Geneva [Switzerland], Dec 16 (ANI): The United Nations expressing doubt over Iraq's criminal justice system has called for an immediate halt to the mass execution of prisoners in the country.
New Delhi [India], Dec 16 (ANI): The Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 is heralded as one of the most convincing victories of the annals of the military history. It culminated with the abject surrender of Pakistani forces in East Pakistan (now, Bangladesh), with almost 1,00,000 being taken prisoners
Moscow [Russia], Dec 15 (ANI): Russia's former economic development minister, Alexei Ulyukayev on Friday was found guilty of accepting a $2 million bribe and was sentenced to eight years of imprisonment.
London [UK], December 13 (ANI): Oscar Pistorius has been injured in a prison brawl after allegedly starting a fight with another inmate while waiting to use a pay phone.
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India] Dec 06 (ANI): Three under trial Nepali nationals lodged in Shimla's Model Central Jail Kanda escaped by jumping the compounding wall in the early hours of Wednesday.
Kabul [Afghanistan], Nov 29 (ANI): At least five prisoners, who were sentenced to death over kidnapping charges, have been hanged to death at Pul-e-Charkhi prison in Kabul.
Washington D.C. [United States], November 25 (ANI): Former Olympic and Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius' prison sentence has been more than doubled to 13 years and five months for killing her girlfriend Reeva Steenmkamp.
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], Nov 22 (ANI): A case was registered after fifty mobile phones, forty one batteries, eleven SIM cards and nine mobile recharge cards were seized during search of barracks at Gurugram's Bhondsi Jail.
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 19 (ANI): The Afghan Special Forces have rescued over 30 persons, including children, from a Taliban-run prison in Afghanistan's Helmand province.