Prison sentence

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


Kremlin critic Navalny: I being held in a prison camp in Vladimir region

Navalny's precise location had been unknown after his legal team said last week that he had been moved from the nearby Kolchugino jail and that they had not been told where he was being taken.

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny takes part in a rally in Moscow, Russia, February 29, 2020.

Iran frees British-Iranian aid worker Zaghari-Ratcliffe - her lawyer says

"She was pardoned by Iran's Supreme Leader last year, but spent the last year of her term under house arrest with electronic shackles tied to her feet. Now they're cast off."

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and her daughter Gabriella pose for a photo in London, Britain February 7, 2016. Picture taken February 7, 2016.

Trump political donor sentenced to 12 years in prison

Imaad Zuberi was sentenced by US District Judge Virginia A. Phillips and ordered to pay over $15 million in restitution and a criminal fine of $1.75 million.

A MAN topples a cardboard cutout depicting former president Donald Trump outside the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.

Jordanian Embassy visits Jordanian prisoners in Israel amid lockdown

According to 'The Jordan Times,' a Jordanian English daily, local news sources claim that few Jordanian detainees have contracted COVID-19.

A protester holds a poster of Jordan's King Abdullah as he takes part in a human chain during a sit-in against the annexation of parts of the West Bank by Israel, in Amman, Jordan, June 27, 2020.

PLO official gives directly opposing statements to NYT and Arab media

Qadri Abu Bakr told The New York Times that prisoners' families salaries would change to match the families' needs, instead of correlating to prison sentence. He denied the statement to Arab media.

Image of Director of PLO Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs Qadri Abu Bakr, and text, posted to the Official Fatah Facebook page.

Israeli sentenced to 7 years in prison for selling equipment to Gaza

Michael Peretz, a resident of southern Israel, received millions of dollars for smuggling equipment believed to be used for rockets, missiles and other weapons.

A truck carrying cattle arrives at Kerem Shalom crossing after it was reopened by Israel, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip October 21, 2018

Seagram's heiress gets six years for role in cult-like trafficking ring

Bronfman, 41, pleaded guilty in April 2019 to two felony counts in connection to her involvement with Albany-based NXIVM.

Clare Bronfman, an heiress of the Seagram's liquor empire, arrives at the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse, for her trail regarding sex trafficking and racketeering related to the Nxivm cult in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., January 9, 2019.

Man receives active prison sentence for abusing a dog, causing its death

"Anyone who harms an animal will eventually harm human beings, and the defendant's actions depict a brutality that's full of hatred towards dogs, human's best friend since the dawn of history."

Bobe, a dog, was orphaned after his mother was crushed by debris during the American raid on Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s compound in northern Syria

Drunk driver who ran over 13-year-old gets 12 year prison sentence

Bar Zakai will also be banned from receiving a driver's license for 20 years and will need to pay compensation to Amsalem's family.

Eli Bar Zakai attends his sentencing at Tel Aviv District Court, July 21, 2020

Iranian court confirms French-Iranian academic's 5-year sentence

Iran does not recognise dual nationality and has rejected France's calls to free the 60-year-old anthropologist detained since June 2019, saying the case is an Iranian domestic legal matter.

FILE PHOTO: A combination of file photos showing French President Emmanuel Macron attending a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, May 23, 2017, and Iran President Hassan Rouhani looking on at the Campidoglio palace in Rome, Italy, January 25, 2016