A former Haitian coup leader and elected senator was sentenced to nine years in a US federal prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to conspiring to launder drug money. Guy Philippe, a 49-year-old former senior police officer convicted of taking bribes from drug traffickers, had entered his guilty plea in April in exchange for a reduced … Read more
Chelsea Manning was a meek, geeky army private who stunned the world in 2010 by leaking a massive trove of secret US diplomatic records, hoping to spark debate over the country’s role in wars. But she exited military prison Wednesday after serving seven years for her crime equally known for a heartbreaking, ultimately triumphant struggle … Read more
Transgender army private Chelsea Manning, jailed for one of the largest leaks of classified documents in US history, has been freed Chelsea Manning, the transgender army private jailed for one of the largest leaks of classified documents in US history, was released from prison Wednesday, a US Army spokeswoman told AFP. Manning “has been released … Read more
A woman has been arrested at Ghana’s Ankaful Maximum Security Prison in the Central Region when she attempted to smuggle dried leaves suspected to be Indian to an inmate. The 36-year-old Felicia Asamoah from Kumasi had craftily concealed the substances in a pair of slippers popularly referred to as ‘baba agye pay,’ which she attempted … Read more
A Taiwanese man was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday for detonating a pipe bomb on a busy Taipei train that injured more than two dozen people last year. Lin Ying-chang, 56, was convicted on charges of attempted murder and making an explosive without a permit over the July 2016 blast, which the Taipei … Read more