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Man sentenced to 53 years in prison in hate-crime attack on Palestinian-American boy, mother

Joliet, Illinois AP  —  An Illinois landlord who murdered a six-year-old Muslim boy and severely injured the boy’s mother in a vicious hate-crime attack days after the war in Gaza began was sentenced Friday to 53 years in prison. Joseph Czuba, 73, was found guilty in February of murder, attempted murder and hate-crime charges in …

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Palestinian teen died in Israeli prison after suffering ‘likely prolonged malnutrition’, autopsy finds

CNN  —  A 17-year-old Palestinian boy died following “likely prolonged malnutrition” in an Israeli prison, according to an autopsy carried out by an Israeli pathologist. The teenager, Walid Khalid Ahmad, is the first minor to have died in Israeli custody since the conflict between Hamas and Israel started in October 2023, according to the Palestinian …

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From death row to exile, Iranian-Kurdish rapper gives firsthand account of what he calls ‘severe torture’ in Iranian prison

Editor’s Note: Warning: This article contains descriptions of torture. Berlin CNN  —  Saman Yasin thought he was leaving prison. It was five am and the guards had just told him to pack up his belongings. But the next thing he knew, he was blindfolded with a noose around his neck. “I was under that noose …

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Mortada Mansour sentenced to 6 months in prison for slandering Khatib

The Economic Court in Cairo on Monday ruled to imprison the former president of Zamalek Club, Mortada Mansour, for six months, after he was convicted of slandering the president of Al-Ahly Club, Mahmoud al-Khatib, and the club’s legal advisor, Mohamed Othman. The court also ruled to fine Mansour LE40,000 and oblige him to pay LE …

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Close to 200 Palestinian prisoners freed in latest round of releases, Israeli prison service says

All 183 prisoners due to be freed from Israeli prisons Saturday have been released, an Israeli prison services spokesperson said, after Hamas earlier freed three hostages. “The Prison Service concludes the fourth round of terrorist releases, as part of Operation ‘Wings of Freedom’ to return the hostages home,” the authority said in a statement. The …

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