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China Builds Over 200 New Prisons As Xi Jinping Ups Anti-Corruption Drive
China has built or expanded over 200 specialised detention facilities across the country to support President Xi Jinping's widening anti-corruption campaign, reports CNN.
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Japan's 'Black Widow' Death Row Inmate, Chisako Kakehi, Dies
A Japanese death-row inmate, dubbed the "Black Widow" after she used cyanide to kill her elderly lovers, has died in a detention centre at age 78.
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Centre Scraps 'No-Detention' Policy For Classes 5 And 8 Students Failing Year-End Exams
The government has clarified that no child shall be expelled from any school till completion of elementary education.
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South Korea Leader Attempts Suicide Using Underwear Over Failed Martial Law
Kim Yong-hyun, the former South Korean Defence Minister Kim Yong-hyun accused of playing a lead role in the failed imposition of martial law on December 3, tried to commit suicide inside a detention centre on Wednesday.
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Supreme Court's Rap For "Sorry State" Of Foreigners Detention Centre In Assam
The Supreme Court on Friday flagged the "sorry state" of a detention centre in Assam that house individuals whose citizenship is unclear and foreigners waiting to be deported.
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Deport 17 Foreigners In Assam Detention Centre: Supreme Court Tells Centre
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Union of India to deport 17 foreigners languishing in a Assam detention centre, noting there is no offence registered against them.
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"Need To Prioritise Own Citizens": Centre Rejects Rohingya Right To Stay
As a developing country that is also the world's most populated, India needs to prioritise its own citizens, the Centre has told the Supreme Court, asserting that the illegal migration of and stay and Rohingya refugees have security ramifications
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Supreme Court To Hear Plea Seeking Release Of Detained Rohingya Refugees In March
Supreme Court today agreed to hear in March a plea seeking direction to the government to release Rohingya refugees who have been "illegally and arbitrarily" detained in jails and detention centres across the country.
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Faster Deportation, Detention Centres: EU's Proposed Migration Law
EU countries and lawmakers reached an agreement Wednesday on an overhaul of the bloc's laws on handling asylum-seekers and migrants, officials said.
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Despite Loss Worth Millions, Biden Officials Kept Immigration Jails Open
Biden administration officials last year recommended closing or downsizing nine immigration detention centers because of high costs and staffing shortages, a move that could have saved $235 million, a draft U.S.
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$8 Million To Families Of Those Who Died In Mexico Migrant Centre Fire
The families of 40 people who died in a fire at a detention center for undocumented migrants in a Mexican border town in March will receive more than $8 million each, the government said Sunday.
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Ukrainian Detainees Tortured, Sexually Assaulted By Russian Forces: Report
A large number of prisoners held in makeshift detention centres in Russian-occupied southern Ukraine were tortured and sexually violated, a team of international experts said on Wednesday in a summary of their latest findings.
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Baby Dies At Refugee Detention Centre, Parents Attend Burial In Handcuffs In J&K
A Rohingya couple was brought in handcuffs for the last rites of their child who died in a refugee detention centre near Jammu. A video of the handcuffed parents at the burial site has been widely shared on social media.
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Maharashtra To Set Up Detention Centres For Foreigners Peddling Drugs
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that detention centres would be set up for foreign nationals indulging in drug peddling, overstaying their visa limit and committing petty crimes to evade deportation.
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"Sengol Bent The Very 1st Day": MK Stalin On Police's Action Against Wrestlers
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin reacted sharply to the police's detention of protesting wrestlers in Delhi and targeted the Centre over the issue, saying the 'Sengol' installed in the new Parliament building has "bent" the very first day.
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China Builds Over 200 New Prisons As Xi Jinping Ups Anti-Corruption Drive
China has built or expanded over 200 specialised detention facilities across the country to support President Xi Jinping's widening anti-corruption campaign, reports CNN.
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Japan's 'Black Widow' Death Row Inmate, Chisako Kakehi, Dies
A Japanese death-row inmate, dubbed the "Black Widow" after she used cyanide to kill her elderly lovers, has died in a detention centre at age 78.
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Centre Scraps 'No-Detention' Policy For Classes 5 And 8 Students Failing Year-End Exams
The government has clarified that no child shall be expelled from any school till completion of elementary education.
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South Korea Leader Attempts Suicide Using Underwear Over Failed Martial Law
Kim Yong-hyun, the former South Korean Defence Minister Kim Yong-hyun accused of playing a lead role in the failed imposition of martial law on December 3, tried to commit suicide inside a detention centre on Wednesday.
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Supreme Court's Rap For "Sorry State" Of Foreigners Detention Centre In Assam
The Supreme Court on Friday flagged the "sorry state" of a detention centre in Assam that house individuals whose citizenship is unclear and foreigners waiting to be deported.
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Deport 17 Foreigners In Assam Detention Centre: Supreme Court Tells Centre
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Union of India to deport 17 foreigners languishing in a Assam detention centre, noting there is no offence registered against them.
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"Need To Prioritise Own Citizens": Centre Rejects Rohingya Right To Stay
As a developing country that is also the world's most populated, India needs to prioritise its own citizens, the Centre has told the Supreme Court, asserting that the illegal migration of and stay and Rohingya refugees have security ramifications
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Supreme Court To Hear Plea Seeking Release Of Detained Rohingya Refugees In March
Supreme Court today agreed to hear in March a plea seeking direction to the government to release Rohingya refugees who have been "illegally and arbitrarily" detained in jails and detention centres across the country.
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Faster Deportation, Detention Centres: EU's Proposed Migration Law
EU countries and lawmakers reached an agreement Wednesday on an overhaul of the bloc's laws on handling asylum-seekers and migrants, officials said.
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Despite Loss Worth Millions, Biden Officials Kept Immigration Jails Open
Biden administration officials last year recommended closing or downsizing nine immigration detention centers because of high costs and staffing shortages, a move that could have saved $235 million, a draft U.S.
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$8 Million To Families Of Those Who Died In Mexico Migrant Centre Fire
The families of 40 people who died in a fire at a detention center for undocumented migrants in a Mexican border town in March will receive more than $8 million each, the government said Sunday.
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Ukrainian Detainees Tortured, Sexually Assaulted By Russian Forces: Report
A large number of prisoners held in makeshift detention centres in Russian-occupied southern Ukraine were tortured and sexually violated, a team of international experts said on Wednesday in a summary of their latest findings.
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Baby Dies At Refugee Detention Centre, Parents Attend Burial In Handcuffs In J&K
A Rohingya couple was brought in handcuffs for the last rites of their child who died in a refugee detention centre near Jammu. A video of the handcuffed parents at the burial site has been widely shared on social media.
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Maharashtra To Set Up Detention Centres For Foreigners Peddling Drugs
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that detention centres would be set up for foreign nationals indulging in drug peddling, overstaying their visa limit and committing petty crimes to evade deportation.
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"Sengol Bent The Very 1st Day": MK Stalin On Police's Action Against Wrestlers
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin reacted sharply to the police's detention of protesting wrestlers in Delhi and targeted the Centre over the issue, saying the 'Sengol' installed in the new Parliament building has "bent" the very first day.
