Three pro-democracy figures have been charged with violating royal defamation laws over a rally in Bangkok last year. They were also charged with sedition, along with 15 other protesters.

Pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai has been granted bail and put under house arrest. The media mogul had been kept behind bars since December 3 over suspicions of fraud and colluding with foreign forces.

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It is widely believed the Judicial process in Nigeria grinds slowly and it often appears that a defendant is free the moment they are granted bail but, the question no one has ever asked is; where does the bail money go to?

Court softens journalist Jones Abiri's bail conditions

Nigerian Shia group leader Zakzaky granted bail for medical treatment

A court in London has sentenced WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to 50 weeks in prison for breach of bail. Assange, who spent years holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy, also faces possible extradition to the US.

Carlos Ghosn walked out of a Tokyo prison on bail after 108 days in detention, vowing to fight allegations of financial crimes that could imprison the former Nissan Motor Co. chairman for as long as a decade.

Nnamdi Kanu's bail conditions.

Court grants bail to former acting VC of OAU.

Nnamdi Kanu released after meeting bail conditions.