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HC asks Delhi govt to furnish number of juveniles landed in adult jails in
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 21 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi government to furnish the number of juveniles, who were transferred from adult jails to juvenile justice homes or child care institutions in the last five years "to better understand the systemic flaws" that lead
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NHRC's pilot project aims to improve access to justice for prisoners in De
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 23 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has embarked upon a pilot project to improve access to justice to the prisoners in sixteen jails of Delhi through a legal aid system by fostering a sense of public service amongst the law students.
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Pakistan: 88,687 prisoners lodged in 116 jails against sanctioned capacity
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 22 (ANI): That prisons in Pakistan are overcrowded, with 23,519 more inmates than the original capacity, living in inhuman conditions.
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Pakistan's PTM organises rally in Peshawar, calls for release of activists
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], November 16 (ANI): Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) in Pakistan organised a rally demanding the release of the arrested activists imprisoned in different jails in the country, including the Member of National Assembly Ali Wazir, reported local media.
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Fourteen Law Officers already been appointed: Delhi govt informs HC
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 11 (ANI): The Government of NCT of Delhi has informed the Delhi High Court that 14 law officers have already been appointed and are expected to be at their respective jails on daily basis.
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MoS Ajay Mishra emphasises on providing safe environment for inmates to re
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Kumar Mishra on Thursday stressed on the need to provide a safe environment to inmates lodged in various jails across the country for their reintegration into mainstream society.
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US jails FBI's undercover Pakistani agent for seven years
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 26 (ANI): The US has jailed a Pakistan agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for seven years over charges of threatening to kill his former colleagues at the FBI. Notably, he was the main character of the FBI's entrapment operation that ran for ni
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Over 100 Canadians still in China jail for different reasons: Reports
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 26 (ANI): After the release of two Canadian citizens Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, there are still over 100 Canadians who are currently detained in China jails for various reasons, said reports.
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Delhi Jails on high alert post gangster Gogi's shootout
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 25 (ANI): In view of gangster Jitendra Mann Gogi's shootout at Rohini Court on Friday, there is a possibility of 'Gangwar', therefore, all Delhi jails including Tihar Jail, Mandoli Jail and Rohini Jail have been put on high alert, informed the Jail Officials.
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Inmates would be able to lodge complaints against wrongdoings going on ins
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], September 11 (ANI): The Punjab government has decided to operationalise a special phone number of headquarters inside the jails of the state where the inmates would be able to lodge complaints against any wrongdoings going on inside the jails.
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25 Indian IS sympathisers may sneak into India from Afghanistan: Intel rep
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 10 (ANI): A group of 25 Indians having allegiance with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) who are supposed to be a big threat to India, may enter into Indian territory from Afghanistan as they broke open various jails when Taliban took over the country la
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Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial jails swamped with inmates
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] September 1 (ANI): Pakistan opposition on Tuesday informed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly that several prisons in the province are highly overcrowded.
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