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Alarm over rise in 'natural deaths' of inmates in Karachi jail
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Feb. 11 (ANI): Judicial authorities and provincial drug inspectors took samples of 26 'suspected drugs and medicines' at the Karachi central jail's health facility on Friday following a recent wave of "natural deaths" of inmates at the prison.
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British prisons seeing record levels of suicides, violence: Ministry of Ju
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Feb. 3 (ANI): A report released by United Kingdom's Ministry of Justice has revealed that suicides, assaults and self-inflicted harm in British prisons have all reached new record levels with 354 deaths being reported behind bars in England and Wales last year, including 11
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EU demands China to release political prisoners
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Jan. 29 (ANI): The European Union (EU) has demanded China to investigate a harrowing account of torture by a detained lawyer and release several political prisoners.
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Trump administration calls for review on use of CIA 'black site'
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington(D.C.)[US], Jan. 26(ANI): An executive order drafted by the Donald Trump administration called for a policy review that could authorize the CIA to reopen "black site" prisons overseas and potentially restart an interrogation program that was dismantled in 2009 after using
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Goa jail break: One killed after 45 inmates attack Sada sub jail personnel
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], Jan. 25 (ANI): A prisoner was killed and many others injured including two security guards and one jailor after 45 inmates attacked Sada sub jail personnel and tried to flee on Wednesday.
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Shahid Afridi's charity to facilitate release of 30 Pak prisoners in
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Jan. 25 (ANI): Former Pakistan cricket team captain Shahid Afridi on Tuesday tweeted that his charity organisation Shahid Afridi Foundation (SAF) has signed a treaty with authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the release of troubled Pakistani prisoners.
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BJP spokesperson's son jailed for five years on murder charge
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], Jan.21 (ANI): The District and Sessions Judge of Imphal West has sentenced N. Ajay Meitei, the son of a former minister and at present BJP spokesperson N. Biren Singh to serve five years in prison for his involvement in a six-year old murder case.
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Imphal: BJP leader's son sentenced to prison for homicide
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Imphal, (Manipur), [India], Jan. 20 (ANI): Imphal Court on Friday sentenced N. Ajay Singh, son of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader N. Biren Singh, to five years in prison and levied Rs 50, 000 fine for a culpable homicide in a 2011 firing incident in which Irom Roger, 21, was killed.
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Shahabuddin`s `suit, boot` jail selfies leave prison authorities confounde
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Siwan(Bihar)[India], Jan. 7(ANI): Former Member of Parliament Mohammed Shahabuddin's shocking selfies from within the Siwan jail, where he is imprisoned for murder among other charges, has left the prison authorities and administration perplexed.
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Gujarat: NHRC issues notice over victimization of Dalit prisoners in Amrel
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Saurashtra [India], Jan. 6 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued a notice to the Inspector General (Prisons), Gujarat over victimization of Dalit prisoners by upper castes inmates in Amreli district jail.
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The Maldives: Now, a paradise for Jihadis
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Jan. 6 (ANI): A video released in August 2015 by a pro-ISIS group shows three men threatening to kill Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen and Vice President Ahmed Adeeb if opposition leader Sheikh Imran Abdulla is not released from prison.
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India, Pakistan exchange list of prisoners
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 1 (ANI): India and Pakistan on Sunday exchanged the lists of nationals of each country lodged in the jails of the other country consistent with the provisions of the Agreement on Consular Access between the two neighbours.
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