Jail

Iran sentences Belgian aid worker to 40 years in prison, 74 lashes

Number of prisoners reaches record high in France

Mali agrees to release 46 Ivorian soldiers after five months in detention

French dentists jailed for mass mutilation and fraud

Iran accuses detained French pair of undermining national security

France urged to drastically improve situation in overcrowded jails

‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero not slapped with life sentence: judge

Emotions run high as Corsicans bury nationalist Colonna

Corsican nationalist Colonna dies three weeks after prison assault

France opens terror investigation into jail attack amid new protests in Corsica

Ugandan writer Rukirabashaija escaped to Germany to have his wounds treated: lawyer

Sarkozy ally Claude Guéant freed from prison following slush fund affair

South Africa high court sends former president Zuma back to jail

Russian opposition crusader Alexei Navalny wins 2021 Sakharov Prize

Former inmate who exposed torture in Russian jail seeks asylum in France

Former South African leader Jacob Zuma released from prison on medical parole

Fabien Azoulay transferred to France after four years in jail in Turkey

Suspended jail term for French woman who killed abusive husband

European rights body ‘extremely concerned’ about treatment of French prisoners

Jailed Cameroonian journalist begins hunger strike

Prison for yellow vest protestors guilty of Dordogne fire attacks

China jails 10 Hong Kong democracy activists after attempting escape to Taiwan

Togolese opposition cries foul over detention of leaders opposing Gnassingbe

Press watchdog says 28 journalists killed worldwide in 2020