A man who seriously injured a teenager by throwing acid in his face has been jailed for more than eight years. Gilson Martins, 23, of Ashton Street in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, planned the attack, ...

Judaism teaches that speech is a form of resistance. We must defend free expression, even for those we disagree with.

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Erik Ramsey’s suicide in solitary confinement highlights rising mental illness and a jump in such deaths in North Carolina ...

OKAYAMA—Newly found photographs of scribbles on prison cell walls at a sanitarium could shed light on the plight of leprosy patients who were locked up for attempting to escape or causing ...

The landmark discovery of the BCL-2 gene and its function marked the inhibition of apoptotic cell death as a crucial mechanism driving cancer development. This new review brings together some of ...

In 1962, Nelson Mandela was arrested and ... attended the trial as an official observer and when Mandela was sentenced to five years in jail, he was adopted as a prisoner of conscience. While in ...

Former President Rodrigo Duterte celebrated his 80th birthday inside a detention cell of the ... as in the case of Nelson Mandela of South Africa, who, despite being in prison for many years ...

In the statement released, the trustees said the prison's management, including their appointed spokesperson, had attended a media launch in May where the auction of Mandela's cell was outlined in a ...

Apple AAPL2.21%increase; green up pointing triangle is clashing with Elon Musk in its push to eliminate cellphone dead spots with satellite technology. The iPhone maker is investing heavily in ...

Twice a week, Nilda Rivadeneira hops on her bicycle and pedals to work. She tells CNN she wishes it were a women’s bike instead of a men’s one, but she rides it now that her son, who no longer ...