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Abdullah Abdullah - Afghan elections - Afghanistan - China - Hamid Karzai - Israel - prison - rodeo
"Abdullah pulling out of the election is irrational"
In today’s international press review, we talk about Abdullah Abdullah pulling out of the presidential election.
California - prison - USA
California's overcrowded jails
Describing conditions in California's overcrowded jails as "woefully and constitutionally inadequate", a federal panel has ordered the Golden State to reduce its prison population of 170,000 by a quarter.
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French Press Review
Several French papers lead with the ongoing Clearstream trial. Dominique de Villepin's defence is looking increasingly shaky as several key witnesses claim he is not telling the full truth.
USA
Lawmakers oppose Guantanamo transfers to US
The US House of Representatives voted late Thursday to block the transfer of Guantanamo Bay detainees to the US to face prosecution, dealing a possible setback to President Barack Obama's plan to close Guantanamo by Jan. 2010.
CALIFORNIA
Schwarzenegger's prison plan falls short of judges demands
California is facing a possible court order to free 40,000 inmates, now that the deadline has passed for a proposal for reducing the prison population. Governor Schwarzenegger's suggestion was to lower it by 18,000, far below the judge's demands.
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Air France - prison
Florence Aubenas, president of prison watchdog group OIP
France’s parliament is considering a prison reform law. But the text doesn’t go far enough, says Florence Aubenas, president of the France-based International prison watchdog association (OIP).
France - prison
Prisons, the nation's shame
France's jails, ranked among the worst in Europe by human rights groups, have been described by French President Nicolas Sarkozy as the country's "shame". A bill designed to address the crisis is now in the hands of French lawmakers.
FRANCE
Parliament examines plans for prison shake-up
French lawmakers have begun studying a prison reform bill aimed at modernising the country's over-populated and decrepit jails and making the detention system more "humane".
IRAQ
Freed shoe thrower says he was tortured in jail
Muntazer al-Zaidi, who made global headlines when he hurled his shoes at former US President George W. Bush at a press conference in Dec. 2008, has alleged he was tortured during his nine-month incarceration in a Baghdad jail.
IRAQ
'Shoe-thrower' journalist released from prison
Muntazer al-Zaidi (centre), the Iraqi television reporter jailed for throwing his shoes at former US President George W. Bush in December last year, was released on Tuesday after a nine-month stint in prison, his brother tells AFP.
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