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US accuses Syria of mass killings in Sednaya military prison
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 16 (ANI): The United States has accused the Bashar al-Assad regime of carrying out mass killings of prisoners on a daily basis and then burning their bodies in a large crematorium inside its Sednaya military prison outside Damascus, Syria.
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Prisoner shot to death in Delhi's Rohini court
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi,[India], Apr 29,(ANI): A prisoner, who was shot at in the premises of Delhi's Rohini court on Saturday morning, succumbed to his injuries.
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UN panel raises questions over military courts in Pakistan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], April. 19 (ANI): The United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) has raised questions over "continued enforced disappearances" and "torture of prisoners in detention" in Pakistan.
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UP: Fatehgarh Jail Superintendent injured as prisoners protest demanding b
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Farrukhabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar. 26 (ANI): The Fatehgarh Jail Superintendent and many other officials were on Sunday injured after the prisoners protested demanding better amenities.
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Trump criticises Obama's decision to release Guantanamo Bay prisoners
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 7 (ANI): U.S. President Donald Trump early Tuesday took to twitter to criticise previous administration's decision to reduce the population at the. detention facility of Guantanamo Bay, which houses terrorism suspects, by repatriating detainees to their homelands
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Jordan executes 15 prisoners
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], Mar. 4 (ANI):Jordan executed 15 prisoners on Saturday, including 10 who were convicted of terrorism, said officials.
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India releases 39 Pakistani prisoners
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Mar. 2 (ANI): India released 39 Pakistani prisoners lodged in jails across the country through Wagah-Attari route on Wednesday. The prisoners included 21 civilians and 18 fishermen.
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India releases 39 Pakistani prisoners as goodwill gesture
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Amritsar [India], Mar. 1 (ANI): In yet another gesture of goodwill, India on Wednesday released 39 Pakistan prisoners and handed them over to Islamabad at the Wagah border.
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New home for former Tibetan prisoners in Dharamshala
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dharamshala, (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Feb.22, (ANI): Tibetan Prime Minister in-exile Lobsang Sangay on Wednesday inaugurated a shelter for the former political prisoners of Tibet in Dharamshala.
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Trump calls for 'immediate' release of Venezuela's politica
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
WashingtonD.C. [USA], Feb. 16(ANI): U.S. President Donald Trump called on Venezuela on Wednesday night to release opposition leader and political prisoner Leopoldo Lopez 'immediately'.
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EU demands China to release political prisoners
Updated : 8 years, 6 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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Goa jail break: One killed after 45 inmates attack Sada sub jail personnel
Updated : 8 years, 6 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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