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A court in eastern Germany has sentenced a 28-year-old woman to five years and three months in prison for taking part in a series of attacks on neo-Nazis and other right-wing extremists over a period of two years BERLIN -- A court in eastern Germany has sentenced a 28-year-old woman to five years and three months in prison for taking part in a series of attacks on neo-Nazis and other right-wing extremists over a period of two years. German news agency dpa reported Wednesday that the Dresden regional court convicted Lina E., whose surname wasn't released due to privacy rules, of membership in a criminal organization and serious bodily harm. Prosecutors accused the student of “militant extreme-left ideology” and conceiving the idea of attacks on far-right individuals in Leipzig and nearby towns. Three men, Lennart A., Jannis R. and Jonathan M., are alleged to have joined up with her by the end of 2019. The men were sentenced to between 27 months and 39 months in prison . Lina E...

A court in Moscow has convicted a top Kremlin foe on charges of treason and denigrating the Russian military and sentenced him to 25 years in prison MOSCOW -- A top Kremlin foe was convicted Monday on charges of treason and denigrating the Russian Military and sentence d him to 25 years in prison after a trial that marked the latest move in a relentless crackdown on the opposition amid the fighting in Ukraine. Vladimir Kara-Murza, Jr., a prominent opposition activist who twice survived poisonings he blamed on the Kremlin, has been behind bars since his arrest a year ago. He has rejected the charges against him as political and likened the judicial proceedings against him to the show trials during the rule of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin. In his final statement last week, Kara-Murza, 41, said that he remains proud of standing up to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “dictatorship” and his decision to send troops into Ukraine. “I know that the day will come when the darkness engulfing...

Iran has sentenced a Belgian aid worker to a lengthy prison term and 74 lashes after convicting him of espionage charges in a closed-door trial DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Iran has sentenced a Belgian aid worker to a lengthy prison term and 74 lashes after convicting him of espionage charges in a closed-door trial, state media reported Tuesday. The website of Iran’s judiciary said a Revolutionary Court sentenced 41-year-old Olivier Vandecasteele to 12.5 years in prison for espionage, 12.5 years for collaboration with hostile governments and 12.5 years for money laundering. He was also fined $1 million and sentenced to 2.5 years for currency smuggling. Under Iranian law, Vandecasteele would be eligible for release after 12.5 years. The judiciary website said the verdicts can be appealed. Iran has detained a number of foreigners and dual nationals over the years, accusing them of espionage or other state security offenses and sentencing them after secretive trials in which rights ...

Mexican authorities have raised the death toll from an attack on a state prison in Ciudad Juarez across the border from El Paso, Texas to 17 MEXICO CITY -- Mexican authorities on Monday raised the death toll from an attack on a state prison in Ciudad Juarez across the border from El Paso, Texas to 17, a brazen operation that appeared designed to free the leader of a local gang. Twenty-five inmates escaped in the attack. Security Secretary Rosa Icela Rodríguez said 10 of the dead were prison guards who were attacked by gunmen who arrived early Sunday in armored vehicles and fired on the entrance and inside dormitories. Rodríguez identified the inmates who escaped as being with the Mexicles gang, which she associated with the Caborca Cartel. She said the Mexicles' leader was among the fugitives. The Mexicles have been one of Juarez's main gangs for decades and for many years were known to work with the Sinaloa Cartel. The Caborca Cartel had been led by drug lord Rafael Caro Quin...

Ten guards and four inmates were killed early Sunday when gunmen in armored vehicles attacked a state prison in Ciudad Juarez across the border from El Paso, Texas MEXICO CITY -- Ten guards and four inmates were killed early Sunday when gunmen in armored vehicles attack ed a state prison in Ciudad Juarez across the border from El Paso, Texas, according to state officials. The Chihuahua state prosecutor’s office said in a statement that around 7 a.m. various armored vehicles arrived at the prison and gunmen opened fire on guards. In addition to those killed, 13 people were wounded and at least 24 inmates escaped. Mexican soldiers and state police regained control of the prison later Sunday. The state prosecutor's office said its personnel were investigating. In August, a riot inside the same state prison spread to the streets of Juarez in violence that left 11 people dead. In that case, two inmates were killed inside the prison and then alleged gang members started shooting up th...

Families of Iranian protesters in jail say their loved ones are being tortured. LONDON -- Actress Taraneh Alidoosti was arrested over the weekend by the Iranian regime for supporting the ongoing protests, becoming the most prominent person in the country to be targeted. Alidoosti, who starred in the 2016 film "The Salesman," which won an Academy Award for best foreign language film, had posted a photo of herself without a headscarf to her 8 million Instagram followers. She also held a sign with the revolutionary slogan: "Woman, life freedom." "Every international organization who is watching this bloodshed and not taking action is a disgrace to humanity," she posted on social media, denouncing the execution of protesters in prison. The protests began after a 22-year-old woman was detained by the country's morality police for not wearing a headscarf in public. She later died in prison. Alidoosti's first request was to allow her family to send her m...

An Italian court had delayed a hearing on whether to hand over to Belgium a woman who is charged along with her parents in an influence-peddling scandal in the European Parliament BRESCIA, Italy -- An Italian court said Tuesday that it will seek information on prison conditions in Belgium before ruling on whether to turn over a woman for possible trial in Brussels in an influence-peddling scandal that has rocked the European Parliament. Silvia Panzeri, a lawyer by training, is being sought to face charges of participating in a criminal group, corruption and money laundering in Brussels. But prosecutor Umberto Vallerina said that her hearing in the northern city of Brescia has been delayed until Jan. 3 pending a report by the Italian Justice Ministry. A panel of judges accepted the defense motion to seek documentation via the Italian justice minister on whether Belgian prison conditions are acceptable and comply with human rights conventions possibly including a fact-finding mission. P...