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‘The army just ran away’: how Bashar al-Assad lost his brutal grip on Syria

Former president’s regime killed and tortured hundreds of thousands of protesters. Now Syrians are facing a new country and a new reality

The Guardian - UK

American Travis Timmerman Freed From Syrian Prison

American citizen Travis Timmerman was handed over to US forces in Syria and flown to Jordan after being detained in a Syrian prison. He entered Syria witho...

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Los Angeles grand jury indicts former Syrian official for torture

Alsheikh once served as a governor in Syria and immigrated to the US in 2020

The Independent UK

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Former Top Mexican Security Official Moved To Another Prison In The U.S. While Authorities Determine His Fate

Genaro García Luna was sentenced to more than 38 years in prison for conspiring with the Sinaloa Cartel

Latin Times

Leader of California white supremacist group gets two years in prison

The leader of a Southern California white supremacist group has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for inciting violence at California political rallies in 2017

The Independent UK

US citizen imprisoned in Syria has been released and flown to Jordan

Travis Timmerman, 29, was imprisoned in Syria after crossing into the country on a Christian pilgrimage in June.

Al Jazeera

US jury finds Vegas police fabricated evidence in 2001 killing, awards $34M to exonerated woman

A federal jury in Las Vegas has awarded more than $34 million to a woman who served more than 15 years in prison for a 2001 killing she did not commit

The Independent UK

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Capitol rioter who tried to join Russian army is sentenced to prison for probation violation

A Dallas man who tried to fly overseas to join the Russian military and fight against Ukraine has been sentenced on to six months in prison for violating the terms of his probation for storming the U.S. Capitol four years ago

The Independent UK

Syria's Druze Hope For Better Future Without Assad

Bayan al-Hinnawi, who spent years behind bars in Bashar al-Assad's Syria, joined crowds in the heartland of the Druze minority on Friday to celebrate the president's fall, "a dream" come true for the former prisoner.

International Business Times

5 Years After Giving Birth, a Mississippi Mother Was Arrested for a Felony Based on a Postnatal Drug Test

Brandy Moore, who stopped using meth midway through her pregnancy, was charged with "aggravated domestic violence" because she decided not to have an abortion.

Reason

Convicted murderer on the run from Londonderry prison

James Meehan, 55, has been serving a life sentence following a murder conviction in 2009.

Evening Standard

American released from Syrian prison is flown out of the country, a US official says

The U.S. military has transported an American who was imprisoned in Syria for seven months out of the country

The Independent UK

Inside the Dubai jail where British teenager will be locked up for ‘holiday romance’

British teenager Marcus Fakana, 18, is facing a year in Al-Awir prison, where inmates have described horrifying conditions

The Independent UK

US Man Found Alive In Syria After Mysterious Disappearance

Travis Timmerman, a missing US man found in Syria, reunited with relieved parents after being released from a Syrian prison. US efforts underway for his re...

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Thousands of Syrians celebrate fall of Assad in Damascus; Blinken makes surprise Iraq visit for talks – as it happened

Crowds of men, women and children gathered to celebrate after the first Friday prayers since Assad was ousted; US secretary of state to discuss Syria

Evening Standard

Man jailed for life for murder of toddler whose body he wheeled round in buggy

Scott Jeff was handed a life sentence for the murder of Isabella Wheildon, two, and must serve at least 26 years.

Radio France Internationale

Young offenders drive repeat crime rates in France, study shows

A French Justice Ministry study has found that 63 percent of prisoners released in 2016 reoffended within five years of their release.

Latin Times

Kids-for-Cash Judge Who Took Kickbacks To Wrongly Imprison Minors Among Those Benefited By Biden's Commutations

Michael Conahan was convicted of sending minors to for-profit detention centers in exchange for over $2 million in kickbacks

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Former Illinois Official Convicted of Embezzling Over $50 million In Public Funds Among Those Benefited By Biden's Commutations

Rita Crundwell was sentenced to 19 years in prison in 2013 for embezzling more than $53 million from the city of Dixon

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British Hedge Fund Trader Sentenced To 12 Years

British hedge fund trader sentenced to 12 years in Danish prison for British Hedge Fund Trader Sentenced To 12 Years.3 billion tax fraud scheme.

International Business Times

Ross Ulbricht, Jan. 6 Protesters, Or Himself? Here's Who Crypto Bettors Think Trump Will Pardon

Donald Trump is due to reclaim the White House, and with Inauguration Day just around the bend, crypto bettors on Polymarket are busy making bets on who they think will be pardoned on the 47th U.S. President's first 100 days in office.

Al Jazeera

China sentences ex-Premier League footballer Li Tie to 20 years in prison

Former national team coach is the biggest name to be netted in China’s sweeping crackdown on corruption in sport.

The Independent UK

China jails former national football coach for 20 years for bribery

The former coach of the Chinese men's national soccer team Liu Tie has received a 20-year prison sentence for bribery

The Independent UK

How dance brought girls and their imprisoned fathers back together again

IN FOCUS: An award-winning Netflix documentary tracks an inspirational US programme that reunites men in jail with their daughters – and 95 per cent of participants, once they are released, do not reoffend. Lydia Spencer-Elliott talks to the filmmakers behind ‘Daughters’ about what this could mean for America

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Former Chinese Soccer Star Li Tie Sentenced To 20 Years

Former Chinese soccer star Li Tie sentenced to 20 years in prison for corruption in China's crackdown on soccer corruption.

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