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US accuses Syria of mass killings in Sednaya military prison
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 16 (ANI): The United States has accused the Bashar al-Assad regime of carrying out mass killings of prisoners on a daily basis and then burning their bodies in a large crematorium inside its Sednaya military prison outside Damascus, Syria.
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MHA sends prison reforms advisory to states and Union Territories
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 08 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Monday advised prison in-charges of all states and Union Territories (UT) about resolutions adopted by 5th National Conference of Heads of Prisons of States and UTs on prison reforms.
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Prisoner shot to death in Delhi's Rohini court
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi,[India], Apr 29,(ANI): A prisoner, who was shot at in the premises of Delhi's Rohini court on Saturday morning, succumbed to his injuries.
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Uzair Baloch in army custody for alleged links to Jadhav
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], April 22 (ANI): A court in Karachi, Pakistan, has been informed that Lyari gang-war kingpin Uzair Jan Baloch is in military custody and not in prison.
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UN panel raises questions over military courts in Pakistan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], April. 19 (ANI): The United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) has raised questions over "continued enforced disappearances" and "torture of prisoners in detention" in Pakistan.
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Ready to go to prison, give my life for Ram Temple in Ayodhya: Uma Bharti
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Lucknow [India], Apr. 8 (ANI): Expressing her devotion towards the burning Ram Temple issue, Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti said on Saturday that the construction of the temple was her fervent belief and that she was even ready to go to prison for it.
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Pak-origin money launderer Khanani jailed for over five years in U.S.
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Apr.4 (ANI): Pakistan-origin money changer Altaf Khanani has been sentenced to 68 months in prison and asked to pay a fine of USD 250,000 on one count of conspiracy to commit laundering by a United States District Court in Florida.
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Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Convict files second petition seeking exp
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Chennai [India], Apr. 1 (ANI): A G Perarivalan, one of the convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, has filed a second petition and submitted it to the Pune Information commission, seeking an explanation over the grounds on which actor Sanjay Dutt, a convict in 1993 Mumbai blasts case, w
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Russian opposition leader jailed for 15 days after anti-corruption protest
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Mar. 28 (ANI): Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been fined and sentenced to 15 days in prison for disobeying police orders and organising anti-government protests.
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UP: Fatehgarh Jail Superintendent injured as prisoners protest demanding b
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Farrukhabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar. 26 (ANI): The Fatehgarh Jail Superintendent and many other officials were on Sunday injured after the prisoners protested demanding better amenities.
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One killed in Cairo blast as Hosni Mubarak walks free
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Mar. 24 (ANI): At least one person was killed and three others were injured after an explosion in a suburb of the Egyptian capital of Cairo today interestingly on the same day as ousted former president Hosni Mubarak was released from prison.
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Sri Lanka releases 53 Indian fishermen lodged in Jaffna Prison
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 10 (ANI): In a goodwill gesture, Sri Lanka on Friday released 53 Indian fishermen lodged in Jaffna Prison.
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