 July 2014
©Reuters/Mohammad Ismail US transfers 12 detainees out of Afghan prison A US official said Thursday the United States has repatriated a dozen inmates from a secretive military prison in Afghanistan where foreign terror suspects have been held for years without trial.
13 June 2014
Swiss sentence Guatemalan ex-police chief to life over prisoner killings Guatemala's former police chief Erwin Sperisen on Friday received a life sentence in Switzerland for seven murders committed in the Central American country.
09 June 2014
Suspected Greek far-rightist jailed for stabbing teenager A Greek court on Wednesday sentenced a suspected activist of the far-right Golden Dawn party to 10 years in prison for stabbing a high-school student, judicial officials said.
05 June 2014
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. ©Reuters/KCNA Images show farm work at N. Korea prison camp North Korea has increased economic linkages with a prison camp where inmates are working by hand in agriculture, according to satellite imagery released Thursday by a human rights group.
05 June 2014
EXPO-2017 ©Tengrinews Former convicts to build EXPO-2017 facilities in Kazakhstan Press service of the Prosecutor's Office of Astana informed that former convicts will build the facilities for EXPO-2017 in Kazakhstan.
05 June 2014
©Reuters/Charles Platiau New York man freed after 17 years in prison A New York man walked free Tuesday after 17 years in prison for murder, after it was determined that false testimony had been used to convict him, authorities said.
04 June 2014
30 year sentence for killer of two French women in Argentina A court in Argentina's Salta province Monday sentenced to 30 years in prison the man who raped and killed two young French women tourists out for a hike.
03 June 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
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
Photo ©REUTERS Kazakh father of Boston prisoner granted US Visa Amir Ismagulov, the father of Azamat Tazhayakov, a Kazakhstani student arrested in Boston, has finally received his visa after 45 days of waiting.
23 April 2014
Amir Ismagulov in Boston at the site of bombing. Photo ©REUTERS Boston Prisoner's Kazakhstani father denied visa Amir Ismagulov, the father of Azamat Tazhayakov, who is accused of obstructing justice in the Boston bombings case, has been denied a US visa and might not be able to attend his sons court hearings.
16 April 2014
Jonathan Fleming. Photo courtesy  of nypost.com New Yorker declared innocent after doing 25 years for murder A New York man savored his first full day of freedom on Wednesday after spending 25 years in prison for a murder he did not commit.
10 April 2014
Bin Laden son-in-law found guilty on US terror charges A New York jury on Wednesday found Osama bin Laden's son-in-law guilty of conspiracy to kill Americans and supporting terrorists as an impassioned Al-Qaeda spokesman in 2001-2002.
27 March 2014
French court sentences Rwandan over genocide A French court sentenced a former Rwandan army captain to 25 years in prison over the 1994 genocide Friday, in a landmark ruling just weeks ahead of the massacre's 20th anniversary.
15 March 2014
Turkey frees all suspects in corruption probe A Turkish court on Friday released the last five suspects, including the sons of two ministers, detained in a corruption probe that has struck at the heart of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government.
01 March 2014
John McTiernan. Photo courtesy of complex.com 'Die Hard' director released from jail "Die Hard" director John McTiernan was released from prison Tuesday after nearly a year behind bars in connection with a wire-tapping scandal, his wife said.
26 February 2014
Police reject Breivik prison 'torture' complaint Police in Norway said Monday they closed a preliminary investigation into a complaint by mass murderer Anders Breivik that his prison conditions amounted to "serious torture".
25 February 2014
David Ranta. Photo courtesy of nytimes.com $6.4 mn payout for man who spent 23 years in US prison New York City said Thursday it will pay out $6.4 million to a man who spent 23 years in prison for the murder of a rabbi that he did not commit.
21 February 2014
Sister Megan Rice. Photo courtesy of worldculturepictorial.com Nun, 84, gets three years in US prison for nuclear break-in An elderly nun who broke into what was supposed to be one of the most carefully guarded nuclear facilities in the United States was sentenced to nearly three years in prison.
19 February 2014

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