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The Rohingya Muslims are one of the most persecuted ethnic groups in the world.

The Christian governor Ahok has been jailed for two years on the "flimsiest of charges," writes historian Carool Kersten.

If Trump's America is not as alarming as I expected, it's because American institutions have so far stood up to his worst impulses.

In Indonesia's capital, an estimated 1,000 people showed their support for the Christian Ahok, who has been sentenced to two years in prison.

Palestinians claim the video showing the figurehead eating a snack is a decade old.

In Honduras, one woman is estimated to die at the hands of a man every 16 hours.

More than 200,000 people are serving some form of life sentence in the U.S.

If the banks were too big to fail in 2008, they're too big period now.

Novaya Gazeta is engaged in an ongoing investigation of an anti-gay campaign that Chechen authorities deny.

The Netflix series and the highly publicized deaths, as well as the podcast "S-Town," could inspire copycats—and also encourage people to seek help.

The criminal justice system has been using guesswork dressed up as science to send people to jail.

Kushner will soon face a Senate Committee hearing regarding meetings he conducted with Russian ambassador, Sergey I. Kislyak.

The head of the tax service was accused of embezzling millions and was detained as part of a corruption crackdown.

The arrest was celebrated by anti-drugs charities but condemned by the Liberal Party.

Seven police officers were sentenced to two years in jail each for assaulting a protester in 2014.

Both men were stripped of their military ranks.

The jailed opposition activist's wife has not has not been informed his whereabouts for over 30 days.

President Rodrigo Duterte has told police they may "shoot to kill" drug dealers.

Albina Matyunina was convicted for trying to steal $28 before her transition.

Many of Trump's supporters viewed Clinton as a criminal candidate.

'I can be ordered by the Supreme Court to stop it, but there are things that they cannot, and maybe, I will not, stop,' president says.

Coaches and doctors that turn athletes to doping could face probation and jail.

Two sentenced to life in prison, 16 others get 15 years in jail and 86 acquitted.

The podcast subject had his conviction overturned in June and awaits a new trial.

Trump's effort to criminalize his opponent is deeply troubling.

Ramen noodles are more valuable than tobacco, according to a study of U.S. prisoners.

Justice Department files an amicus brief in a Georgia case, arguing that poor defendants are denied equal protection when jailed solely for inability to pay bail.

Federal judge asks for Sheriff Joe Arpaio to face prosecution for ignoring orders in a racial profiling case.

Warsaw moves to outlaw references to Auschwitz as a "Polish death camp."

Joshua Wong given community service and two of his fellow activists also avoided prison sentences.