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‘The Beatles’ Daesh cell member loses sanity assessment, moved to America’s toughest supermax prison

‘The Beatles’ Daesh cell member loses sanity assessment, moved to America’s toughest supermax prison

  • El Shafee Elsheikh claimed he suffered from poor mental health to avoid being jailed in ADX Florence in Colorado
  • Unnamed US prison official quoted as saying ‘Elsheikh will rot in the closest thing America has to hell on Earth’
By Arab News ·
Iran releases dissident journalist: family

Iran releases dissident journalist: family

By AFP ·
Fire kills 51 after apparent riot attempt at Colombia prison

Fire kills 51 after apparent riot attempt at Colombia prison

By AP ·
Algerian media director given 6-month prison sentence, fine over editorial

Algerian media director given 6-month prison sentence, fine over editorial

By Arab News ·
Daughter of British geologist facing Iraqi death sentence ‘heartbroken’ as he misses wedding

Daughter of British geologist facing Iraqi death sentence ‘heartbroken’ as he misses wedding

By Arab News ·
Iran to execute Swedish-Iranian national Djalali by May 21

Iran to execute Swedish-Iranian national Djalali by May 21

By Arab News ·
Amnesty accuses Iran of ‘deliberate’ denial of health care to prisoners

Amnesty accuses Iran of ‘deliberate’ denial of health care to prisoners

By AFP ·
Turkish journalist Mehmet Baransu, along with three of his former colleagues at the shuttered newspaper Taraf. (RSF)

Turkey jails journalists for ‘exposing state secrets’

By Arab News ·
Istanbul prison fire leaves at least 11 inmates hospitalized

Istanbul prison fire leaves at least 11 inmates hospitalized

By AFP ·
Palestinians demand Israel release prisoner on 112-day hunger strike

Palestinians demand Israel release prisoner on 112-day hunger strike

By Reuters ·
Aghaei tweeted that he had been convicted of “spreading propaganda against the system.” (File/Twitter)

Media watchdog condemns the imprisonment of Iranian journalist

By Arab News ·
The detained journalist faces charges that carry up to five years in prison and a fine from $1,360 up to $136,000. (File/Twitter)

Journalist imprisoned over leaked UAE-Iraq pre-game comments

By AP ·
The mother of Omar Radi stands clad in mask protesting the imprisonment of her son. (AFP)

Moroccan journalist Radi protests detention before judge

By AFP ·

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