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Prominent Tibetan writer released after 13 years in China prison
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], March 22 (ANI): Prominent Tibetan writer and co-founder and editor of the first-ever Tibetan literary website 'Chomei' (Butter Lamp) Kunchok Tsephel has reportedly been released by Chinese authorities after a harrowing 13 years in prison.
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Moscow court sentences Kremlin critic Navalny to 9 years in prison
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], March 22 (ANI): A Russian court on Tuesday, sentenced Opposition figure Alexey Navalny to nine years to prison and fined him 1.2 million rubles (USD 11,527) in separate criminal cases of fraud and contempt of court in a move that is being seen as a crackdown on the Kremlin c
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Prisoners in Bhopal Central jail get training to become priests
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], March 20 (ANI): In Bhopal Central Jail, the prisoners, who are sentenced for heinous crimes, are taking lessons to perform various Vedic rituals so that they can become purohits (priests) and earn an honourable living when they are released from the jail.
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Rights groups express concern for Taiwanese activist jailed in China
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], March 19 (ANI): Human rights groups have expressed concern over Taiwanese national Lee Ming-che, who is currently in prison in China.
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China may extend human rights advocate Lee Ming-che's prison term
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 19 (ANI): Human rights advocate Lee Ming-che could be kept in China two years beyond his release date in conditions that human rights groups called "inhumane".
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Chinese national gets 9-year prison term in Ethiopia for smuggling telecom
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], March 16 (ANI): A court in Ethiopia has sentenced a Chinese national to nine years in jail for reportedly trying to smuggle highly censored communication gear into the country, local media reported citing the country's ministry of justice on Wednesday.
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UK pays Iran USD 530 mln debt for unfulfilled tanks order
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], March 16 (ANI): Following the release of two British nationals held in Iranian prisons for several years, UK foreign minister Liz Truss on Wednesday confirmed that the UK had paid Iran a USD 530 million debt for an order of tanks that was canceled after the 1979 Islamic revoluti
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British-Pakistani man gets life imprisonment by UK jury for conspiring to
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], March 12 (ANI): A 31-year-old British Pakistani man Muhammad Gohir Khan, charged for conspiring to kill Netherlands-based blogger and activist, Ahmad Waqass Goraya was sentenced to life in prison at the Kingston-upon-Thames court on Friday.
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Olympian Sushil Kumar to coach Tihar Jail inmates on fitness, wrestling
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 12 (ANI): Two-time Olympic winner Sushil Kumar who is currently lodged in the national capital's Tihar Jail will coach fellow prison inmates in wrestling and impart fitness tips to them, officials said.
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SC asks committee to file report on prison reforms
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 11 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday asked the committee, constituted to recommend measures on prison reforms, to file its report within six months.
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US Sheriff to serve four years behind bars for assaulting detainees: Justi
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 11 (ANI/Sputnik): A county sheriff in the US state of Arkansas was sentenced to four years in prison for using unreasonable force to punish two people in his custody, the Justice Department said in a press release.
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China implements fresh strategy to constrain Uyghur population
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 10 (ANI): China has implemented a new strategy to constrain the Uyghur population in the Xinjiang region by shifting from "re-education camps" to prison.
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