Minsk [Belarus], September 8 (ANI): A Belarusian court on Monday sentenced Maria Kolesnikova, an opposition figure and protest leader against President Alexander Lukashenko to 11 years in prison.
New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday transferred probe into undertrial prisoner Ankit Gujjar's death case in Tihar jail to CBI and directed the investigation agency to file a status report after carrying out an investigation.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 8 (ANI/NewsVoir): CareerNet, India's leading talent solutions provider, successfully organised 'Women in Tech', a virtual career fair through CareerNet Prism, on August 28, 2021.
Jakarta [Indonesia], September 8 (ANI): In a massive fire incident at a prison near the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Wednesday at least 40 inmates were killed.
London [UK], September 6 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Monday condemned the lengthy prison sentences handed to Belarusian opposition figures Maria Kolesnikova and Maksim Znak by a Minsk court, and urged President Alexander Lukashenko's government to release all politica
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 4 (ANI): In a first, a Jail Museum set up in 2018 in the state capital Lucknow depicts the journey of prisons since the 18th century.
Geneva [Switzerland], September 4 (ANI): The imminent execution of an Iranian Kurdish prisoner must be halted and his death sentence repealed, UN-appointed independent human rights experts said on Friday.
Nashik (Maharashtra) [India], September 4 (ANI): With less than a week remaining for Ganesh Chaturthi, Nashik police commissioner Deepak Pandey inaugurated the stall of Ganesh idols, which have been made by inmates of Nashik Central Jail Prison, on Friday.
New Delhi [India], September 2 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday reserved an order on a petition relating to the alleged murder recently of undertrial prisoner Ankit Gujjar in Tihar Jail.
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 2 (ANI): BSP leader Mukhtar Ansari's wife Afshan Ansari and son Umar Ansari have filed an application in the Special Court in Prayagraj stating that Mukhtar's life is in danger inside the jail.
Islamabad [Pakistan] September 1 (ANI): Pakistan opposition on Tuesday informed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly that several prisons in the province are highly overcrowded.
London [UK], August 31 (ANI): Tibetan activist groups in the UK observed the International Day of the Disappeared in London on Tuesday by raising slogans outside the Chinese Embassy to 'Release Political Prisoners'.