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Study says all non-violent criminals jailed on minor drug offences should
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 8 (ANI): According to a new study all non-violent offenders serving time for drug use or its possession should be freed immediately with their convictions erased from records.
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US arrests over 100 immigrants set free by state of California - Homeland
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], October 8 (ANI/Sputnik): A weeklong roundup of illegal immigrants that were released by the state of California netted nearly 125 at-large aliens with criminal convictions or pending criminal charges, the Department of Homeland Security [DHS] said in a press release o
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India retains Tier-2 category in trafficking report, US advises increase p
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 26 (ANI): The United States in its Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report for the year 2020 released on Thursday (local time), placed India in the Tier-2 category for the seventh time in a row since 2013 suggesting that the country increase investigations, prosecution
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Daniel Pearl's parents move Pak SC challenging Sindh High Court's decision
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 3 (ANI): The parents of slain American journalist Daniel Pearl on Saturday filed an appeal to Pakistan's Supreme Court seeking reversal of the Sindh High Court (SCH) verdict that overturned convictions of four men in their son's abduction and murder case.
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Cardinal George Pell walks free after Australian court overturns child sex
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Brisbane [Australia], April 7 (ANI): Cardinal George Pell walked out of jail as a free man on Tuesday after Australia's highest court overturned his child sex abuse convictions.
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Four men acquitted in Daniel Pearl murder case re-arrested
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 4 (ANI): The four men acquitted in Daniel Pearl murder case have been re-arrested, just a day after a court overturned their convictions.
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Overturning of convictions for Daniel Pearl's murder is affront to victim
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 3 (ANI): The US House Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs expressed its "deep concerns" over Pakistan court's decision to overturn the conviction of Omar Saeed Sheikh for the abduction and killing of Wall Street Journal journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002.
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Coronavirus misinformation in social media age underscores need for Singap
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India]/Singapore, Mar 5 (ANI): The spread of fake news through social media platforms amid the outbreak of coronavirus has reinforced the convictions surrounding the significance of laws aimed at taking swift action against the cyber misinformants.
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Half a million illegal migrants sent back to Pakistan in last six years
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Oct 19 (ANI): Around half a million illegal Pakistani immigrants were deported in the last six years from 136 countries for the charges of forged travel documents and criminal convictions.
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Army Chief lauds NIA for large number of convictions in terror related cas
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 15 (ANI): Complimenting his men for having foiled more than 30 BAT actions in the recent past, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on Tuesday appreciated the National investigation Agency for making a large number of convictions in terror-related cases.
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Action plan developed to increase convictions in child labour cases
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India) Feb 15 (ANI): Prayas Juvenile Aid Centre (Prayas JAC) hosted a Consultation in collaboration with National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) on assisting the victims of trafficking.
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Harsimrat welcomes conviction of 2 men who 'butchered' Sikhs in 1984
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Nov 16 (ANI): Union Minister of Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal has said that the conviction of two accused responsible for "butchering" two Sikhs in South Delhi's Mahipalpur area during 1984 anti-Sikh riots has paved the way for similar convictio
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