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Owner of San Francisco 49ers, Leeds, Rangers busted in prostitution crackdown
Court documents indicate agents for the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force intercepted communication in which York responded to a prostitution website.
Iranian official urges Qatar to move detained pilots to hospital on land, Tasnim says
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan returned to prison after court ordered hospital visit
Imran Khan transferred from prison to hospital as court raises serious health concerns
Japan calls for immediate release of national detained in Iran, NHK employee reportedly held
The person was detained on January 20, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Masanao Ozaki told reporters. He gave no further details.
EU memo raises security concerns over mass escape from IS-linked Syria camp
The memo said the status of third-country national escapees remained unclear, with many in the camp being "highly radicalised."
EU imposes sanctions on eight individuals suspected of committing human rights violations in Russia
The sanctioned people include Aleksei Vasilyevich Valizer, head of a penal colony, and Anton Vladimirovisch Rychar, head of a pre-trial detention center.
Iran's death penalty crackdown on protesters targets minors, Amnesty International warns
Amnesty International revealed that two 17-year-olds are among those at risk of being sentenced to death in Iran for involvement in January’s protests, calling for an immediate halt to the executions
Israeli man arrested in Miami on suspicion of child pornography possession
The man, identified as Basilios Grayeb, 29, from Haifa, was arrested at the exit of a Royal Caribbean Cruise.
Iranian director unveils film confronting Tehran's Evin prison torture
Her film Roya tells the story of a fictional teacher detained in Evin, but it is also deeply personal for Mohammadi, who has been arrested multiple times in Iran on charges of propaganda.
European governments say Alexei Navalny died after dart frog toxin poisoning in Russian prison
Five European governments say tests confirmed Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a lethal dart frog toxin while held in a Russian Arctic prison, accusing Moscow of breaching chemical weapons bans.
'We are never full': Palestinian prisoners claim they received little food in Israeli prisons
Samer Khawaireh, 45, told Reuters that all he was given to eat in Israel's prisons was ten thin pieces of bread over the course of a day, with a bit of hummus and tahini, and tuna twice a week.
New Zealand mosque gunman appeals conviction, says guilty plea was irrational
He is serving a life sentence in prison without parole - the first time a New Zealand court imposed a sentence requiring a person to spend the rest of their life in prison.
Mother of Tomer Eiges 'ashamed' to have served in Unit 8200, appalled at son's treatment in prison
"There was a huge mess and oversight with the medications that nobody noticed," Eiges said. "He had a million pills, and everyone kept giving him more and more."
