Yangon [Myanmar], December 6 (ANI): Detained Myanmar President U Win Myint and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi were sentenced to four years in prison on Monday, media reported citing Major General Zaw Min Tun, head of the information team under the State Administration Council.
Naypyidaw, [Myanmar], December 6 (ANI): A Myanmar court sentenced ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi to four years in prison for inciting dissent against the military and breaching Covid rules.
New Delhi [India], December 6 (ANI): The Special Investigative Unit of the Crime Branch has busted an extortion racket running from inside prison in Delhi (Mandoli Jail), informed the police on Sunday.
Washington [US], December 2 (ANI/Sputnik): A 15-year old sophomore who killed four in the recent high school shooting near Detroit is facing life behind bars, Prosecutor Karen McDonald told reporters on Wednesday.
Male [Maldives], November 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The Maldives Supreme Court has revoked the five-year prison term imposed on former President Abdulla Yameen on money laundering charges, media reported on Tuesday.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 30 (ANI): Karnataka police seized packets of Ganja and smoking pipes from Parappana Agrahara Central Prison in Bengaluru on Tuesday.
Moscow [Russia], November 30 (ANI/Sputnik): At least 11 people were killed and 262 inmates fled as a result of a militant attack on a prison in the city of Jos in central Nigeria, local media reported on Monday.
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 30 (ANI): As Afghans are struggling with the ongoing law and order situation in the country, the Taliban on Monday released over 210 prisoners from a jail in Afghanistan.
Brasilia [Brazil], November 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The former head of the Brazilian Olympic Committee, 79-year-old Carlos Arthur Nuzman, was sentenced to 30 years and 11 months in prison for buying votes for Rio de Janeiro to host the 2016 Olympic Games, media reported on Friday.
Paris [France], November 24 (ANI): France striker Karim Benzema on Wednesday was given a one-year suspended prison sentence after he was found guilty of blackmailing his former France international teammate Mathieu Valbuena.
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 24 (ANI): Pakistan government has released more than 100 Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) prisoners as a "goodwill gesture" to reciprocate the ceasefire announced by the group earlier this month, local media reported.
New Delhi [India], November 23 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has embarked upon a pilot project to improve access to justice to the prisoners in sixteen jails of Delhi through a legal aid system by fostering a sense of public service amongst the law students.