4 h. ago ‘A grenade under her pillow?’: the Filipino journalist jailed for six years without trial

The arrest of Frenchie Mae Cumpio has been described as a ‘travesty of justice’. On Thursday a court will deliver its verdict, potentially sentencing her to 40 years in prison for alleged terrorismFor weeks before the police came for her, Frenchie Mae Cumpio had noticed odd incidents. The Filipino journalist – just 21 years old but already hosting a radio show and working as executive director of a local news website – told colleagues that a stranger had begun turning up and asking after her at the boarding house where she lived. She was sent a bouquet of flowers designed for a grave. She reported that two men had been following her on a motorcycle.Cumpio believed it was deliberate intimidation. She had recently published a series of reports after visiting poor rural farmers who said they were being harassed by army units in the region. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Timothy Busfield released from jail pending child sex abuse trial

The actor was ordered to be held without bond last week

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7 d. ago A suspect in the vandalism of JD Vance’s Ohio home must stay in jail until trial

A judge says a suspect in the vandalism of Vice President JD Vance’s home in Ohio must remain behind bars while awaiting trial

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2 w. ago India’s top court denies bail to Muslim activists despite five years in jail without trial

Ruling comes just a week after US lawmakers urged Indian authorities to grant fair and timely trial to one of the jailed activists

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2 w. ago DC pipe bomb suspect must remain in jail before trial, judge rules

Brian Cole, accused of planting bombs before Capitol attack, presents ‘intolerable risk of danger’, court findsA federal magistrate judge has ruled that the man accused of planting pipe bombs outside the Democratic and Republican headquarters the night before the 6 January Capitol attack must remain in custody while awaiting trial.In a memorandum opinion, the court determined that Brian Cole Jr, 30, of Woodbridge, Virginia, “poses an intolerable risk of danger to the community if released”, granting the government’s motion for pretrial detention. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Families of Britons languishing in overcrowded Indian jail urge government to ‘wake up’

Christian Michel and Jagtar Singh Johal have spent a combined 15 years in Indian jails without trial, prompting fears they could be caught up in a wider diplomatic tug of war over alleged Indian economic fugitives in the UK. Namita Singh reports

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3 w. ago 'Hitman' accused of murdering Scots mob boss in Spain faces new year in cramped prison

Michael Riley is set to be moved from his lavish prison to a much more crowded and violent jail after he was flown to Madrid in October to stand trial for the gangland shooting

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4 w. ago Chef who ran over a British intern after his restaurant's staff party, causing the victim to lose both his legs tells trial's first day he 'does not claim to be innocent' as prosecutors call for 18

During the first day of the trial, prosecutors called for an 18-month jail sentence for celebrity chef Nick Bril, who left Joe Claridge critically injured in the incident.

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