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Prominent Venezuelan activist released after over four years in jail
AFP, Published on 02/02/2026
» CARACAS - Renowned Venezuelan human rights activist Javier Tarazona was freed Sunday after more than four years in a notorious Caracas prison on charges including terrorism and treason.
France's Sarkozy says prison a 'nightmare' as prosecutors seek his release
AFP, Published on 10/11/2025
» PARIS - Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday called his imprisonment a "nightmare" as prosecutors requested the former French president be released from jail pending an appeals trial over Libyan funding.
Prison film fest brings Hollywood and healing to US jailhouse
AFP, Published on 27/10/2025
» SAN QUENTIN, United States - Held inside a notorious prison among some of California's most dangerous felons, the San Quentin Film Festival is not your typical Hollywood affair.
Poison killed Putin critic Navalny, wife says
AFP, Published on 17/09/2025
» WARSAW - The wife of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said on Wednesday that laboratory analysis of smuggled biological samples found he was killed by poisoning while incarcerated at an Arctic prison in February 2024.
UK 'princes in the tower' murder probe clears Richard III
AFP, Published on 18/07/2025
» LONDON - It is one of history's most intriguing "murders" -- the mysterious disappearance over five centuries ago of two young princes from the Tower of London.
Tears, prayers, exultation: Diddy radiates relief after partial acquittal
AFP, Published on 03/07/2025
» NEW YORK - His gaze to the ceiling in exultation and hands miming prayer, Sean Combs appeared overjoyed as the jury foreman cleared the music mogul's name of sweeping charges that took a life-sentence in prison off the table.
Sean 'Diddy' Combs used 'power, violence and fear': prosecutor
AFP, Published on 27/06/2025
» NEW YORK - Sean "Diddy" Combs used "power, violence, and fear" as the head of a decades-old criminal enterprise, a prosecutor said Thursday in closing arguments in his high-profile trial.
Combs's ex Cassie faces intense cross-examination
AFP, Published on 15/05/2025
» NEW YORK — Attorneys for Sean "Diddy" Combs on Thursday tried to chip away at the credibility of Casandra Ventura, the music mogul's former girlfriend, after two days of her grueling testimony in his trial on sex trafficking charges.
German archive where victims of the Nazis come back to life
AFP, Published on 14/04/2025
» BAD AROLSEN — If it was not for the Arolsen Archives, half-sisters Sula Miller and Helen Schaller would never have met.
Trump official visits El Salvador mega-jail housing deportees
AFP, Published on 27/03/2025
» SAN SALVADOR - US President Donald Trump’s homeland security chief on Wednesday visited the mega-prison in El Salvador where hundreds of Venezuelan migrants have been deported under contested legal grounds.