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"I'm Empowered": Trump Advisor Steve Bannon Out Of Jail Ahead Of Polls
Steve Bannon, a prominent right-wing figure and former senior advisor to Donald Trump, was released from prison early Tuesday after spending nearly four months behind bars and just a week ahead of the US election.
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Putin Critic Found Dead In Arctic Prison: What Do We Know About His Death
Alexei Navalny, Russian President Vladimir Putin's most prominent domestic foe, died on Friday at the Arctic prison where he was serving a three-decade prison term.
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Putin Critic Alexei Navalny's Last Weeks In Arctic Prison In His Own Words
Alexei Navalny, Russia's most prominent opposition leader, spent his final weeks in a penal colony above the Arctic Circle.
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"Nothing Quite...": Jailed Putin Critic Jokes On Freezing Prison Conditions
Russia's most prominent jailed opposition politician, Alexei Navalny, heaped ironic praise on Tuesday on the polar conditions at the prison north of the Arctic Circle where he was moved to shortly before Christmas.
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Colombian Drug Lord 'Otoniel' Gets 45 Years In US Jail Over Trafficking Charges
The leader of a prominent Colombian criminal group was sentenced on Tuesday to 45 years in prison after pleading guilty to U.S. drug trafficking charges.
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Russian Reporter Loses Appeal Against 22-Year Jail Term
Russia's supreme court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by prominent investigative journalist Ivan Safronov against his 22-year prison sentence for high treason.
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Indian-American Congresswoman's Stalker Gets 364 Days In Prison
A 49-year-old man in the US state of Washington was sentenced to 364 days in jail after he pleaded guilty to stalking prominent Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, a media report said.
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Jeffrey Epstein Ally Found Dead In French Prison: Prosecutors
Prominent French model agent Jean-Luc Brunel, a close associate of disgraced US billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, has been found dead in his Paris prison cell, prosecutors said Saturday, in an echo of the jail suicide of his friend.
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Rights Group Founder Wanted In Russia After Leaked Prison Torture Videos
The founder of a prominent rights group that monitors and reveals abuses in Russia's vast prison system said on Friday he had been placed on a wanted list by Russian authorities.
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Belarus Opposition Leader Sentenced To 11 Years In Prison
A court in Belarus sentenced one of the country's most prominent opposition figures, Maria Kolesnikova, to 11 years in prison on Monday after she led unprecedented protests against President Alexander Lukashenko last year.
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Saudi Activist Who Campaigned For Women's Right To Drive Jailed For Nearly 6 Years
A Saudi court on Monday sentenced prominent women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul to nearly six years in prison, her family said, after her conviction in a trial that has drawn international condemnation.
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Saudi Arabia's Most Famous Prisoners Go Silent During Pandemic
Saudi authorities have severed contact between some of the kingdom's most prominent detainees and their families, escalating a crackdown on dissent that threatens to strain relations with Western allies.
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Jailed Saudi Princess Fears Coronavirus Risk In Prison
A year after landing in jail without charge, her mercy plea unanswered by Saudi rulers and in fear of a coronavirus outbreak behind bars, a prominent princess did the unthinkable -- and went public.
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Man Who Mailed Explosive Devices To Trump Critics Gets 20 Years In Jail
Cesar Sayoc, a fanatical supporter of President Donald Trump who last year mailed explosive devices to prominent Democrats and media figures, was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison after a judge concluded that Sayoc hated his victims but had not meant to kill them.
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Trump Supporter Gets 20 Years For Sending Bombs To Obama, Hillary Clinton
A supporter of President Donald Trump was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Monday for mailing crude bombs to prominent Democrats including ex-president Barack Obama and former presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
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"I'm Empowered": Trump Advisor Steve Bannon Out Of Jail Ahead Of Polls
Steve Bannon, a prominent right-wing figure and former senior advisor to Donald Trump, was released from prison early Tuesday after spending nearly four months behind bars and just a week ahead of the US election.
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Putin Critic Found Dead In Arctic Prison: What Do We Know About His Death
Alexei Navalny, Russian President Vladimir Putin's most prominent domestic foe, died on Friday at the Arctic prison where he was serving a three-decade prison term.
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Putin Critic Alexei Navalny's Last Weeks In Arctic Prison In His Own Words
Alexei Navalny, Russia's most prominent opposition leader, spent his final weeks in a penal colony above the Arctic Circle.
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"Nothing Quite...": Jailed Putin Critic Jokes On Freezing Prison Conditions
Russia's most prominent jailed opposition politician, Alexei Navalny, heaped ironic praise on Tuesday on the polar conditions at the prison north of the Arctic Circle where he was moved to shortly before Christmas.
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Colombian Drug Lord 'Otoniel' Gets 45 Years In US Jail Over Trafficking Charges
The leader of a prominent Colombian criminal group was sentenced on Tuesday to 45 years in prison after pleading guilty to U.S. drug trafficking charges.
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Russian Reporter Loses Appeal Against 22-Year Jail Term
Russia's supreme court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by prominent investigative journalist Ivan Safronov against his 22-year prison sentence for high treason.
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Indian-American Congresswoman's Stalker Gets 364 Days In Prison
A 49-year-old man in the US state of Washington was sentenced to 364 days in jail after he pleaded guilty to stalking prominent Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, a media report said.
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Jeffrey Epstein Ally Found Dead In French Prison: Prosecutors
Prominent French model agent Jean-Luc Brunel, a close associate of disgraced US billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, has been found dead in his Paris prison cell, prosecutors said Saturday, in an echo of the jail suicide of his friend.
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Rights Group Founder Wanted In Russia After Leaked Prison Torture Videos
The founder of a prominent rights group that monitors and reveals abuses in Russia's vast prison system said on Friday he had been placed on a wanted list by Russian authorities.
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Belarus Opposition Leader Sentenced To 11 Years In Prison
A court in Belarus sentenced one of the country's most prominent opposition figures, Maria Kolesnikova, to 11 years in prison on Monday after she led unprecedented protests against President Alexander Lukashenko last year.
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Saudi Activist Who Campaigned For Women's Right To Drive Jailed For Nearly 6 Years
A Saudi court on Monday sentenced prominent women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul to nearly six years in prison, her family said, after her conviction in a trial that has drawn international condemnation.
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Saudi Arabia's Most Famous Prisoners Go Silent During Pandemic
Saudi authorities have severed contact between some of the kingdom's most prominent detainees and their families, escalating a crackdown on dissent that threatens to strain relations with Western allies.
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Jailed Saudi Princess Fears Coronavirus Risk In Prison
A year after landing in jail without charge, her mercy plea unanswered by Saudi rulers and in fear of a coronavirus outbreak behind bars, a prominent princess did the unthinkable -- and went public.
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Man Who Mailed Explosive Devices To Trump Critics Gets 20 Years In Jail
Cesar Sayoc, a fanatical supporter of President Donald Trump who last year mailed explosive devices to prominent Democrats and media figures, was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison after a judge concluded that Sayoc hated his victims but had not meant to kill them.
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Trump Supporter Gets 20 Years For Sending Bombs To Obama, Hillary Clinton
A supporter of President Donald Trump was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Monday for mailing crude bombs to prominent Democrats including ex-president Barack Obama and former presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
