In Harriet Clark’s debut novel, The Hill, a nun explains what it’s like for babies born in prison. “They don’t know that they are in prison,” she says, “but they know when we force them to leave.” The book’s child protagonist is Suzanna, whose mother has been serving a life sentence for as long as…
The Brazilian activist explains to his little girl his motivation to join the Gaza-bound humanitarian flotilla. Published On 5 May 20265 May 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo From inside prison, Thiago dictated this letter to his lawyer: Dear Teresa, I’m sorry for not being home…
Brady Ebert now charged with attempted first-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder, first-degree assault and two counts of second-degree assault following incident with singer’s father Former Turnstile guitarist Brady Ebert is now facing life in prison after his charges for intentionally driving his car into the father of Turnstile singer Brendan Yates were upgraded to attempted…
On a chilly afternoon in Cornwall, England, a mist settled over the Lost Gardens of Heligan, a once-abandoned Victorian estate that has been revived as a majestic botanical landscape. A forest of rhododendrons was in full bloom. A field of lettuce was waiting to sprout. And inside a conference center fashioned from prefabricated structures, Bill…
Two American cybersecurity professionals were sentenced today to four years each in prison for their role in a conspiracy to obstruct, delay, or affect commerce through extortion in connection with ransomware attacks occurring in 2023. Ryan Goldberg, 40, of Georgia, and Kevin Martin, 36, of Texas, were sentenced. According to court documents, they and another…
In February 2025, the body of journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna was finally returned to Ukraine after months of uncertainty. She was one of 757 Ukrainian casualties handed over by Russian authorities as part of an exchange of prisoners and the dead. Roshchyna had disappeared in the summer of 2023 while reporting from the Russian-occupied territories in…
Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday visited a remote prison in an often overlooked Central African nation known for human rights abuses, urging the inmates to use the privation of their conditions as an opportunity for personal growth. On a muggy afternoon in the simmering heat of Equatorial Guinea, the pope stepped inside the barbed-wire topped…
Equatorial Guinea’s prison conditions face scrutiny as Pope Leo pushes for humane treatment and reform during his visit. Published On 22 Apr 202622 Apr 2026 Pope Leo has visited one of Equatorial Guinea’s most notorious prisons, criticising conditions for inmates as his four-nation Africa tour headed towards a close. The head of the Catholic Church…
Pope Leo XIV told inmates at one of Equatorial Guinea’s notorious prisons on Wednesday that they are not alone, as he delivered a message of hope during a visit that drew attention to prison conditions, human rights abuses and injustices that campaigners have denounced for years here. Leo’s visit to the prison in the Central African…
The leader of a left-wing political party in South Africa who has been a prime target of President Trump’s attacks on the country was sentenced on Thursday to five years in prison after he was convicted on gun charges. The leader, Julius Malema, was found guilty last year on several charges related to firing an…
