• Weerwind criticizes plans to record conversations between prisoners and their lawyers

    Minister Franc Weerwind is highly critical of two proposed amendments adopted by the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of parliament, that would allow the recording of conversations between prisoners and their lawyers. The outgoing minister said that these plans for high-security prisons violate the Constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). He is therefore asking the Advisory Division of the Council of State for an urgent opinion.

  • Putin says he supported a prisoner swap for Navalny before his death

    Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday that he supported the idea of a prisoner swap for his rival Alexei Navalny just days before his death. In response to a question from NBC News on Sunday, Putin said he was approached "several days before Mr. Navalny perished” that there was “an idea to exchange Mr. Navalny for some

  • Putin says he supported Navalny swap for prisoners held in West

    Russian President Vladimir Putin said he agreed with the idea of a prisoner swap involving opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in prison, and people in “prison in Western countries.”

  • Putin claims he agreed to prisoner swap involving Navalny before his death

    Re-elected Russian president makes first public comment on death of opposition leader, which he calls ‘sad event’Vladimir Putin has claimed he had agreed to a prisoner swap involving Alexei Navalny before the opposition leader’s sudden death in an Arctic prison last month.Speaking in central Moscow after early results indicated he had won Russia’s presidential election in a landslide, Putin said unnamed people made an offer to release Navalny in a swap deal with the west a few days before he...

  • Provide a lawyer for every migrant? NYC comptroller says it’ll pay off.

    A long line forms outside the main immigration courthouse in Manhattan in this 2022 photo. Backlogs caused in part by an influx of asylum seekers have made for long waits for migrants seeking legal help with sundry immigration issues. Comptroller Brad Lander says the legal help would stem deportations and reap a net benefit of $8.4 billion in tax revenue over 30 years. [ more › ]

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    Putin claims he agreed to swap Alexei Navalny for prisoners held in the West

    Shortly after he was declared the presumptive winner of the Russian presidential election, Vladimir Putin called Alexei Navalny's death "a sad event," and claimed that he supported the idea of a prisoner swap involving opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in prison, and “some people in prison in Western countries" in response to a question from NBC News..

  • Putin says he agreed to swap Alexei Navalny for prisoners held in the West

    MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday that he agreed with the idea of a prisoner swap involving opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in a penal colony, and "some people in prison in Western countries." Putin's comments came after NBC News asked: “Mr. President, journalist Evan Gershkovich spent this election in prison; Boris Nadezhdin, who opposes your war in Ukraine, was not allowed to stand against you; and Alexei Navalny died in one of your prisons during your campaign....

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    A look inside a Sunset Park store, where one of NYC’s best gamers trains

    Queens native Derek “iDom” Ruffin is a professional esports athlete and world champion of the 2019 Capcom Cup, one of the top-tier events in the fighting game world, for which he won a $250,000 prize. Ruffin has competed in Japan, South Africa, Qatar, the United Kingdom and nearly every major U.S. city. He specializes in one-on-one fighting games, specifically Street Fighter, where he favors Manon, a character who practices judo and ballet. He’s also just a guy from Jamaica, Queens, who plays...

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    Commenting on Navalny's death for first time, Putin says he supported prisoner swap for his foe

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he supported an idea to release late opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a prisoner exchange just days before the man who was his biggest foe died

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    Commenting on Navalny's death for first time, Putin says he supported prisoner swap for his foe

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he supported an idea to release late opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a prisoner exchange just days before the man who was his biggest foe died

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    Commenting on Navalny's death for first time, Putin says he supported prisoner swap for his foe

    By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin said early Monday that he supported an idea to release opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a prisoner exchange just days before the man who was his biggest foe died. In his first comments to address Navalny’s death, Putin said of the dissident’s demise: “It happens. There

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    Commenting on Navalny's death for first time, Putin says he supported prisoner swap for his foe

    Commenting on Navalny's death for first time, Putin says he supported prisoner swap for his foe