Treason

Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan. File photo: BSS
Bangladesh

No leniency for acts of treason: Asif Mahmud

“The government will also ensure that no community is deprived or targeted simply because of their religious identity," says the adviser

Lieutenant General Chowdhury Hasan Sarwardy (retd). Photo: Collected
Crime

Mian Arefy's accomplice General Hasan Sarwardi arrested

If convicted of sedition under India's draconian sedition law, the Booker prize-winning Indian novelist Arundhati Roy could face punishment ranging from a fine to life imprisonment. Photo: AFP
Panorama

Why treason and sedition cases are often not what they seem

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council via video link in Moscow, Russia, April 14, 2023. Sputnik/Alexei Babushkin/Kremlin via REUTERS
Europe

Russia's Putin signs decree introducing life sentences for treason

Flags of China and Russia are displayed in this illustration picture taken March 24, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration
Europe

Russian scientist dies two days after arrest for state treason, lawyer says

Karim Massimov, chairman of the National Security Council of Kazakhstan meets with Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan at Zhongnanhai in Beijing, China April 8, 2019. Photo :Reuters
World+Biz

Kazakhstan detains former national security chief on suspicion of treason

Photo: Collected
World+Biz

Russia jails man for eight years for handing over secrets to China: TASS