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Haiti government declares state of emergency after thousands of prisoners
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The Haiti government declared a state of emergency on Sunday after thousands of prisoners escaped from its largest prison, Haiti's National Penitentiary, during a surge of gang violence that has upended the Caribbean nation for months, reported CNN.
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Haiti: Hundreds of prisoners escape Port-au-Prince prison
Updated : 2 years ago IST
In a post on X, one of Haiti's Police Unions pleaded for all officers in the capital with access to cars and weapons to support police fighting to have control over the penitentiary.
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Uttarakhand govt distributes appointment letters to 27 deputy jailers, 285
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Under the leadership of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, the state government is committed to providing employment opportunities to the youth. Today, appointment letters were given to 27 deputy jailers and 285 prisoner guards selected by the Public Service Commission under the Prison A
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"Eradicate caste-based segregation in prison": MHA urges states, labels pr
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) recently advised all the states and the Union Territories (UTs) against the practice of "segregating prisoners and assigning tasks based on their caste", urging them to remove such "discriminatory" provisions from their manuals or legislation and to halt
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Madhya Pradesh: Central Jail undertrial prisoner escapes from Hamidia Hosp
Updated : 2 years ago IST
A central jail undertrial prisoner who was admitted to Hamidia Hospital in Bhopal for treatment escaped from there, said a police official on Wednesday.
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Australia imposes sanctions on Russian prison officials over Navalny's dea
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
In a statement, Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles said, "Australia holds President Putin and the Russian Government responsible for Mr Navalny's treatment and death in custody."
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MP: Energy Minister Pradhuman Singh Tomar inspects Central Jail, cleans dr
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Tomar on Friday inspected the Central Jail in the district and talked about the arrangements with the family members who came to meet the prisoners. During this, seeing the dirty water area in the Jail canteen, he started to clean it himself.
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Russian authorities "blackmailing" to accept secret burial, alleges Navaln
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The mother of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, alleged that the Moscow authorities are "blackmailing" her to accept a secret burial of her son, after she was allowed to see the corpse for the first time since his mysterious death in prison, The Washington Post reported.
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Nepal: Rape convicted star cricketer Lamichhane challenges jail term, to f
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The rape convicted star player on Thursday along with his legal team filed a petition with the High Court challenging the decision of Kathmandu District Court's eight years in prison sentence in a rape case.
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CRPF personnel at Delhi's Rohini Jail seize live bullet from prison visito
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Central Reserve Police Force personnel deployed at Rohini Jail in Delhi on Wednesday seized a live bullet from a person who visited the jail, said Delhi police.
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UK sanctions officials at Russian prison where Alexey Navalny was 'killed'
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The sanctioned individuals include Vadim Konstantinovich Kalinin, who oversaw the brutal prison camp where Navalny was kept in solitary confinement for up to 2 weeks at a time. Navalny's condition had deteriorated in his 3 years in prison.
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Over 23,000 Pakistani nationals jailed in foreign prisons: Report
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
According to the data, 23,456 Pakistani citizens were imprisoned in foreign countries, including 15,587 convicts and 7,869 under-trial prisoners.
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