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Belarus jails two journalists for two years for filming protests amid ongoing crackdown

Thursday, February 18 by ABC News

By PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- A court in Belarus has sentenced two journalists to two years in prison for live-streaming one of the pro-democracy protests that rocked the country last year as authorities continue a crackdown aimed at smashing the... Read More.

Russia jails historian who uncovered Stalin mass graves for 13 years

Wednesday, September 30 by ABC News

By PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News(MOSCOW) -- A Russian court has sentenced a historian who helped uncover Stalin-era mass graves to 13 years in prison, abruptly increasing his sentence by 10 years, in a highly unusual step that rights groups said... Read More.

As coronavirus spreads through nation’s jails and prisons, lawmakers demand more transparency on toll

Thursday, August 6 by ABC News

By TONYA SIMPSON and LUKE BARR, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Citing the growing toll from a hidden side of the coronavirus pandemic, top Democratic lawmakers are looking to require state and federal prisons to open their books on the number of... Read More.

Oklahoma inmate captured after daring escape from jail’s 12th floor

Friday, July 31 by ABC News

By ABC News(OKLAHOMA COUNTY, Ok.) -- An Oklahoma inmate has been taken into custody after breaking out of his 12th-floor jail cell window and shimmying down what appeared to be sheets tied together.Pablo Robledo, 34, escaped from Oklahoma... Read More.

Russia jails 2nd ex-US Marine Trevor Reed for 9 years amid criticism trials are political

Thursday, July 30 by ABC News

BY: PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News(MOSCOW) -- A Moscow court has sentenced a second former U.S. Marine to a long jail term in a trial that has fueled concerns the American ex-servicemen may have been targeted in Russia for political reasons.

Stories tagged with: jails

Belarus jails two journalists for two years for filming protests amid ongoing crackdown

Russia jails historian who uncovered Stalin mass graves for 13 years

As coronavirus spreads through nation’s jails and prisons, lawmakers demand more transparency on toll

Oklahoma inmate captured after daring escape from jail’s 12th floor

Russia jails 2nd ex-US Marine Trevor Reed for 9 years amid criticism trials are political

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