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Pakistan: Chaman jailbreak highlights poor condition of facilities
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The recent jailbreak incident in Pakistan's Chaman region has shed light on the poor and decrepit condition of facilities in the country that has not undergone renovation since their construction.
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India, Pakistan exchange lists of civilian prisoners, fishermen
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Under the provisions of the 2008 Agreement on Consular Access, such lists are exchanged every year on January 1 and July 1.
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Pakistan: Prisoners escape after attacking officials in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
According to the police, the prisoners attacked the officials when they were leaving their barracks for Eid ul Adha prayers. The police said that the prisoners snatched a weapon from a jail official and fled from the spot.
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Taliban supreme leader Akhundzada orders to free 2,178 prisoners For Eid-a
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
According to the Supreme Court, the supreme leader of the Taliban, Hibatullah Akhundzada released orders to free 2,178 prisoners ahead of Eid al Adha, Khaama Press reported.
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Pakistan hands over 27 Afghan prisoners to Taliban authorities
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
According to Afghan officials, Pakistan has handed over 27 Afghan prisoners to the Taliban authorities at the Torkham crossing border, Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, reported Khaama Press.
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NHRC issues advisory to Centre and states to stop suicides in prisons, see
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The Commission has observed that most of the unnatural deaths of prisoners occur due to suicide. Therefore, besides focusing on their mental well-being to stop suicides, the Commission has emphasized that the barracks as well as the toilets should be kept free of objects because most suicide
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UAE President pardons 988 prisoners ahead of Eid Al Adha
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has ordered the release of 988 prisoners serving various sentences in the UAE ahead of Eid Al Adha.
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MP: Indore Central Jail inmates perform yoga with MP Shankar Lalwani on In
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Over 2,400 inmates, including women prisoners, participated in the International Yoga Day programme at Indore Central Jail in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday.
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US reacts to organ harvesting from Uyghurs
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Uyghurs have praised the United States initiative "Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act' passed in the US House of Representatives which will help in combating China's trade in organs of political prisoners, Falun Gong practitioners, and their own people, Bitter Winter reported.
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Iran hands over more than180 Afghan prisoners to Taliban
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
More than 180 Afghan prisoners have been transferred to Afghanistan by Iran on Wednesday in Herat province, Khaama Press reported citing a statement released by the Taliban Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan.
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Post 1971 war, Pakistani POWs wished their officers were like Indian offic
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
"After the 1971 Indo-Pak War, 90,000 Pakistani Prisoners of War were to be housed in camps in central command (with Lt Gen Bhagat as commander in chief). This entailed urgent construction of shelters, provision of amenities, putting the logistics in place, ensuring security arrangements a
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Kamala Gowani Trust organises cancer screening camp for female prisoners i
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 14: The Kamala Ankibai Ghamandiram Gowani Trust, a philanthropic organisation dedicated to supporting marginalized communities, including the transgender community, women, and senior citizens, organised a cancer screening camp for female prisoners at Bycull
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