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World 5 years ago

Auschwitz memorial director offers to share Nigerian boy's blasphemy jail term

The head of Poland's Auschwitz Memorial has written to Nigeria's president offering to serve part of a 10-year jail term handed to a 13-year-old boy for blasphemy.

SE Asia 5 years ago

Canadian pastor jailed in Myanmar for defying coronavirus ban

A Canadian preacher who claimed Christians were safe from coronavirus was on Thursday jailed for three months in Myanmar after he and dozens of his followers became infected when he held a banned service.

World 5 years ago

From inmate to homeless: Poor housing returns convicts to jail in England

A lack of housing and widespread homelessness in England are pushing many ex-inmates to re-offend and end up back in jail, a prisons watchdog warned on Wednesday.

National 5 years ago

YouTube prankster who gave garbage-filled ‘aid’ packages to transwomen abused in jail

In the video, apparently recorded inside a Bandung Police jail, Ferdian and two of his friends who had also been arrested for their part in the prank were stripped to their underwear and told to do physical exercises such as push-ups and squat jumps by their fellow detainees.