The Saudi government has sentenced a 72-year-old American citizen to 16 years in prison over his tweets criticizing the ultra-conservative regime in Riyadh, with the son of the elderly critic saying his father has been “tortured” in jail.

A court in Myanmar has convicted the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on two more corruption charges, adding to previous convictions that now leave her with a 26-year total prison term.

A Turkish court orders the pre-trial jailing of a pro-Kurdish member of parliament on a terrorism charge.

Russia's defense ministry said Ukraine struck a prison in separatist-held territory with US-made HIMARS rockets on Friday, killing 40 Ukrainian prisoners.

Israeli court sentences six Palestinians, who escaped from a maximum-security Israeli prison last year, to an additional five years in jail.

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Saudi authorities release Princess Basmah bint Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and her daughter, who had been detained without charge for nearly three years.