Areshka, 71, is a political scientist, journalist and labour union activist. He was detained in April 2022 for “actively participating in independent trade union activities”. Human rights defenders ...

After nearly 10 months in a Philippine detention facility, YouTuber Vitaly Zdorovetskiy claims he documented his full prison ...

The recent negotiations on Ukraine, which began in Davos, have continued in Moscow; Slovakia plans to join forces with Hungary and the Czech Republic to counter new EU anti-Russian sanctions; and the ...

A UN spokesman said conditions inside the camp remained "tense and volatile" after Kurdish-led forces withdrew.

A Moscow court sentenced four men to lengthy prison terms on Wednesday following the deadly bomb attack on Russian General Igor Kirillov. The main defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment, Russian ...

The rapid collapse of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in the northeast of the country this week triggered ...

The 57-page document describes the state's corrections systems as plagued by longstanding issues, including routine staffing ...

The 2025 Conditions of Confinement report examined several aspects of prison life, from food service to technology to medical ...

On January 19, a court in Makhachkala, the capital city of Russia’s Dagestan region, sentenced women’s rights defender and ...

Syrian forces are hunting ISIS fugitives after dozens escaped from a prison in northeastern Syria, the interior ministry said, as the government moves to take territory from Kurdish fighters.