WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security has dropped its plan to deport a Chinese national who entered the country illegally, two rights activists said Monday, after his plight raised public concerns that the man, if deported, would be punished by Beijing for helping expose human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang region. Rayhan Asat,…
LONDON — A Chinese woman who was found with 5 billion pounds ($6.6 billion) in Bitcoin after defrauding more than 128,000 people in China in a Ponzi scheme was sentenced by a U.K. court on Tuesday to over 11 years in prison. Police said the investigation into Zhimin Qian, 47, led to officers recovering devices…
When the government puts a criminal behind bars, Americans feel relief: That’s one more lawbreaker who can no longer terrorize our communities. But too often that is not the case, thanks in large part to contraband phones. Over the past several years, thousands of cell phones have poured into state and local prisons — smuggled…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH) — South Carolina officials are supporting a plan by the Federal Communications Commission to stop inmates from using cellphones in prisons. The Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr announced that the FCC will be voting this month on a proposal that, for the first time, would allow prisons to jam contraband cellphones….
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong tightened prison rules, allowing authorities to restrict visits, including those by certain lawyers and religious personnel, on national security grounds, in the latest expansion of its stringent control. Under the new rules, effective Friday, magistrates can issue warrants on application by correctional service officers to bar exchanges between specific…
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s top American diplomat said on Thursday that the policies of the Chinese and Hong Kong governments have curtailed freedoms, pointing to the cases of jailed prominent activist Jimmy Lai and what he called “transnational regression.” At a reception for the U.S. Independence Day, U.S. Consul General Gregory May, who…
Rapper Tory Lanez was reportedly stabbed 14 times by a fellow inmate in a California prison and his family have given an update on his condition as he continues to recover 02:29, 13 May 2025Updated 02:31, 13 May 2025 (Image: Getty Images) Tory Lanez is on the mend in hospital after being stabbed multiple times….