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US designates two heads of Akrestsina detention centre in Belarus: Blinken
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States designated the two heads of the Akrestsina Detention Center in Belarus over alleged human rights abuses against protesters who opposed the results of the country's presidential election last year, Secretary of State Antony Blinken
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Two Russians found staying in Goa without travel documents detained
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], July 14 (ANI): Two Russians who were staying in North Goa without proper documents were sent to the detention centre at Goa's Mapusa on Wednesday.
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Blinken calls on China to allow UN, observers access to Xinjiang
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 11 (ANI): As Beijing continues to impose crackdowns on Uyghurs in Xinjiang, the United States on Wednesday (local time) called on China to grant access to the UN and international observers to detention centres in Xinjiang where tens of thousands of Uyghurs are being h
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Teen sentenced to 6 months in detention centre for rioting during 2019 ant
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, March 3 (ANI): A 16-year-old student has been sentenced to up to six months in a detention centre becoming the first confessed rioter to avoid actual prison time since the 2019 social unrest.
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Putin critic Navalny transferred to penal colony
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 27 (ANI): Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny has been transferred from a Moscow detention centre to a penal colony, according to state media.
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Delhi HC directs govt to address poor condition of Lampur detention centre
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 13 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has directed the Principal Secretary of the Social Welfare Department of the Delhi Government to take immediate remedial steps to address the pathetic conditions in the detention centre at Lampur.
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Hundreds of inmates with COVID-19 moved from Seoul facility to Cheongsong
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], December 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Hundreds of prisoners with COVID-19 at a Seoul Dongbu detention centre were moved to a Cheongsong prison in the southeastern region, prompting consternation among local residents wary of further spread of the virus, the media reported on Monday
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Delhi HC orders judicial officer to inspect detention centre's living cond
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 13 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has directed a judicial officer to visit a detention centre here and inspect its alleged 'pathetic' living condition.
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China expanded over 380 detention centres in Xinjiang, says Australian thi
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], September 25 (ANI): Even as China claims that all "trainees from vocational centres in Xinjiang had graduated" by late 2019, an Australian think tank has revealed that there has been an increase in the number of detention centres in the region.
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350 detainees in Assam released on bail, 15 died due to illness: MHA
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 21 (ANI): As many as 350 detainees, who were lodged in the different detention centres across Assam, have been released on bail in compliance of the Supreme Court order, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said on Monday.
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Converting Ambedkar hostel to detention centre for illegal foreigners proo
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 17 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh government should roll back its decision to convert the Ambedkar hostel in Ghaziabad into a detention centre for illegal foreigners, said Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Thursday.
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USCIRF welcomes Supreme Court's decision on Assam detention centres
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], April 15 (ANI): The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Tuesday (local time) welcomed the decision of India's Supreme Court to relax conditions for the release of individuals detained as "foreigners" in Assam's detention centres due to concerns with
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