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US, Russia ready to hold talks over prisoner swap after Griner conviction
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 5 (ANI): Russia's Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov said on Friday the country was ready to discuss a prisoner swap with Washington at the presidential level right after the US basketball star Brittney Griner was jailed over drug charges.
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Threat to Arpita Mukherjee's life, test food, water before serving to her
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 5 (ANI): Arpita Mukherjee's advocate on Friday, while claiming a threat to her life, pleaded before the court to get her Division 1 prisoner category.
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Russia ready to discuss prisoners' exchange with US: Lavrov
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], August 5 (ANI): Amid the controversy surrounding the sentencing of an American basketball player in Russia, the Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday said Moscow is ready to discuss the exchange of prisoners with the US within the framework of the already ex
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Talks on prisoner swap with Russia ongoing at various levels
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 5 (ANI/Sputnik): The negotiations on a potential prisoner swap with Russia for Paul Whelan and Brittney Griner are being held at various levels, National Security Council Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby said on Thursday.
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Human rights violations of Tibetan women calls for global attention
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], August 4 (ANI): In China's occupied Tibet, human rights situation of women has worsened over time as they comprise a sizeable number among the political prisoners who are arrested for various crimes which include participation in a demonstration against the Communist ideology
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ASEAN to 'rethink' peace plan if Myanmar executes more prisoners: Cambodia
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], August 4 (ANI): Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Sen said that all ASEAN Member States are deeply disappointed by the execution of opposition activists in Myanmar and noted that if more prisoners are executed, they will be forced to rethink about the role vis-a-vis ASEAN
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Red Cross to deploy specialists to Olenivka after Ukrainian military attac
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 1 (ANI): The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Sunday said that it is ready to deploy specialists to the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) town of Olenivka in the Donbas region where 53 Ukrainian prisoners of war were killed after the Ukrainian mil
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Russia invites UN, Red Cross to probe shelling of Olenivka pre-trial deten
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], July 31 (ANI): Russia has invited experts from the United Nations and the Red Cross to participate in the investigation into the Ukrainian military attack on a pre-trial detention centre near Olenivka in the Donbas region with HIMARS rocket systems which killed 53 Ukrainian
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NALSA launches campaign to identify undertrial prisoners eligible for rele
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said that National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) has launched a campaign 'Release UTRC@75' from July 16, for identifying eligible prisoners and recommending the release of fit cases to the Under Trial Review Committ
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Lavrov urges Blinken to 'silent diplomacy' when discussing exchange of pri
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], July 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, in a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, called for return to "silent diplomacy" on the issue of prisoner exchange, without speculation and stuffing, the Russian Foreign Ministry said fo
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Ukrainian Strike kills 40 Prisoners of War in DPR: Russia
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Ukraine], July 29 (ANI): The Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday that the Ukrainian military attacked a pre-trial detention centre near Olenivka in the Donbas region with HIMARS rocket systems and killed 40 Ukrainian prisoners of war.
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ISIS causing unrest in Afghanistan: Taliban
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 29 (ANI): The Taliban's acting Foreign Minister admitted that 1,800 ISIS terrorists were released last year and claimed that ISIS fighters have been subdued while on the contrary, ISIS has claimed responsibility for the recent deadly attacks on mosques, schools,
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