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Politicians from Germany’s likely coalition government have drafted a law extending the country’s Covid-19 measures into next year, Bild reported on Monday. According to the report, the law will also contain harsh penalties for anyone caught forging so-called ‘vaccine passports’, including fines or up to two years’ imprisonment. Germany’s current …

As part of the review process on the government’s upcoming Online Safety Bill, the Department of Culture, Media and Sport has apparently accepted recommendations to shift the law’s focus from the actual content of a message to its potentially “harmful effect”.  According to The Times, the plans have been sent …

It would be a “tragedy” if Assange died in London’s Belmarsh maximum security prison due to his poor health, Melzer replied when asked about such an unsettling scenario by host Afshin Rattansi. The official said he had visited Assange behind bars in May 2019 together with a team of medical …

Last month, Ruslan Bobiev (whose real name is Ruslani Murojonzod) and Asya Akimova (Anastasia Chistova) published photos on social media taken by the iconic Red Square cathedral. The most controversial snap saw Akimova on her knees, simulating oral sex while wearing a police jacket.  The two were later detained, accused …

The prison, located in Nigeria’s Oyo State, was raided overnight by a group of unknown assailants, the country’s prison service confirmed on Saturday. The attackers engaged in a firefight with the prison guards, forcing their way in by blowing holes in the facility’s walls with explosives. The attackers focused only …

The riot broke out on Friday in a prison located in the capital city of Russia’s southern Republic of North Ossetia-Alania. According to the media, between 200 to 600 inmates could have been involved in the violence. The massive rioting was reportedly prompted by a conflict between some prisoners and the administration. …

Now behind bars in Tbilisi after a dramatic arrest last week, former Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili must be hoping that prison conditions have improved since his days in charge of the country. In 2012, a massive scandal rocked the small Caucasus nation after clips emerged showing physical abuse of prisoners …

The revelations come after human rights group gulagu.net published video evidence presumably showing the rape of three inmates at the hospital, on Tuesday. A day later, the regional Russian Investigative Committee announced the start of seven different criminal investigations surrounding reports of physical and sexual abuse against inmates. In an interview …

Violence broke out on Tuesday at the Penitenciaria del Litoral prison in Guayaquil, Ecuador. By Wednesday, at least 30 people were reported dead and 52 injured, Bolivar Garzon, director of Ecuador’s prison system, told local media outside the facility. Prisoners armed with guns, grenades, and melee weapons murdered each other …

Before Parkhurst Prison was downgraded in the 1990s it enjoyed a reputation as one of the toughest jails in Britain. Now, however, as HMP Isle of Wight, it has become a laughing stock for its tin-eared efforts to appease the gender gestapo. In preparation for National Inclusion Week, the prison’s …