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'Hotel Rwanda' hero Paul Rusesabagina freed from 25-year jail sentence
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Paul Rusesabagina, whose story served as the basis for the Hollywood blockbuster "Hotel Rwanda," was freed from prison in Rwanda on Friday after President Paul Kagame commuted his sentence, CNN reported.
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NCP's Lakshwadeep MP disqualified from Lok Sabha after getting 10-year jai
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A sitting Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP from Lakshadweep, Mohammad Faizal has been disqualified from Lok Sabha after he faces conviction in a court of law.
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Azam Khan loses his assembly seat in wake of hate speech 3-year jail sente
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
The UP legislative Assembly disqualified Azam Khan from the House after court ordered him sentence for three years.
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Malaysia's top court upholds ex-PM Najib's 12-year sentence in corruption
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], August 23 (ANI): Malaysian ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak has lost his final appeal in a graft case linked to the looting of the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) state fund, paving way for a 12-year jail sentence for corruption.
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Another Uyghur torchbearer of 2018 Beijing Olympics detained by Chinese au
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], February 27 (ANI): A Uyghur doctor, who served as a torchbearer in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, is serving an 18-year jail sentence, said a media report.
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In Afghanistan murderers hunt female judges who convicted them in pre-Tali
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 29 (ANI): Afghan women judges, who handed out jail sentences to murderers and other criminals, have now gone into hiding fearing retribution from the convicts who are among the thousands of criminals freed by the Taliban after their takeover of the country last
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SC grants interim bail to 13 convicted prisoners jailed for 14 years despi
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday granted interim bail to 13 convicted prisoners, keeping in view the fact that they were declared as juveniles by the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) at the time of the commission of the offence, had already served 14 years Jail sent
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Gurmeet Ram Rahim granted parole to meet ailing mother
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Sirsa (Haryana) [India], May 21 (ANI): Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who is undergoing jail sentence in Sunaria jail in Rohtak after being convicted in two rape cases and in case of murder of journalist Ramchandra Chatrapati, has been granted parole to meet his ailing mot
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SC adjourns hearing on plea by Sanjiv Bhatt for 6 weeks
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 27 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing for six weeks on a plea filed by former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Sanjiv Bhatt seeking suspension of his life imprisonment jail sentence in connection with a 1990 custodial death case.
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SC to hear Sanjiv Bhatt's petition seeking sentence suspension on Jan 27
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 22 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday said that it will hear the petition filed by former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, Sanjiv Bhatt, seeking suspension of his life imprisonment jail sentence on January 27.
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SC to consider ex-IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt's plea for sentence suspension
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 4 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday listed for the third week of January the petition filed by former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Sanjiv Bhatt to suspend his sentence in a custodial death case of 1990.
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Pelosi calls for legislation limiting US President's powers after stone se
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], July 11 (Sputnik/ANI): House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Saturday has called for new legislation that would limit the powers of the United States president after Donald Trump commuted the jail sentence of his former adviser Roger Stone.
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