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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


Convicted Israeli Nati Hadad returns to Israel to complete sentence

Hadad was arrested and imprisoned in Thailand in July 2017 for operating an illegal medical clinic and sentenced in 2018 to four years imprisonment.

Plane arrives at Ben-Gurion Airport carrying Nati Hadad, June 8, 2020

Bernie Madoff's early release request rejected by federal judge

'When I sentenced Mr. Madoff in 2009, it was fully my intent that he live out the rest of his life in prison. Nothing has happened in the 11 years since to change my thinking.'

Accused swindler Bernard Madoff exits the Manhattan federal court house in New York, U.S. on January 14, 2009

Jewish prisoners in Michigan to get certified kosher meals

The settlement of the lawsuit backed by the Michigan American Civil Liberties Union was reached over the weekend.

Inmates prepare food during a culinary competition called 'Inpe Mistura 2016', where prisoners from different jails took on the roles of cooks and assistants, at the Chorrillos women's jail in Lima, Peru. September 7, 2016

Israeli man gets life in prison for sodomy, murder, 21 years after grisly crime

In January, Nahmani was convicted of murder and sodomy but was acquitted of rape, 21 years after the crime and having been unidentified as the murderer during most of that period.

Daniel Nachmani, suspect in the murder of Noa Eyal, arrives to the courtroom of the Jerusalem's District Court on January 3, 2019. Noa Eyal was raped and murdered in 1998 while she was 17 years-old, her body was found in the Ramot Forest in northern Jerusalem the day after. Police released on Octobe

Malaysian citizen jailed for insulting Islam on social media

The sentence is believed to be the harshest such penalty on record in the Muslim-majority country, where concerns over racial and religious tensions have grown in recent months.

Malaysia Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad speaks during the APEC CEO Summit 2018 at the Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, 17 November 2018

Disgraced former Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger set for early release from prison

Metzger started serving his sentence in May 2017 following a plea bargain with the state prosecution.

Former chief rabbi Yona Metzger leaves a Jerusalem court last March

Palestinian minor who killed Israeli in supermarket gets 35 years prison

Sgt.Tuvia Yania Weissman was stabbed to death in February 2016 at the Rami Levi supermarket

IDF Sgt. Tuvia Yanai Weissman (R), his wife, and baby

U.N.-Cambodia convicts two ex-Khmer Rouge leaders of genocide

Nuon Chea, 92, and former President Khieu Samphan, 87, were guilty of genocide against the Cham Muslim minority and Vietnamese people, and of various crimes against humanity.

Cambodia protests 521

High court keeps pressure on state to release prisoners, make cells larger

The decision will place intense pressure on the entire police force and the prison system so that cell space will become compliant with international standards.

INMATES WALK through the Hermon Prison in northern Israel last week.

7 alleged Mossad spies sentenced in Algerian court

One man was sentenced to death, while six others were sentenced to ten years in prison.

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