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A father accused of almost strangling his daughter in an attempted ‘honor killing’ outside her school was allowed to walk free for 12 days after prosecutors initially failed to charge him with attempted murder. Ihsan Ali, 44, and his wife Zahraa Subhi Mohsin Ali, 40, were charged with attempted kidnapping and assault after the attack on […]
Alsu Kurmasheva, a longtime journalist for the U.S.-funded RFE/RL news outlet’s Tatar-Bashkir service, became the second U.S. journalist to be jailed since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine when she was detained in October 2023. The dual U.S.-Russian citizen, who lives in Prague, was sentenced to 6.5 years in prison in July on charges of spreading “false […]
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails One of the heroes of the Fishmongers’ Hall terror attack has warned that more prisoners languishing on indefinite jail terms will lose their lives under a “sentence of […]
Prisoners have been celebrating being freed from jail in the latest round of early releases as they greet family members before driving home in flash supercars such as Lamborghinis, Rolls Royces and Bentleys. Inmates have been greeted by family members on the day that more than 1,200 who had been sentenced to more than five years […]