POLITICAL IMPRISONMENT

A Cambodian opposition figure, Rong Chhun, has left the Supreme Court to a cheering crowd that hopes he will be freed from an incitement conviction. The 56‑year‑old adviser to the Nation Power Party was found guilty last year for speaking with villagers displaced by state construction. His sentence

A Russian-American woman, Ksenia Karelina, is back on U. S. soil after spending over a year in a Russian prison. Her crime? A small donation to a charity that supported Ukraine's military. Karelina, a former ballerina from Los Angeles, was arrested in February 2024 and sentenced to 12 years in a pen