22 h. ago ‘She was very, very thin’: witness tells of Ukrainian journalist’s final days in Russian prison

Soldier’s account corroborates reports Viktoriia Roshchyna was taken to prison deep inside Russia, where it is believed she diedDetails of the last days in captivity of the Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna, who died last year, have emerged with the witness account of a soldier who was with her when she was transported to a prison deep inside Russia.Roshchyna was seized while reporting from behind enemy lines in occupied Ukraine in the summer of 2022, one of an estimated 16,000 civilians detained by Russia since the beginning of the full-scale invasion. Continue reading...

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43 h. ago Nicolas Sarkozy opens door to Marine Le Pen and French far right

In prison diary, former conservative French president rules out future attempts to ostracise Rassemblement National

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45 h. ago Soggy baguettes, solitary confinement and regular visits from supermodel wife: Nicolas Sarkozy on 20 days in prison ‘hell’

The former French president was released from prison in November after appealing a five-year sentence. He has now released a memoir called ‘Diary of a Prisoner’ covering his brief spell behind bars

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4 d. ago Nicolas Sarkozy's prison hell: Disgraced former French president to publish memoir about brief spell in jail

The 70-year-old became the first French head of state to be jailed since the end of the Second World War , spending three weeks locked inside the walls of Paris's La Sante prison.

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5 d. ago Southport killer Axel Rudakubana's cowardly 'suicide plot' in vile 'bid to control victims'

WARNING: DISTRESSING COMMENT. As he rots in solitary confinement, Southport killer Axel Rudakubana has reportedly attempted to exert a 'final act of control' over those whose lives he so callously ripped apart

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6 d. ago Second print competition of the season at Motherwell Photographic Society

The judge for the competition was David Spinks from Alba Photographic Society. David has been a regular visitor to the club to judge competitions this year and it is always a pleasure to welcome him.

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7 d. ago Inside triple killer Joanne Dennehy's life in prison from bizarre escape plot to secret lovers

Joanne Dennehy was put behind bars after being handed a whole-life order for murdering three men during a 10-day rampage in Peterborough in 2013 - and even in prison she continues to pose a threat to inmates and prison staff

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9 d. ago British media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s teeth rotting and nails falling out in Hong Kong jail, his children say

Lai’s children say the diabetic founder of now-shuttered Apple Daily has lost ‘a significant amount of weight’ in prison

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9 d. ago Southport killer Axel Rudakubana, 19, 'is facing 52 years in solitary confinement'

Southport triple killer Axel Rudakubana has already been segregated after he allegedly threw boiling water at a guard at HMP Belmarsh in south east London.

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9 d. ago Family alarmed over Jimmy Lai’s deteriorating health as he languishes in solitary confinement in Hong Kong

Hong Kong media mogul has suffered dramatic weight loss and other worrying ailments since being jailed in 2020, Lai’s family sayThe children of Hong Kong’s jailed pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai have voiced new alarm for his health, describing his dramatic weight loss, teeth rotting and nails turning green before falling off.Lai, who turns 78 next Monday, has been behind bars in Hong Kong since late 2020 as China clamps down on the financial hub to which it promised a separate system when Britain handed it over in 1997. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Beethoven & Brahms: Violin Concertos album review – as supple and coherent as ever as the ACO celebrates 50

Tognetti/Australian Chamber Orchestra(ABC Classic)Under Richard Tognetti the ACO has established itself as world-class and this 50th anniversary live recording of these two great concertos are a wonderful souvenir of a remarkable groupOver the past quarter of a century the Australian Chamber Orchestra has become a regular visitor to Europe, establishing itself as one of the world’s foremost chamber bands. The group was founded in 1975, and this pairing of perhaps the two greatest violin concertos in the repertory is being released to mark the ACO’s 50th birthday. The soloist and conductor in both works is Richard Tognetti, who has been the orchestra’s leader and artistic director for the past 35 years.Both recordings are taken from concerts given in Sydney’s City Recital Hall, the Beethoven concerto in 2018, the Brahms last February. The close recorded sound very faithfully reproduces the intensely involving approach of the ACO when heard in the flesh, with its amalgam of modern pla...

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2 w. ago France's top court upholds Sarkozy's conviction for illegal campaign financing in 2012

France’s top court has upheld ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy’s conviction for illegal campaign financing of his reelection bid in 2012

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2 w. ago Nicolas Sarkozy convicted of illegal campaign financing in failed 2012 re

Former French president only released from prison earlier this month in connection with separate convictionThe former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been convicted of illegal campaign financing in his failed 2012 re-election bid, after the country’s highest court rejected his final appeal.Sarkozy, who was the country’s rightwing president between 2007 and 2012, was convicted of hiding illegal overspending for his unsuccessful re-election campaign that was shaped by vast American-style rallies. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Extremists including gangland murderer and terror plotter win appeal against solitary confinement in prison... because 'it makes them depressed, anxious and traumatised'

The Mail on Sunday can reveal the trio used the controversial European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) to argue their cases at a cost of more than £500,000 to the taxpayer.

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2 w. ago Extremists, including gangland murder and terror plotter, win appeal over solitary confinement in prison... because 'it makes them depressed, anxious and traumatised'

The Mail on Sunday can reveal the trio used the controversial European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) to argue their cases at a cost of more than £500,000 to the taxpayer.

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2 w. ago Nicolas Sarkozy to write prison memoir on his 20 days in jail

Former French president complains about noise in extract from A Prisoner’s Diary, to be released next monthNicolas Sarkozy is to publish a book next month called A Prisoner’s Diary detailing his 20 days in jail.The book was announced 11 days after the former French president was released from prison while he appeals against his conviction for criminal conspiracy over a scheme to obtain election campaign funds from the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Donald Trump signs bill to release Epstein files after 'obstructing its release'

The bill forces the Department of Justice to release all files and communications related to Epstein, as well as any information about the investigation into his death in a federal prison in 2019, within 30 days.

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3 w. ago Donald Trump signs bill to release Epstein files after prolonged political pressure

The bill forces the Department of Justice to release all files and communications related to Epstein, as well as any information about the investigation into his death in a federal prison in 2019, within 30 days

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3 w. ago Eddie Lyons and Ross Monaghan shooting suspect's 'days are numbered' at Spanish 'VIP prison'

Michael Riley’s lock-up since his extradition to Spain saw him given an en-suite cell and access to a 65ft swimming pool.

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