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A misconception about the Russian legal system may have skewed public perception of Brittney Griner's detainment
Americans may presume the WNBA star's guilt despite her "wrongfully detained" designation. Experts …
Meredith Cash
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Brittney Griner will be held in Russia for another month — but one legal expert warns she may never get a trial
The WNBA star — who faces up to 10 years in Russian prison — "will not be afforded a fair and equit…
Meredith Cash
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The US now considers Brittney Griner 'wrongfully detained' by Russia, and experts say it could be a good sign for her release
A legal expert and a hostage-crisis negotiator explained to Insider how the US government's shift i…
Meredith Cash
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Trevor Reed's release from Russian prison is 'a very bad thing for Brittney Griner,' one legal expert says
WNBA superstar Brittney Griner, who was detained at a Moscow airport after agents accused her of ha…
Meredith Cash
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Efforts to bring Brittney Griner home have been hindered by the 'complex geopolitical situation with Russia'
WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert offered an update on the superstar, who has been detained in Russ…
Meredith Cash
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Brittney Griner's extended Russian detainment is 'extremely concerning,' US government officials say
The WNBA superstar has been in Russian custody for several weeks after customs officials claimed sh…
Meredith Cash
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Brittney Griner's Russian team owned by a Putin-aligned oligarch — is a hot spot for WNBA superstars
Brittney Griner plays for UMMC Ekaterinburg, a Russian team owned by an oligarch with ties to Putin…
Meredith Cash
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul authorizes release of 191 detainees amid 'humanitarian crisis' at Rikers Island
State officials pleaded for help following tours of the prison because conditions are life-threaten…
Morgan Keith
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An ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee says he still remembers Ron DeSantis smiling at him from behind a fence while he was being force-fed: 'You cannot forget that'
This, per a transcript of an unaired VICE documentary obtained by the Daily Beast, which included a…
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
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LAPD Chief Michel Moore's security detail is under investigation for wrongfully detaining a man during a trip to France
The security detail detained a man in Marseille after a high-ranking LAPD commander's wife believed…
Morgan Keith
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An Oklahoma corrections officer was found guilty of helping white supremacists attack Black detainees in jail
Matthew Ware helped orchestrate an attack against two Black detainees by white supremacist inmates …
Yelena Dzhanova
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Biden is 'not doing enough' to free Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan, former Russian detainee Trevor Reed says
Reed, who was freed in April, said the White House could get Griner and Whelan out "extremely fast …
Rebecca Cohen,Meredith Cash
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Brittney Griner is in worse position because of 'large portion of the population in Russia which is racist,' former detainee says
Trevor Reed, a US Marine Corps veteran, was released on April 27 during a prisoner exchange with Ru…
Hannah Getahun
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MBS brought up the US abuse of Abu Ghraib detainees to embarrass Biden when asked about Khashoggi, report says
The Saudi crown prince snapped back at Biden by referencing the US' own human-rights failures durin…
Bethany Dawson
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Why you can't rule out AstraZeneca's shot yet
These are Business Insider's biggest healthcare stories for February 16.
Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer
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Lithuania paid a Guantánamo Bay detainee $113,000 for letting the CIA torture him in a black site there
A man was kept in CIA black sites before he was brought to Guantánamo. Lithuania paid him compensat…
Sinéad Baker
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A former Syrian war detainee says Ukraine shouldn't rely on the West and that sanctions can only do so much
"Don't let your cause be desensitized. Don't let your cause be forgotten. Continue talking about it…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Tennessee judge who routinely jailed children announced she's retiring, but traumatized former detainees say she's leaving the bench to 'avoid guilt'
One of the former detainees who was arrested and jailed as a minor said Judge Donna Davenport appea…
Katie Balevic
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Prisoner said he faced forced feedings, waterboarding at CIA black site in first accounts from a former detainee
Majid Khan is a 41-year-old Baltimore area high school graduate who later became a courier for Al Q…
Jake Epstein
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Lack of sunlight, no fresh air and 'as much as 50 to 60 to 70 pounds lost': A hostage expert describes what detainees like Brittney Griner face while behind bars in a foreign country
"They face the reality of poor nutrition, sometimes no access to fresh air or actual daylight," one…