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Australia’s Cardinal Pell gets 6 years prison for sexual assault
Melbourne: Former Vatican treasurer Cardinal Pell, convicted of sexually assaulting choirboys in the late 1990s, was sentenced to six years in jail on Wednesday. According to CNN, Cardinal Pell was found guilty…
- Middle East
Egyptian photojournalist freed after over 5 years in prison
Cairo: An award-winning Egyptian photojournalist was freed on Monday after serving more than five years in prison on charges of attending an Islamist protest in 2013. Mahmoud Abu Zeid, also known as…
- Middle East
Afghan Army frees 38 from Taliban prison
Kabul:The Afghan Army launched an operation and freed 38 people from a Taliban prison in Ghazni province, the authorities said on Monday. “The Afghan National Army (ANA) waged a special operation and…
- World
China hands 4.5 year prison sentence to human rights lawyer
Tianjin: A court here sentenced human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang to four and a half years in prison for subverting state power, on Monday. Wang has already spent more than three and…
- Middle East
Israel ex-minister to get 11 years for spying for Iran
Jerusalem: An Israeli ex-minister charged with spying for the country’s arch-foe Iran has reached a plea bargain with prosecutors that will see him serve 11 years in prison, the justice ministry said…
