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South Africa's ex-president Jacob Zuma sentenced to 15 months imprisonment
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Cape Town [South Africa], June 30 (ANI): South Africa's top court on Tuesday ruled that former President Jacob Zuma was in contempt of court and handed him a sentence of 15 months imprisonment for defying court orders to appear before a corruption investigation spanning nine years of his ter
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Human rights defenders are tortured in China, says UN expert
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 29 (ANI): A top UN independent expert on Monday highlighted concerns that activists in China were being abused and sentenced to long prison terms or house arrest.
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Will meet EAM Jaishankar again regarding release of Haryana youth lodged i
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], June 27 (ANI): Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday said he will be meeting External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar again to seek his intervention in securing the release of Vishal Jude from a prison in Australia.
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Myanmar military torturing detainees to know whereabouts of opponents, say
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], June 27 (ANI): Myanmar's military is using torture to extract information from detainees on the whereabouts of senior opposition members and activist leaders, an American journalist recently released from a Yangon prison told CNN.
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Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22.5 years in prison for killing George Floyd
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], June 26 (ANI): Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer convicted for murdering George Floyd last year, has been sentenced to 22.5 years in prison.
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Tibetan writer languishes in Chinese prison since 2019 without trial: Repo
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], June 25 (ANI): A Tibetan writer, who was arrested on unspecified charges by Chinese authorities in 2019, has still not been brought to trial.
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Uyghurs in Xinjiang given long prison sentences
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, June 25 (ANI): Chinese government figures show a steep rise in the number of people given lengthy prison sentences in Xinjiang from 2014, when Beijing's crackdown on the region's Muslim-majority Uyghurs ramped up.
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Drake Bell pleads guilty to attempted child endangerment charges
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US] June 24 (ANI): Hollywood actor Drake Bell, who starred as Drake on the popular Nickelodeon series 'Drake and Josh', on Wednesday, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of disseminating matter harmful to juveniles and a felony charge of attempting to endanger children.
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Antivirus entrepreneur John McAfee found dead in Spanish prison before ext
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Madrid [Spain], June 24 (ANI): John McAfee, the British-American antivirus entrepreneur and founder of McAfee Associates, was found dead in a Spanish prison, as he was awaiting extradition after being charged with tax evasion in the United States last year. He was 75.
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Haryana CM speaks to Jaishankar for release of youth from Australian priso
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Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], June 23 (ANI): The Haryana government on Wednesday said that External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had assured the state's Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar of the release of a youth from a prison in Australia.
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Former Haryana CM OP Chautala completes sentence in JBT case, to be out of
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): Sentence of former Chief Minister of Haryana Chaudhary Om Prakash Chautala has been completed in the JBT case, informed his Lawyer Amit Sahni.
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Spain pardons 9 leaders over failed Catalonia independence drive
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Madrid [Spain], June 23 (ANI): Spain's government on Tuesday pardoned nine leaders serving prison sentences for their roles in Catalonia's failed 2017 independence drive, announced Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
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