"It is not a question of improvement or deterioration," said Patrice Spinosi, his lawyer and that of the Colonna family, insisting that he was not brain dead. On Wednesday evening, the Tarascon ...

A jailed Corsican nationalist, whose prison assault sparked protests on the French Mediterranean island, has died. Yvan Colonna, 61, who was serving a life term for murdering Corsica's top official, ...

Defence lawyers in the high-profile case of Corsican nationalist Yvan Colonna say they are still hopeful that the request for his liberty will be granted in spite of a one year prison term without ...

Colonna's parents, wife, brother, sister and two children Colonna Wednesday told a court in Marseille they held prison authorities legally responsible for his death. "The various elements of the ...

Did the prison administration attempt to conceal the true behavior of Franck Elong Abé, the 36 year old indicted for the assassination in the Arles prison of Corsican nationalist inmate Yvan Colonna?

A folk hero for Corsica’s nationalist movement, he evaded a long manhunt but was finally arrested in 2003. He died shortly after being brutally attacked in prison. By Aurelien Breeden PARIS — Yvan ...

The Corsican nationalist Yvan Colonna, who was assaulted earlier this month in prison in an attack that sparked rioting on the French Mediterranean island, has died, his family announced on Monday ...

The police estimated the number of participants in Sunday's protest in Corte at 4,200. March organisers said 15,000 people took part. Banners in French and Corsican read "Bless you Yvan", "France Shit ...