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'Gilgit Baltistan not part of Pakistan, its laws do not apply': Protestors
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [PoK], October 21 (ANI): Protests demanding the release of political prisoners, including a prominent local activist Baba Jan, have entered the third week in Gilgit Baltistan with protestors questioning the draconian law under which the activists have been arrested, saying t
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Six prisoners infected with COVID-19 in Delhi jails: authorities tell HC
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 20 (ANI): The jail authorities submitted before the Delhi High Court on Tuesday that six prisoners, who are lodged in several jails in the national capital, are currently infected with COVID-19.
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US politicians urge Egyptian president to release activists imprisoned ill
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], October 19 (ANI): More than 50 politicians of the United States have urged Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to release activists, journalists, lawyers, and prisoners of conscience detained illegally in Egyptian prisons.
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UN chief welcomes further release of detainees in Yemen
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US] Oct. 17 (ANI/Xinhua): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday welcomed the further release of detainees in Yemen, noting that prisoner exchange is proof that breakthroughs can be achieved through dialogue and compromise.
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Consider surrender of prisoners in phased manner, activist urges Delhi Min
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): An activist and lawyer has made a representation before Delhi Cabinet Minister Satyender Jain, chairman High Power Committee (Justice Hima Kohli), DG Prison (Tihar) and others suggesting that a mechanism for surrendering of prisoners be considered in a
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Delhi HC asks prison authorities whether they have sufficient number of is
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 28 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the prison authorities whether they have a sufficient number of isolation wards to accommodate all the prisoners, who may surrender if the interim orders extending the bails are revoked.
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COVID-19: SC dismisses plea of Medha Patkar for interim release of prisone
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 22 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the Bombay High Court order whereby all such convicted prisoners who are undergoing punishment under the Special Acts were refused to be released on interim bail in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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As of Dec 2019, 4.78 lakh prisoners in 1,350 jails across country: MHA
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 21 (ANI): About 4,78,600 prisoners were locked up in close to 1,350 prisons across the country as of December 2019 as opposed to the maximum capacity of 4,03,739, according to the Union Home Ministry on Monday.
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In Lok Sabha, TMC MP demands release of 230 political leaders in J-K
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 19 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Saugata Ray in Lok Sabha on Saturday demanded the release of 230 political leaders in Jammu and Kashmir.
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High-Powered Committee is at liberty to change norms: SC on plea seeking i
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 14 (ANI): The Supreme Court, while hearing a plea for interim release of prisoners charged under Special Acts amid COVID-19, on Monday observed that it will pass a detailed order and held that the High-Powered Committee will be at liberty to change its norms as p
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COVID-19: Medha Patkar approaches SC for interim release of prisoners char
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 13 (ANI): Social activist Medha Patkar approached the Supreme Court for interim release of prisoners charged under Special Acts amid COVID-19.
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2 COVID-19 positive prisoners escape Pune's Yerawada prison
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], September 10 (ANI): Two undertrial prisoners, who had tested positive for COVID-19, escaped from a temporary jail set up by Yerawada Central Prison in Pune early morning on Saturday, jail officials informed.
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