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Supreme Court issues guidelines to avoid delay in releasing prisoners on b
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The Supreme Court has issued various guidelines to avoid delay on the issue of releasing prisoners who continue to be in jail despite having been granted the benefit of bail due to various reasons.
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J&K Govt orders premature retirement of three prison officials
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The action was undertaken by the government as an attempt to make the administration more efficient and transparent. According to a government release, the three officials were involved in corruption and criminal activities.
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Canadian MP urges Trudeau's cabinet to make room for Uyghur refugees
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Human rights groups estimate more than one million Uyghurs are currently kept in prison-like indoctrination camps, which Beijing calls "re-education camps." Most of the Uyghurs and other Turkic communities have fled to Muslim-majority countries like Turkey, Egypt, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia s
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Delhi Court directs Tihar jail authorities to provide phone calling facili
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Karkardooma Court on Monday directed the Tihar jail authorities to provide a phone calling facility thrice a week for 5 minutes to 7 to accused including Sharjeel Imam and Umar Khalid after considering their conduct report and other facts.
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3 Afghan refugees died in Pakistan's prisons in last three months
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The consulate said that more than 1,000 Afghan refugees, including women and children, are in prisons in Pakistan.
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Business of selling human organs extracted from prisoners by Chinese govt
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
As the selling of human organs, extracted from illegally detained prisoners is going on unchecked, the growing business competition among Chinese medical institutions and the greed of Chinese officials is reportedly now giving rise to kidnapping teenagers from poor Chinese families and killi
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Uttar Pradesh: Prisons Minister Suresh Rahi escapes unhurt after car colli
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Uttar Pradesh Minister of Prisons Suresh Rahi met with an accident after his car collided with a tractor-trolley, police informed on Monday.
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Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi anxiously awaits Iranian court's decision o
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Now that the judgement that led to Jafar Panahi's imprisonment last year has been overturned by Iran's highest court, a decision on his release from Tehran's Evin prison is expected soon.
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Uttar Pradesh's Dasna Jail launches radio station for prisoners' education
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The Dasna Jail in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad has started a radio station for prisoners. Music and topics related to spiritual, educational and entertainment are played on the radio. The radio station is operated by the inmates themselves who are skilled in doing so.
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Lakhimpur Kheri: Four-year-old boy, visiting brother in jail, stamped on c
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
A four-year-old boy, who went to meet his brother in jail, was allegedly stamped on the cheek by the prison staff at Lakhimpuri Kheri of Uttar Pradesh, police said, adding that an investigation is underway.
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India repatriates 17 Pakistani nationals via Attari-Wagah border
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
India and Pakistan this month had exchanged the lists of civilian prisoners and fishermen in their custody, in line with the longstanding agreement between the two countries.
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Uyghur camps in Xinjiang converted into formal prisons, detainees given le
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
According to Foreign Affairs, many detainees have been transferred from camps to factories in Xinjiang or elsewhere in the country. Some Uyghur families abroad report that their relatives are back home but under house arrest.
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