Tag: jailed
US government in touch with jailed basketball star Brittney Griner
The US government has been able to contact two-time Olympic basketball champion Brittney Griner, who is being held in Moscow. Consular access to Griner was granted on Wednesday, US State…
American basketball star jailed in Russia for drug trafficking | Sport
According to the agency, Griner was detained at an airport near Moscow because hash oil and cartridges for vapers were found in her luggage. The 31-year-old Phoenix Mercury player is…
Fraudster jailed for two years for ‘unscrupulously exploiting’ wealthy older lady | back corner
For robbing a wealthy elderly lady in Neede, the court has sentenced 53-year-old Wim van R. from Schalkhaar to an unconditional prison sentence of two years. He will also be…
Black man jailed for six days because police mistook him for white namesake | Abroad
When 23-year-old Shane (Lee) Brown showed his driver’s license at a traffic stop in Las Vegas in January 2020, he was suddenly handcuffed. The officers had an arrest warrant in…
Putin critic Navalny has been jailed for a year: ‘I don’t regret anything’
Russian opposition leader and Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been imprisoned for a year now, but has no regrets. “I did it, I don’t regret it for a second,” Navalny…
Kazakhstan security chief jailed for treason, Germany suspends arms deliveries
The authorities in Kazakhstan have arrested the former head of the internal security service, the KNB. The agency announced that former chief and former prime minister Karim Masimov is suspected…