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Jailed Hong Kong activist gets new prison term over Tiananmen Square vigil
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, May 6 (ANI): Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong was sentenced to serve 10 more months in prison on Thursday for joining last year's vigil to commemorate victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.
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COVID-19: Around 280 prisoners in Meerut to be released on bail or parole
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 6 (ANI): In the wake of the surge in COVID-19 cases, around 280 jail inmates shall be released on bail or parole in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut, Senior Jail Superintendent, District Jail said on Wednesday.
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4 die of COVID-19 in Tihar, officials request emergency parole of some pri
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 30 (ANI): Amid the second COVID-19 wave, officials of the Tihar Jail in Delhi have written to the Delhi government requesting emergency parole for some prisoners.
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Michael B Jordan says 'it was fun' shooting his prison fight sequence in '
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 29 (ANI): Keeping the fans on toes, the much-anticipated action thriller 'Without Remorse' starring Michael B. Jordan has been creating buzz ever since its announcement. Piquing the interests of the melomaniacs, the makers of the Amazon Original movie shared another BT
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Plea seeks release of prisoners on interim bail from Delhi's Jails amid pa
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking direction for the immediate release of all the under-trial and convicted prisoners on interim bail/parole in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Pune: Undertrial COVID-19 positive prisoner jumps to death at Sassoon hosp
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], April 28 (ANI): An undertrial prisoner, booked in multiple cases, allegedly jumped to death from the eighth floor of Sassoon General Hospital in Pune on Tuesday where she was admitted after testing positive for Covid-19.
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UK condemns new sentence for dual citizen in Iran
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 26 (ANI): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his foreign secretary Dominic Raab on Monday condemned the new one-year prison sentence that was issued by an Iranian court to UK-Iranian national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.
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Chinese authorities sentence Uyghur author to 20 years in prison
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 25 (ANI): Chinese authorities in the northwest region of Xinjiang have sentenced an Uyghur author, whose work was targeted in a book burning campaign, to 20 years in prison, according to officials.
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740 people killed so far in Myanmar since Feb 1 military coup
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], April 24 (ANI): As violence continues to intensify in Myanmar, 740 people have been confirmed to be killed since the military takeover on February 1, according to Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP).
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Justin Bieber gets emotional while singing 'Lonely' for prisoners
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 23 (ANI): Almost a month later after the news of pop star Justin Bieber's visit to prison for supporting faith-based programs with a pastor broke, sources revealed that the singer sang his hit 'Lonely' in order to spread the gospel among them.
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Delhi HC defers hearing on PIL seeking direction for release of UTPs on in
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday deferred the hearing on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking direction for release of Under Trial Prisoners (UTPs) on interim bail or Special Parole in the view of the prevalent COVID-19 situation in the National Capit
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28 civilians rescued from Taliban prison in Helmand: Afghan security force
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Helmand [Afghanistan], April 20 (ANI): At least 28 civilians were rescued from a Taliban prison in Helmand province by the Afghan security forces.
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