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Russian Pussy Riot activist and artist Maria Alyokhina's new book recounts her dogged resistance against the Putin regime and her successful escape from the country.

Skakel wasn’t the first person police suspected of killing Moxley. Thomas Skakel landed on investigators’ radar well before him because he was seen flirting with her before she died. Later, police ...

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her "tireless work promoting democratic rights".

As news broke of Ian Watkins' murder in prison last weekend it reached, among others, the two women who stood trial back in ...

Journalism is often hailed as a noble profession, but nowhere does its courage shine brighter than on the frontlines of ...

Retired Nashua cop Anthony Pivero’s name is no longer on the state’s Exculpatory Evidence Schedule, also known as the Laurie ...

Syrian rights lawyer Khalil Maatouk, missing since his 2012 arrest by Assad’s forces, has been declared dead after 13 years of silence and unanswered pleas.

Hamas freed the 20 hostages and Israel released some 2,000 Palestinian prisoners as part of a cease-fire. President Trump, in Israel, proclaimed an “end” to the war, but Israel and Hamas have not ...

Potentially volatile cellmates are a fact of life in California prisons. That may change as the state's incarcerated ...

State Senator Julia Salazar of New York said the officers accused of assault and sexual abuse in a 2023 case should face consequences.

Tim Robbins brings theater to prisons through The Actors’ Gang, using art to restore humanity, joy, and shared purpose.