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'American Taliban' to be freed after 17 years in US jail
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 22 (ANI): An Islamic terrorist, who came to be infamously known as the "American Taliban" after his 2001 capture in Afghanistan is set to be released from a US prison on Thursday, three years before he completes his 20-year-sentence, federal officials said.
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Tajikistan: 32 killed in prison riot
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Vahdat [Tajikistan], May 20 (ANI): Three guards and 29 inmates were killed after a riot broke out at a high-security prison in Tajikistan's western city of Vahdat, the country's Deputy Justice Minister Mansurjon Umarov said on Monday.
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'Russia will do its best to help convicted Maria Butina'
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 20 (ANI): Russia Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Sunday assured that Moscow will spare no effort to help Russian national Maria Butina, who is lodged in a US prison.
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China sentences Japanese man on espionage charges
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 18 (ANI): A Chinese court on Friday handed a five and half year prison sentence to a 70-year-old Japanese man on charges of espionage, as per Japan's Foreign Ministry.
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India frees 19 Pakistani prisoners
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], May 15 (ANI): 19 Pakistani prisoners returned home from the Attari-Wagah border after being released by Indian authorities on Tuesday.
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Afghanistan: Prison riot kills 4 inmates, 33 injured including police
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 15 (ANI): Four inmates lost their lives while 33 others, including 20 police officers, were injured after riots broke out at the Pul-e-Charkhi prison here on Tuesday (local time).
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Nalanda: 8 people arrested after four children escape from juvenile rehabi
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Nalanda (Bihar) [India], May 14 (ANI): Eight people were arrested for negligence of duty after four child prisoners escaped by cutting the rods of the window of a juvenile rehabilitation home in Deepnagar, Nalanda district on Monday.
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Hundreds of inmates escape after riots break out in Indonesian prison
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], May 11 (ANI): Hundreds of prisoners escaped from an Indonesian jail on Sumatra island after rioting and fire broke out on Saturday morning at the detention centre.
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10 civilians rescued from Taliban prison in Afghanistan
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kunduz [Afghanistan], May 11 (ANI): The Afghan National Army commandos rescued 10 civilians from a Taliban prison in an operation conducted late Friday night in the country's northern province of Kunduz, a military source said on Saturday.
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Huge backlash for Kim for her prison reform movement
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 11 (ANI): American reality star Kim Kardashian is the target of huge backlash from people involved in the prison reform movement who think she is getting too much credit for her '90-day Freedom Campaign' to free inmates with mild offences.
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Mangaluru: Two sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually assaulting a s
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Mangaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 8 (ANI): A POCSO court on Wednesday sentenced two accused to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment and also imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 for sexually assaulting a student, in March 2015.
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'He's an innocent person', says Pamela Anderson after visiting Assange in
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 8 (ANI): Hollywood actress Pamela Anderson met Julian Assange at the Belmarsh high-security prison here on Tuesday. It was the first high-profile visit by a celebrity since the 47-year-old WikiLeaks founder was booted out from Ecuadorian embassy last month.
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