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South Africa's ex-president Zuma turns himself in for 15-month prison term
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Cape Town [South Africa] July 8 (ANI): Former South African president Jacob Zuma on Wednesday handed himself over to the police to serve a 15-month prison sentence.
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SC grants interim bail to 13 convicted prisoners jailed for 14 years despi
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday granted interim bail to 13 convicted prisoners, keeping in view the fact that they were declared as juveniles by the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) at the time of the commission of the offence, had already served 14 years Jail sent
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South Africa's ex-president Zuma refuses to serve 15-month prison sentence
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Cape Town [South Africa], July 5 (ANI/Sputnik): Jacob Zuma, South Africa's former president, on Sunday announced his refusal to serve his 15-months prison sentence.
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South African court to reconsider former president Jacob Zuma's conviction
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Cape Town [South Africa], July 4 (ANI/Sputnik): South Africa's Constitutional Court agreed to review former President Jacob Zuma's 15-month sentence at a new hearing later this month, Jeune Afrique reported.
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Japan's apex court upholds death sentence for 'Black Widow' serial killer
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 1 (ANI): Japan's Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence given to a 74-year-old serial killer, known as the "Black Widow," for the murder of three men, including her husband, and the attempted murder of a fourth.
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Allison Mack sentenced to 3 years in prison for involvement in NXIVM cult
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 1 (ANI): American actor Allison Mack has been sentenced to three years in prison for her involvement in the scandal-ridden NXIVM cult led by convicted sex trafficker Keith Raniere.
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Pakistan court sentences man to death for killing his employer over blasph
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 30 (ANI): A Pakistan anti-terrorism court has sentenced a man to death for killing his employer over blasphemy allegations.
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South Africa's ex-president Jacob Zuma sentenced to 15 months imprisonment
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Cape Town [South Africa], June 30 (ANI): South Africa's top court on Tuesday ruled that former President Jacob Zuma was in contempt of court and handed him a sentence of 15 months imprisonment for defying court orders to appear before a corruption investigation spanning nine years of his ter
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Human rights defenders are tortured in China, says UN expert
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 29 (ANI): A top UN independent expert on Monday highlighted concerns that activists in China were being abused and sentenced to long prison terms or house arrest.
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18 Al-Shabab terrorists executed in northeast Somalia
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], June 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Eighteen Al-Shabab terrorists were executed Sunday in Galkayo town of Mudug, the Puntland State of Somalia, after being sentenced to death earlier by the court.
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Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22.5 years in prison for killing George Floyd
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 26 (ANI): Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer convicted for murdering George Floyd last year, has been sentenced to 22.5 years in prison.
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Uyghurs in Xinjiang given long prison sentences
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 25 (ANI): Chinese government figures show a steep rise in the number of people given lengthy prison sentences in Xinjiang from 2014, when Beijing's crackdown on the region's Muslim-majority Uyghurs ramped up.
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