Confessions

Amnesty International said Kourkouri's trial was unfair because he had been denied access to an independently chosen lawyer and his confessions, which were broadcast on Iranian state media, had been forced.

With a career spanning more than 30 years and 15 million record sales, Louise returned to the music scene in 2025 with her new album, Confessions.

But when faced with Trump’s illegitimate ultimatum not only to cease serving clients he disapproves of, but to provide future legal services pro bono to clients or causes he prefers, they instantly consented to “agreements” that resemble the confessions signed by the defendants in Stalin's show trials.

His "stories and confessions represent a concerning risk posed to the UK around people smuggling and irregular migration at sea", said Border Force's Charlie Eastaugh.

When he was given access to a solicitor on 25 September, he retracted his confessions and told police he had made them up.