Belarus Activist Faces 5 Years in Prison for Talking About Political Disappearances
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The Soviet-style leader, whom the West has repeatedly labeled a tyrant , won a referendum this fall approving a constitutional amendment that would allow him to run for a third term next year.
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An Israeli court on Monday sentenced Mordechai Vanunu, who in 2004 completed an 18-year prison term for spilling nuclear secrets, to six more months behind bars after he violated a ban on speaking to foreigners.
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A former Goldman Sachs analyst is sentenced to nearly five years in prison for an insider trading plot.
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Jerzy Urban, editor of the weekly satirical Nie and a former spokesman for the Polish Communist government, is currently on trial and could face between three months and three years in prison if found guilty.
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Seven opposition figures in Azerbaijan are jailed for up to five years over the riots after last year's presidential poll.
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Belarus says it has arrested officers who passed information to Poland about an air defence system.
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A Chinese civil rights activist who chronicled the plight of other dissidents before being taken from his home in December has been officially arrested and charged with subversion
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A British man was sentenced to five days'  detention on Tuesday for urinating on one of Latvia's most  treasured monuments.
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A court in Bangladesh sentences a former minister to five years jail for possessing alcohol, officials say.
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A far-right activist was convicted of incitement and sentenced to the maximum five years in prison Thursday for anti-Semitic activities, including contributing to a Web site dedicated to Holocaust denial.
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A Belarus court sentenced a newspaper editor Friday to three years in prison for reprinting a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad that sparked worldwide riots when it was initially published in a Danish newspaper.
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Russia's ex-atomic energy minister Yevgeny Adamov is jailed for five and a half years for embezzling state funds.
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A fired utility company welder accused of sabotaging dozens of natural gas pipelines, at one point causing a blowout and requiring evacuations, was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison.
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A German father of five sentenced to jail for online fraud is protesting against his conviction by occupying the top of a 22 metre (72 foot) pole.
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An activist has been jailed for a record four years for his part in a campaign of intimidation against an animal testing firm.
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Belarus' authoritarian president accused opposition leaders Friday of trying to foster chaos by using terror, as demonstrators protested for a fifth straight night in the capital against the referendum extending his term in office.
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A Chinese court jailed a reporter for   a Singapore newspaper for five years on Thursday on a charge of   spying, the latest in a series of high-profile cases   underscoring China's curbs on the media and dissent.