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Iranian woman sentenced to three years in prison for comment on Netanyahu social media post

Iranian human rights groups say Azar Yahu was jailed after reacting to posts by Netanyahu and Trump, with authorities accusing her of acting against national security.

A billboard depicting Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with text in Persian reading "Hitanyahu" and text in Hebrew reading "Germany's Nazi of today" at Palestine Square in central Tehran on August 11, 2025.
A bailiff puts handcuffs on Russian opposition politician Lev Shlosberg, sentenced to 11 years in prison over his criticism of Moscow's offensive in Ukraine at a city court in Pskov, northwestern Russia on August 17, 2026.

Russian opposition politician sentenced to 11 years for condemning Ukraine war

Max Long, one of the allegedly assaulted DePaul students.

Attacker convicted in 2024 antisemitic hate crime at DePaul sentenced to nearly two years in prison

Mugshot of Shimon Levy, 40, of London, England.

Serial UK sex attacker jailed for life for double murder, rape after police failings


Jordan: Ex-royal official sentenced to 15 years for plot to overthrow king

The court said it had confirmed evidence backing the charges that he had been determined to harm the monarchy by pushing former heir to the throne Prince Hamza as an alternative to the king.

JORDAN’S KING Abdullah reviews the honour guard before the opening of the second ordinary session of 17th Session of Parliament in Amman IN 2014.

Actor Moshe Ivgy sentenced to 11 months in prison for sexual assault

Monday's sentence comes after Ivgy was convicted for the sexual assault of four women and a five-and-a-half-year legal battle.

Israeli actor Moshe Ivgy arrives to the Haifa Magistrate's Court for the verdict in his trial on suspicion of four counts of indecent assault and three offenses of sexual harassment, January 9, 2020. Photo by Flash90

Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22.5 years for George Floyd murder

In a sentencing memorandum, prosecutors from the Minnesota attorney general's office wrote that Chauvin's crime "shocked the conscience of the Nation."

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin listens as a jury finds him guilty of all charges in his trial for second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. April 20, 2021 in a still image from video.

Australian court rejects appeal to jail killer of Israeli student for life

A Victorian prosecutor appealed the sentence handed down to the killer for the murder in March, saying that it was "manifestly inadequate."

Arab-Israeli student Aiia Maasarwe, who was murdered in Melbourne, Australia in 2019

Iranian political prisoner dies, allegedly from medical misconduct

"When you jail an innocent person for his beliefs and opposition, and he dies, this death is not an ordinary death; this is murder."

A prison guard stands along a corridor in Tehran's Evin prison June 13, 2006.

Turkish court issues 1,000-year jail sentences in Fenerbahce case

Former police chief Nazmi Ardic was sentenced to 2,170 years on charges including forging documents and conspiring against the soccer club.

Soccer Football - Super Lig - Besiktas v Fenerbahce - Vodafone Park, Istanbul, Turkey - March 21, 2021 Fenerbahce's Dimitris Pelkas reacts after being shown a yellow card by referee Halil Umut Meler

Israeli bakery in San Francisco is hiring formerly incarcerated staff

“His honesty impressed me,” Yosef said. “I could see in his face that if I give him a chance, he’ll do whatever he can to prove himself"

Freshly baked bread cools at a bakery in Beirut, Lebanon June 30, 2020.

Sheldon Silver, former NY Assembly speaker, ordered back to prison

Silver, 77, was furloughed under a measure meant to control the spread of coronavirus in prison.

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Gynecologist gets 18 months in prison after sexually assaulting patients

The court filing said Schechter used a vibrating device to rate the "pleasure levels" of three women on four separate occasions. One woman reported that he using his fingers as well.

A doctor examines a pregnant woman at a hospital in the province of Fayoum

Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny reveals terrible treatment in prison

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny claimed that his health has greatly deteriorated and he was being prevented from seeing a doctor and sleeping by prison guards, a practice he likened to torture.

People participate in a demonstration after Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was sentenced to three and a half years in jail, in Moscow, Russia February 2, 2021.