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Taiwan: Former TSMC engineer sentenced to 10 years in prison for tech leak
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A former Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) engineer has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. According to a report by, according to a report by Focus Taiwan, the engineer received this punishment for his role in the leak of trade secrets involving the company's advanced 2-nanome
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Trump claims Iran halts execution of women protestors after his request
Updated : 4 months, 4 weeks ago IST
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) said that Iran has halted the planned execution of eight women protestors following his intervention, with four set to be released and the remaining four to serve a one-month prison sentence.
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Pakistan: Man jailed for 10 years in rape case in Karachi
Updated : 5 months ago IST
After hearing arguments and reviewing evidence from the prosecution and defence, Additional District and Sessions Judge (Central) Mirza Tauseef Ahmed declared Zeeshan alias Shani guilty of raping the teenage girl while she was at home by herself.
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Chinese authorities jail Tibetan monk for 6 years for teaching Tibetan lan
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Chinese government has sentenced Palden Yeshe, a Tibetan monk, to six years in prison for teaching Tibetan language to over 300 students during their school holidays, drawing renewed criticism over China's tightening restrictions on Tibetan cultural and linguistic practices, as reported
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UN experts raise alarm over Pakistan's conviction of rights lawyers, flag
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
UN experts expressed serious concern over the 17-year prison sentences handed to Pakistani human rights lawyers Iman Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha under cyber-terrorism laws. The rapporteurs warned that broad legislation is being misused to criminalise legal advocacy, restrict expression, and
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Pakistan: UN experts alarmed by conviction of Imaan Mazari-Hazir, Hadi Ali
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
UN experts on Wednesday expressed alarm at the conviction of lawyers and human rights defenders Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha on multiple criminal charges, which resulted in lengthy prison sentences, for simply exercising rights guaranteed by international human rights law as per a
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Bangladesh court hands 10-year sentence to ex-PM Sheikh Hasina over Purbac
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in two corruption cases. Her relatives also received jail terms. The verdict comes after trials linked to land allocation, amid ongoing legal action under Bangladesh's interim government.
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Diddy files appeal asking for "immediate release" from prison
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Rap mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs has filed an appeal requesting the immediate release from his 50-month prison sentence, which he claims was excessively harsh in his federal trial. The 84-page appeal, submitted on December 24, 2025, challenges the court's decision and argues that the sentence ha
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Chinese court sentences Tibetan activist Tsering Tso to one year in prison
Updated : 8 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Tsering Tso, a Tibetan human rights advocate, has received a one-year prison sentence from the Trikha (Ch. Guide) County People's Court located in Tsolho (Hainan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in eastern Tibet. She was charged with "picking quarrels and provoking trouble," a vague accusatio
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Sean Combs organises Thanksgiving meals for inmates at Fort Dix prison
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Sean Combs, who is currently serving a four-year prison sentence at the federal correctional institution FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey, helped organise and personally fund Thanksgiving meals for fellow inmates.
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Brazil former President Bolsonaro ordered to serve 27-year prison term for
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
According to CNN, Bolsonaro has been in custody at Brazil's Federal Police headquarters since Saturday after authorities detained him for allegedly tampering with his court-ordered ankle monitor. On Tuesday, Justice Moraes stated that Bolsonaro would serve his sentence at the police headq
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China's escalating war on Christianity deepens with mass arrest of Zion ch
Updated : 10 months ago IST
According to The Epoch Times, Bob Fu, president of ChinaAid, stated that the detainees are accused of "illegally using information networks," a charge that carries a maximum three-year prison sentence. Rights groups say this allegation is increasingly being used by China to silence Christian
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