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Rights groups express concern for Taiwanese activist jailed in China
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], March 19 (ANI): Human rights groups have expressed concern over Taiwanese national Lee Ming-che, who is currently in prison in China.
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China may extend human rights advocate Lee Ming-che's prison term
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Beijing [China], March 19 (ANI): Human rights advocate Lee Ming-che could be kept in China two years beyond his release date in conditions that human rights groups called "inhumane".
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Chinese national gets 9-year prison term in Ethiopia for smuggling telecom
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], March 16 (ANI): A court in Ethiopia has sentenced a Chinese national to nine years in jail for reportedly trying to smuggle highly censored communication gear into the country, local media reported citing the country's ministry of justice on Wednesday.
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UK pays Iran USD 530 mln debt for unfulfilled tanks order
Updated : 4 years ago IST
London [UK], March 16 (ANI): Following the release of two British nationals held in Iranian prisons for several years, UK foreign minister Liz Truss on Wednesday confirmed that the UK had paid Iran a USD 530 million debt for an order of tanks that was canceled after the 1979 Islamic revoluti
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British-Pakistani man gets life imprisonment by UK jury for conspiring to
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London [UK], March 12 (ANI): A 31-year-old British Pakistani man Muhammad Gohir Khan, charged for conspiring to kill Netherlands-based blogger and activist, Ahmad Waqass Goraya was sentenced to life in prison at the Kingston-upon-Thames court on Friday.
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Olympian Sushil Kumar to coach Tihar Jail inmates on fitness, wrestling
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 12 (ANI): Two-time Olympic winner Sushil Kumar who is currently lodged in the national capital's Tihar Jail will coach fellow prison inmates in wrestling and impart fitness tips to them, officials said.
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SC asks committee to file report on prison reforms
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 11 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday asked the committee, constituted to recommend measures on prison reforms, to file its report within six months.
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US Sheriff to serve four years behind bars for assaulting detainees: Justi
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Washington [US], March 11 (ANI/Sputnik): A county sheriff in the US state of Arkansas was sentenced to four years in prison for using unreasonable force to punish two people in his custody, the Justice Department said in a press release.
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China implements fresh strategy to constrain Uyghur population
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Beijing [China], March 10 (ANI): China has implemented a new strategy to constrain the Uyghur population in the Xinjiang region by shifting from "re-education camps" to prison.
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Eight people sentenced over 'rioting' in Hong Kong
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Hong Kong, March 6 (ANI): As many as eight people were sentenced to prison in Hong Kong on Saturday for participating in "rioting" in Tsim Sha Tsui in August 2019.
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Tibetan monk who spent over 20 years in Chinese prisons dies at 61
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], February 24 (ANI): A Tibetan monk, who spent more than 20 years in Chinese prisons, died at the age of 61.
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Health of three monks in critical condition after six years of torture in
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Sichuan [China], February 23 (ANI): Three senior monks from Drago Monastery in Karze prefecture in western China's Sichuan province are in critical health condition after their release from prison four years ago, said a media report.
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