Karachi [Pakistan], Jan. 25 (ANI): Former Pakistan cricket team captain Shahid Afridi on Tuesday tweeted that his charity organisation Shahid Afridi Foundation (SAF) has signed a treaty with authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the release of troubled Pakistani prisoners.
Saurashtra [India], Jan. 6 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued a notice to the Inspector General (Prisons), Gujarat over victimization of Dalit prisoners by upper castes inmates in Amreli district jail.
New Delhi [India], Jan. 1 (ANI): India and Pakistan on Sunday exchanged the lists of nationals of each country lodged in the jails of the other country consistent with the provisions of the Agreement on Consular Access between the two neighbours.
Buxar (Bihar) [India], Dec. 31 (ANI): Three wardens have been suspended after five prisoners escaped from Bihar's Buxar Central Jail late on Friday night.
Lahore [Pakistan], Dec. 18 (ANI): Pakistan has been the third most prolific executioner in the world for two consecutive years with 419 prisoners on death row already executed thus far.
Hong Kong, Dec 10 (ANI): As the world observes Human Rights Day today, the United States and the European Union said that political prisoners in China should be freed.
New Delhi [India], Dec. 8 (ANI): External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup on Thursday said the penalty imposed on two men from Tamil Nadu, who were sentenced to death in Doha for allegedly murdering an elderly woman in 2012, is too harsh and a lawyer has been appointed while addin
New Delhi [India], Dec. 2 (ANI): Chairing the Congress parliamentary party meeting here on Friday, vice-president Rahul Gandhi said the country has suffered tremendous damage as a result of the vanity and incompetence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Nabha (Punjab) [India], Nov. 27 (ANI): Accepting that the Nabha Central Jail incident was result of a conspiracy as well as security lapses, Director General of Punjab Police Suresh Arora on Sunday said five criminals in police fatigue came in a car and told 'santari' (guardsman) t
Sangrur [India], Nov. 27 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday called for an emergency meeting in the wake of the jailbreak in which the Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) chief and noted terrorist Harminder Singh Mintoo and four other prisoners escaped from the Nabha pris