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Oscar Pistorius’s lawyer has claimed the convicted murderer’s parole is being “unfairly” stalled by the refusal of his victim’s parents to meet him in person.

Germany summoned Turkey's ambassador in Berlin on Friday to protest a sentence of life in prison that a Turkish court handed to a prominent Turkish civil rights activist and philanthropist. Western governments and rights groups strongly criticized this week's ruling which found Osman Kavala guilty of attempting to overthrow the…

Germany has summoned Turkey’s ambassador in Berlin to protest a sentence of life in prison handed to a prominent Turkish civil rights activist and philanthropist

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has pardoned more than 3,000 inmates, including a journalist who was jailed for “spreading false news,” local media and officials said Wednesday. Hossam Moniss, who is also a prominent leftist organizer, was sentenced to four years in prison in November over the charge. Moniss was…

He was sentenced to 12 months in prison

Ryan Griffin is from the Tameside area

The majority of some 79 cartel associates convicted in recent years are locked up in Mountjoy

Cultural problems were affecting the psychological wellbeing of guards and creating safety risks at a central Queensland prison before a riot last year.

The former Wimbledon champion has been jailed for two and a half years

Karl Ellison, who was locked up last year for fraud committed to fund his cocaine habit, also had a cannabis farm at his Whitley Bay home

A series of factors helped pave the way for Trevor Reed's release from a Russian prison this week as part of a prisoner exchange