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Pune: Undertrial COVID-19 positive prisoner jumps to death at Sassoon hosp
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], April 28 (ANI): An undertrial prisoner, booked in multiple cases, allegedly jumped to death from the eighth floor of Sassoon General Hospital in Pune on Tuesday where she was admitted after testing positive for Covid-19.
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UK condemns new sentence for dual citizen in Iran
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], April 26 (ANI): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his foreign secretary Dominic Raab on Monday condemned the new one-year prison sentence that was issued by an Iranian court to UK-Iranian national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.
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Chinese authorities sentence Uyghur author to 20 years in prison
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 25 (ANI): Chinese authorities in the northwest region of Xinjiang have sentenced an Uyghur author, whose work was targeted in a book burning campaign, to 20 years in prison, according to officials.
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740 people killed so far in Myanmar since Feb 1 military coup
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], April 24 (ANI): As violence continues to intensify in Myanmar, 740 people have been confirmed to be killed since the military takeover on February 1, according to Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP).
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Justin Bieber gets emotional while singing 'Lonely' for prisoners
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 23 (ANI): Almost a month later after the news of pop star Justin Bieber's visit to prison for supporting faith-based programs with a pastor broke, sources revealed that the singer sang his hit 'Lonely' in order to spread the gospel among them.
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Delhi HC defers hearing on PIL seeking direction for release of UTPs on in
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday deferred the hearing on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking direction for release of Under Trial Prisoners (UTPs) on interim bail or Special Parole in the view of the prevalent COVID-19 situation in the National Capit
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28 civilians rescued from Taliban prison in Helmand: Afghan security force
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Helmand [Afghanistan], April 20 (ANI): At least 28 civilians were rescued from a Taliban prison in Helmand province by the Afghan security forces.
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PIL in HC seeks release of under trial prisoners on bail in Delhi in view
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been moved in Delhi High Court for the release of Under Trial Prisoners (UTPs) on interim bail or Special Parole in the wake of the prevalent COVID-19 situation in the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
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Bihar Police nabs two prisoners attempting to escape from Muzaffarpur jail
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Muzaffarpur (Bihar) [India], April 19 (ANI): Two prisoners were apprehended after an alleged failed attempt to escape from the Bihar jail with the help of three other inmates on late Sunday.
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UK, EU condemn sentencing of Jimmy Lai, other Hong Kong pro-democracy acti
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], April 18 (ANI): The United Kingdom and the European Union condemned the decision to sentence publishing tycoon Jimmy Lai and multiple pro-democracy figures to prison for their roles in the 2019 mass protests that rocked the city for a year.
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Biden says situation with Alexey Navalny 'totally unfair'
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 18 (ANI/Sputnik): US President Joe Biden on Saturday said the situation with Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny, who is currently serving a two-and-a-half prison term, is "totally unfair."
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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 1 year in jail
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, April 16 (ANI): Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was sentenced by a Hong Kong court to one year in prison on Friday over illegal assembly in August 2019, reported Xinhua.
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