Indian Prisoners In Uae Jail

In a pre-Ramzan gesture, a UAE-based Indian businessman and philanthropist has donated 1 million dirhams (approximately INR 2.5 crore) to ensure the release of 900 prisoners from jails across the Gulf nation.

A 33-year-old Indian man in the UAE has been sentenced to six months in prison and will be deported for sexually abusing a five-year-old boy in a shared villa in Dubai, a media report said on Saturday.

Around 11,500 Indians are languishing in the prisons of United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia over the past three years for various offences, including violation of national frontiers of these countries, the government said on Thursday.

An Indian national living in the UAE was on Sunday sentenced to three months in jail for molesting a seven-year-old girl in a lift.

Although almost 80 per cent of Indian prisoners in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are eligible for relocation to Indian jails under the Transfer of Sentenced Persons Agreement, only about 10 per cent wish to serve their remaining sentence back home.

Two Pakistani men were today sentenced to three years in prison for assaulting an Indian national, before stealing electrical cables worth $72,000 in the UAE.

Two men from Pakistan were sentenced to three years in prison in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) today for allegedly locking up and assaulting an Indian security guard before stealing electrical cables worth 264,500 dirhams (around $72,000).

Firoz G Merchant, owner of a jewellery company, has already secured the release of about 3,700 prisoners since 2011.

The 17 Indian men, who were spared the death penalty after being convicted of murder last year, have been sentenced to six months in prison by a UAE court on charges of selling alcohol illegally.

To secure the release of Indians jailed in the United Arab Emirates, a team of three members drawn from various Indian migrant councils will negotiate with the jail officials in the UAE.

As India and UAE work out an agreement for prisoner exchange, Indians serving sentences in Dubai jails appear wary of the prospect of completing their terms in prisons at home, with some describing the detention centres in India as "hell".Many Indian prisoners here in fact dread the prospect and are not keen to return home for the remaining period ...

Indian citizens languishing in UAE prisons due to their inability to pay blood money in non-criminal cases will soon be assisted by a fund established by fellow Indian expatriates.Indian Business and Professional Council, Sharjah and Indian Golfers Society UAE, raised a sum of 500,000 dirhams at a golf tournament dinner on Saturday to create a fund...

In a pre-Ramzan gesture, a UAE-based Indian businessman and philanthropist has donated 1 million dirhams (approximately INR 2.5 crore) to ensure the release of 900 prisoners from jails across the Gulf nation.

A 33-year-old Indian man in the UAE has been sentenced to six months in prison and will be deported for sexually abusing a five-year-old boy in a shared villa in Dubai, a media report said on Saturday.

Around 11,500 Indians are languishing in the prisons of United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia over the past three years for various offences, including violation of national frontiers of these countries, the government said on Thursday.

An Indian national living in the UAE was on Sunday sentenced to three months in jail for molesting a seven-year-old girl in a lift.

Although almost 80 per cent of Indian prisoners in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are eligible for relocation to Indian jails under the Transfer of Sentenced Persons Agreement, only about 10 per cent wish to serve their remaining sentence back home.

Two Pakistani men were today sentenced to three years in prison for assaulting an Indian national, before stealing electrical cables worth $72,000 in the UAE.

Two men from Pakistan were sentenced to three years in prison in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) today for allegedly locking up and assaulting an Indian security guard before stealing electrical cables worth 264,500 dirhams (around $72,000).

Firoz G Merchant, owner of a jewellery company, has already secured the release of about 3,700 prisoners since 2011.

The 17 Indian men, who were spared the death penalty after being convicted of murder last year, have been sentenced to six months in prison by a UAE court on charges of selling alcohol illegally.

To secure the release of Indians jailed in the United Arab Emirates, a team of three members drawn from various Indian migrant councils will negotiate with the jail officials in the UAE.

As India and UAE work out an agreement for prisoner exchange, Indians serving sentences in Dubai jails appear wary of the prospect of completing their terms in prisons at home, with some describing the detention centres in India as "hell".Many Indian prisoners here in fact dread the prospect and are not keen to return home for the remaining period ...

Indian citizens languishing in UAE prisons due to their inability to pay blood money in non-criminal cases will soon be assisted by a fund established by fellow Indian expatriates.Indian Business and Professional Council, Sharjah and Indian Golfers Society UAE, raised a sum of 500,000 dirhams at a golf tournament dinner on Saturday to create a fund...