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FILE PHOTO: A still image taken from video footage shows Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is accused of flouting the terms of a suspended sentence for embezzlement, inside a defendant dock during the announcement of a court verdict in Moscow, Russia February 2, 2021. Press service of Simonovsky District Court/Handout via REUTERS

Kremlin critic Navalny says prison staff threatening to force-feed him imminently

Prison authorities say they have offered him proper treatment, but that he has refused it and insists he should be treated by a doctor of his choice from outside the facility, a request they have...

Crime

Ecuador raises death toll from prison riots to 79; police chief warns of new riot

Police set up barricades outside the offices of the Forensic Medicine and Forensic Science institute after the bodies of several inmates, who died after a riot broke out at a local prison, were brought in, in Cuenca, Ecuador February 23, 2021. REUTERS/Fabiola Cedillo

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Prison riots in Ecuador leave 62 dead

Sri Lankan government soldiers in protective clothes prepare to spray disinfectant inside a railway station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some, it can cause more severe illness, especially in older adults and people with existing health problems. AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena

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Sri Lanka frees prisoners after pandemic sparks deadly jail riot

World+Biz

South Korea sentences leader of sexual blackmail ring to 40 years in prison: Yonhap

A woman prisoner teaches fellow inmates and their children at a central jail in Mardan, Pakistan, November 8, 2018. © 2018 Saba Rehman/AP Photo via Human Rights Watch.

South Asia

Poor conditions rife in women’s prisons in Pakistan

Panorama

How about social distancing in prisons?

Crime

MP Papul to remain in prison for now

Coronavirus chronicle

Upto three years in prison for not wearing face mask in Qatar

In this photo, inmates of Tihar jail, the largest complex of prisons in South Asia, enjoy a show of music and dance during a musical evening at the prison in New Delhi, India. AP Photo via UNB.

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