UN criticises Sweden for lack of care for prisoner's children

Once a thief, always a thief, Belarussian pastor Vitaly Chichmarev thought about prisoners. Until he was detained himself. “I talked to detainees, saw their tears and heard their stories. Then I realised more than ever that they need God too.”

As a Dutch Calvinist, I am entirely used to the idea of a just war. The best books I read as a young boy were written by Piet Prins and were about defending the Dutch nation.

Russia released Dennis Christensen, a Jehovah's witness from Denmark, on Tuesday. Christensen spent five years in prison for belonging to the Jehovah's Witnesses. The denomination is declared "extremist" and therefore banned from the country.