Arrest

Japanese Court sentences man to life imprisonment for fatally shooting former PM Shinzo Abe

Tetsuya Yamagami was arrested on the spot in July 2022 after fatally firing at Abe with a homemade gun while he was delivering a campaign speech in the western city of Nara.

|ByREUTERS
Tetsuya Yamagami, suspected of killing former Japanese premier Shinzo Abe, is escorted by police officers as he is taken to prosecutors, at Nara-nishi police station in Nara, western Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo July 10, 2022.
An illustration of an extradition order and handcuffs.

Mexican authorities extradite Roy Cuzin to Israel in UTrade investor fraud case

Israel’s State Attorney's Office confirmed the extradition of Roy Cuzin from Mexico in the UTrade investor fraud case.

|ByJAMES GENN
People gather outside Sabzqaba Shrine that was damaged following unrest sparked by dire economic conditions, in a place given as Dezful, Iran, January 9, 2026, in this screengrab from Iran's state media broadcast footage.

Iranian Justice Minister labels 'anyone in the streets' after Jan. 8 criminals as death toll mounts

According to HRANA, 18,434 arrests have been confirmed, along with 97 forced confessions and 1,134 people sustaining severe injuries.

|ByFRAIDY MOSER
An activist holds a poster that reads ‘Condemns Donald Trump’s military aggression in Venezuela’, during an anti-US protest, after the US struck Venezuela and captured its President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, outside the US Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, January 6, 2026.

A tale of two snatches: A libertarian take on Trump’s Venezuela gambit - opinion

If we must choose between snatching dictators and snatching democrats, between capturing tyrants and prosecuting defenders, the choice should be obvious.

|ByODED J.K. FARAN, WALTER E. BLOCK

Who Is Bita Shafiei, 19-year-old girl who dreams of a free Iran arrested by regime? - comment

On November 13, Bita, a resident of Shahinshahr in central Iran, was arrested by Iranian security officials and and nothing has been heard of her since.

NOVEMBER 30, 2025ByALEX WINSTON
Bita Shafiei has not been heard from in over two weeks after she and her mother were arrested by Iranian security officials.

Anti-gov’t activist held on suspicion of incitement after social media post calling for ‘rebellion'

Dr. Yolanda Yavor was arrested on suspicion of incitement after a post urging “rebellion,” with police saying her language created a real risk amid heightened national tensions.

NOVEMBER 30, 2025BySARAH BEN-NUN
Dr. Yolanda Yavor, a 50-year-old lecturer and prominent anti-government protest figure, was arrested on Friday morning on suspicion of incitement following a social-media post calling for a “rebellion” and urging action against what she described as Israel’s “traitorous” leadership.

Police arrest 29-year-old suspect in vandalism of Torah scrolls at Kadima synagogue

Israeli police arrested a 29-year-old in Even Yehuda for vandalizing Torah scrolls and holy books at a Kadima synagogue, following a week-long investigation into the incident.

NOVEMBER 30, 2025BySARAH BEN-NUN
A Yemenite synagogue in central Israel was desecrated, and many of the institute's prayer books were shredded, worshippers discovered just before Shabbat came in last week.

Tunisia hands prison terms between 5 and 45 years to opposition leaders

Rights groups, such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, said the case is an escalation of Saied's crackdown on dissent since he seized extraordinary powers in 2021.

NOVEMBER 29, 2025ByREUTERS
Protesters take part in a protest against Tunisia's President Kais Saied, accusing him of entrenching one-man rule through the use of the judiciary and police, in Tunis, Tunisia November 22, 2025.

Bolsonaro says medications made him tamper with tracking device, triggering detention

Bolsonaro’s detention was ordered on Saturday after more than 100 days of house arrest, due to concerns over a potential flight risk.

NOVEMBER 24, 2025ByREUTERS
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro leaves the hospital where he went to undergo a skin surgery procedure, authorized by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, in Brasilia, Brazil, September 14, 2025.

IDF arrests terror suspects east of Tulkarm, near Nablus in overnight operations

IDF soldiers carried out a series of arrests on Sunday night of suspected terrorists in Nablus and east of Tulkarm, West Bank.

NOVEMBER 24, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, AMIR BOHBOT
IDF troops operating in West Bank.

Germany charges Syrian man with ISIS membership, war crimes, crimes against humanity

“The accused is sufficiently suspected of membership in a foreign terrorist organization,” the Public Prosecutor General stated.

NOVEMBER 16, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A member of the Syrian pro-government forces holds an Islamic State (IS) group flag after they entered the village of Dibsiafnan on the western outskirts of the Islamist's Syrian bastion of Raqa on June 11, 2017.

India arrests Kashmir man linked to deadly New Delhi car blast that killed eight

The National Investigation Agency said it had arrested Amir Rashid Ali in Delhi, adding the car used in the attack was registered in his name.

NOVEMBER 16, 2025ByREUTERS
Policemen stand guard at the blast site following an explosion near the Red Fort in the old quarters of Delhi on November 11, 2025.

Russia jails two elderly Jehovah's Witnesses on basis of spy testimony, group says

New York-based spokesman Jarrod Lopes said the two men, Valeriy Knyazev and Indus Talipov from the city of Izhevsk, are the oldest of 175 Jehovah's Witnesses currently behind bars in Russia.

NOVEMBER 14, 2025ByREUTERS
Jehovah's Witnesses are seen on the street in Krakow, Poland, on November 20, 2024.

WATCH: Israeli forces arrest four suspected of ISIS-inspired terror plot in east Jerusalem

The police discovered a handgun hidden in a chicken coop at one of the suspects homes during the arrest.

NOVEMBER 14, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israel Police arrest terror suspects in east Jerusalem, January 23, 2025.