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SC declines to entertain plea seeking compensation for persons incarcerate
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a plea seeking direction to the government to enact laws to provide compensation and rehabilitation of persons who are acquitted after languishing in jails for wrongful prosecution and incarceration.
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US Congress approves bill authorising sanctions against China over mass in
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 29 (ANI): The US House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved legislation calling for sanctions on Chinese officials deemed responsible for the oppression of Uighur Muslims.
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PLA - A year in review and preview
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Jan 1 (ANI): Overall, 2019 was a year of setbacks for China, as it tussled with President Donald Trump in a brewing trade war, received stiffening criticism about its incarceration of at least a million Muslim Uighurs, and faced growing criticism of its foreign interference in
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Sandra Bullock to star in, produce another Netflix film
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 5 (ANI): After a successful Netflix release 'Bird Box', Oscar-winner Sandra Bullock is all set to return to the streaming service to star in and produce a drama with Nora Fingscheidt as the director.
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Trump asks Sweden PM to 'resolve' rapper A$AP issue
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 20 (ANI): Following the lobbying by Kanye West and Kim Kardashian, US President Donald Trump on Friday urged Sweden Prime Minister Stefan Lofven to interfere and "resolve" the issue of rapper A$AP Rocky's incarceration.
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DFP chairman Shabir Shah released after six months; put under house arrest
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Dec. 28 (ANI): Senior leader and Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) chairman Shabir Ahmad Shah was on Wednesday released after six months of incarceration. Shah was arrested on July 13.
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In Gilgit, people take to streets against crackdown by Pakistani security
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Gilgit City (Gilgit-Baltistan), Aug. 13 (ANI): Protesters have taken to the streets in the Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan region, a separate administrative unit in the northernmost administrative territory of Pakistan, against a crackdown by Pakistani security forces that saw incarcerati
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'War on Drugs' pushing world towards HIV, TB, hepatitis epidemic
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Jul 15 (ANI): The War on Drugs, mass incarceration of drug users and the failure to provide proven harm reduction and treatment strategies have driven up global epidemics of HIV, tuberculosis and hepatitis B and C, reveals a new study.
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