Airstrikes have damaged complexes used to hold political detainees, according to a Wall Street Journal visual investigation.

Rostyslav Lavrov knew he had to escape. He was stuck at a Russian naval academy in occupied Crimea, where he was sent at the ...

Prisoners nearing retirement age and female convicts are being sent to some of the most dangerous assignments on the ...

Maria Kalesnikava is campaigning for the West to engage with the regime in Belarus that imprisoned her for more than five ...

Once a futuristic shopping mall, El Helicoide became one of Venezuela's most feared prisons. Now, as the country changes, so does its fate — erase it, rebuild it, or remember what happened inside.

The president made the comment on social media a short time after telling reporters on the White House lawn that he wasn’t ...

DOX doc about the rise of the Wagner Group — and why he thinks it's a warning about where democracy is headed: "Mercenary ...

When Ukrainian citizens are captured and disappeared into Russian prisons, their families and government often have no way to ...

Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukrainian courts have convicted thousands of people of collaboration and treason. The Kyiv Independent’s Kateryna Hodunova and Olena Zashko report ...

Russia’s prison system is undergoing quiet but significant changes as authorities adapt to wartime pressures and shifting ...

Possible prisoner releases in Belarus before a visit by a senior U.S. envoy may hint at modest progress in talks with ...

Mr Nobody Against Putin won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature on Sunday. Democracy Now! recently spoke with ...