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Tangier sidewalk dispute ends in homicide, man sentenced to 25 years in prison

A dispute over the use of a sidewalk in the Moroccan city of Tangier escalated into a fatal stabbing, ending in a court ruling that sentenced a 21-year-old man to 25 years in prison. The Tangier Court of Appeal found the defendant guilty of premeditated murder with ambush, following an incident that......

Casablanca woman sentenced to 7 years in prison for sexual exploitation of minor

A court in Casablanca has sentenced a woman to seven years in prison for human trafficking and sexual exploitation of a minor. The ruling was delivered by the criminal chamber of the Court of Appeal, while a second defendant in the case was acquitted. The main accused, identified as Aïcha T., was......

Sarkozy ordered to serve prison sentence in Bygmalion case

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been ordered to serve a six-month prison sentence in the Bygmalion case, according to sources close to the matter. The sentence, which can be served under a semi-liberty arrangement, was not allowed to be merged with his other final sentence in the Bismuth......

Russian comedian sentenced to nearly 6 years for offensive jokes

A Moscow court has imprisoned stand-up comedian Artemy Ostanin for five years and nine months in a penal colony over jokes deemed insulting to war veterans and religious believers. This ruling underscores Russia's ongoing crackdown on dissent since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. District......

Bangladesh: Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sentenced to additional prison term

A court in Bangladesh has sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to an additional 10 years in prison after finding her guilty in two corruption cases linked to irregularities in a large-scale government housing development in Dhaka. The ruling concerns alleged abuses of authority related to the......

Former South Korean president Yoon sentenced to five years in prison

South Korea’s former president Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced on Friday to five years in prison after being found guilty of obstruction of justice, marking a dramatic fall for the conservative leader whose presidency ended in crisis. The Seoul Central District Court ruled that Yoon, 65, attempted......

Tekashi 6ix9ine surrenders to serve three-month prison term for probation breach

Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine voluntarily turned himself in to federal authorities on Tuesday, marking the start of a three-month prison sentence handed down by a judge for breaching the strict terms of his supervised release from an earlier conviction. Court documents confirm he reported directly to the Metropolitan......

Brazil: Bolsonaro discharged from hospital and returned to prison

Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was released from a hospital in Brasília on Thursday and transferred back to detention, one week after undergoing surgery for a double hernia, Brazilian authorities confirmed. Bolsonaro, who led the country from 2019 to 2022, was taken by car to the federal......

Defamation: influencer Soukayna Benjelloun sentenced to three months in prison

The Ain Sebaâ First Instance Criminal Court has sentenced Moroccan influencer Soukayna Benjelloun to three months in prison and a fine of 100,000 dirhams in a defamation case filed by her ex-husband. Benjelloun, who gained fame on social media for sharing details about her divorce and personal......