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MHA issues draft guidelines for police buildings under rights of PwDs
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 23 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Monday issued draft guidelines for MHA specific built infrastructure and Associated Services for Police Stations, Prisons and Disaster Mitigation Centers to ensure disabled people can access the buildings and their s
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Pakistan: 88,687 prisoners lodged in 116 jails against sanctioned capacity
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 22 (ANI): That prisons in Pakistan are overcrowded, with 23,519 more inmates than the original capacity, living in inhuman conditions.
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Pak brings law that allows Jadhav to appeal against conviction, India says
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 18 (ANI): Pakistan has passed a bill in a joint sitting of the National Assembly and Senate which may enable Kulbhushan Jadhav, an Indian prisoner on death row, to appeal against his conviction. The law has been brought to comply with the judgement of the Internat
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Activists detained after coup face dismal conditions in Myanmar's Insein P
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], November 18 (ANI): Activists who were detained after the military coup are facing dismal conditions in Myanmar's notorious Insein Prison, according to a former detainee, who survived COVID-19 and other illnesses in the facility and remains haunted by her experience despi
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US man sentenced to 30 years in prison for attempting to support IS
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 18 (ANI/Sputnik): A US man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State terror group (IS, banned in Russia), the Department of Justice said.
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US welcomes release of journalist wrongfully detained by Myanmar Military
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 15 (ANI): The US on Monday welcomed the release of American journalist Daniel Fenster from prison in Burma, where he was wrongfully detained for almost six months.
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Detained US journalist Danny Fenster released from Myanmar jail
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], November 15 (ANI): US journalist Danny Fenster, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison by a Myanmar military court, was released on Monday, according to former US diplomat Bill Richardson.
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Chinese blogger sentenced to 7 months for 'insulting' PLA soldiers who die
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 15 (ANI): A travel blogger in China has been sentenced to seven months in prison for "insulting" the tombstone of PLA soldiers who died in the Galwan Valley border clash with India, local media reported on Monday.
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Death toll from prison clashes in Ecuador rises to 68
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Quito [Ecuador], November 14 (ANI/Xinhua): The death toll from the clashes at the Litoral Penitentiary in the Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil has risen to 68, the State Attorney General's Office reported on Saturday.
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At least 58 inmates killed after clashes at prison in Ecuador
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Quito [Ecuador] November 14 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 58 prisoners died and another 12 were injured in clashes in a jail in the Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil, local authorities reported on Saturday.
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Russia does not see any progress on prisoners exchange with US
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia does not see any progress on the prisoners exchange with the United States after the July summit held by Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Joe Biden, in Geneva; the Russian Foreign Ministry's Commissioner for Human Rig
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US journalist Danny Fenster sentenced to 11 years in Myanmar prison
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], November 12 (ANI): A Myanmar military court has sentenced US journalist Danny Fenster to 11 years in prison, media reports said on Friday.
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