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Following a closed-door trial, a Russian court announces it finds Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza guilty of high treason, spreading "false" information about the Russian army and being affiliated with an "undesirable organisation", resulting in a 25 year jail sentence. IMAGES
Oriol Junqueras' lawyer, Andreu van den Eynde, delivers plea in the final hearings in the trial of 12 Catalan leaders. Catalonia's former vice-president Oriol Junqueras risks up to 25 years in jail, the heaviest sentence. The Catalan separatist have been on trial since February 12 over their role in organising a referendum on secession, despite a court ban, which was followed by a short-lived declaration of independence in October 2017. IMAGES
A Spanish court sentences former Brazil international Dani Alves to four and a half years in prison after finding him guilty of raping a young woman at a Barcelona nightclub in December 2022. IMAGES of the High Court of Justice of Catalonia in Barcelona
"This is a significant outcome for all victims of R. Kelly and especially for the survivors who so bravely testified about the horrific and sadistic abuse they endured," says Breon Peace, the US attorney for the Eastern District of New York, after the former R&B singer was sentenced to 30 years in prison for sex crimes. SOUNDBITE
"May this sentence demonstrate that it is never too late for the truth to come out and never too late for there to be accountability," says Annie Farmer, a victim of Jeffrey Epstein, after Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in jail for helping him sexually abuse girls. SOUNDBITE
Casablanca, Jul 19 (EFE/EPA).- The Casablanca Court of Appeal on Monday sentenced journalist and human rights activist Omar Radi to six years in jail on charges of espionage and sexual assault. Radi denied those offenses.(Camera: JALIL MORCHIDI). SHOT LIST: PARENTS OF THE MOROCCAN JOURNALIST OMAR RADI AND PROTESTERS GATHER DURING RADI’S TRIAL OUTSIDE OF THE CASABLANCA COURT OF APPEAL, IN CASABLANCA, MOROCCO.