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Iranian filmmaker flees country ahead of Cannes premiere
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, known for his dissident stance against the Islamic Republic, has fled his homeland amidst an eight-year prison sentence handed down by the Islamic Revolution Court.
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Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof sentenced to 8 years in prison and flo
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof has been handed an eight-year prison sentence, as reported by his lawyer.
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Ecuador: People vote in referendum on tougher measures to fight gang-relat
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The majority of the 11 questions asked to voters on Sunday focused on tightening security measures. The steps include deploying the army in the fight against the gangs, loosening hindrances to the extradition of accused criminals and increasing prison sentences for convicted drug traffickers
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Nepal: Rape convicted star cricketer Lamichhane challenges jail term, to f
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The rape convicted star player on Thursday along with his legal team filed a petition with the High Court challenging the decision of Kathmandu District Court's eight years in prison sentence in a rape case.
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Transporters, drivers protest against new law on hit-and-run cases in vari
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Transport Association and drivers staged a protest against the new law on hit-and-run cases in Maharashtra's Nagpur. The new law attracts a 7-10 year prison sentence for drivers falling foul of it. As a result of this protest, people at petrol pumps faced long queues.
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Private bus and truck drivers protest new hit-and-run law across states
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Private bus and truck drivers on Monday enforced a 'chakka jam' (traffic jam) across the state in protest against a new hit-and-run law, which attracts a 7-10 year prison sentence for drivers falling foul of it.
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Iran sentences two women journalists to prison
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Two Iranian women journalists have been given preliminary prison sentences for national security charges on cases related to the Mahsa Amini protests, reported Al Jazeera.
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Thai King reduces former PM Shinawatra's 8-year prison term to one year
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn on Friday reduced the prison sentence of the country's former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra from eight years to one, according to CNN.
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Coal ‘scam’: Delhi's Special Court awards 3-year prison sentence to former
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The Special Court of Delhi on Tuesday awarded three years of rigorous imprisonment to Gautam Kumar Basak, former executive secretary of Joint Plant Committee (JPC), Ministry of Steel, under the Prevention of Corruption Act, in connection with a corruption case involving coal block allocat
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Tory Lanez receives 10-year prison sentence for shooting Megan Thee Stalli
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
After nearly a full two days of sentencing hearings in shooting of Megan Thee Stallion, the rapper's sentence was announced on Tuesday in Los Angeles. He has received a 10-year jail term.
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Myanmar junta reduces ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi's prison sentences by
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Myanmar Junta reduced the prison sentences of the country's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi by six years in clemency connected to a religious holiday.
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Aung San Suu Kyi gets partial pardon from Myanmar's military
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The Myanmar military has announced clemency for imprisoned democratically elected civilian leaders Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint. Both have been incarcerated since February 2021 coup with Suu Kyi having been convicted of 19 offences that carried a total prison sentence of 33 years
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