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‘Making art made me feel free’: the prison paintings of Myanmar’s Htein Lin

The artist, who has an exhibition at Birmingham’s Ikon Gallery, created a unique body of work from jail uniforms, soap and lids while detained by Myanmar’s regimeThe Burmese painter Htein Lin’s art bears the imprint of his years in a Myanmar jail, wher…

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Whaling activist Paul Watson celebrates release from jail after Denmark refuses extradition to Japan

US-Canadian founder of Sea Shepherd, who was arrested in Greenland in July, will now spend Christmas with his sonsPaul Watson, the anti-whaling campaigner, has spoken of delight that he will be reunited with his young children for Christmas after Denma…

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