Indian Sailors In Jail

Eight ex-Navy personnel sentenced to death by a Qatar court in October - over espionage allegations - will face commuted punishments, the Indian government said this afternoon.

Five Indian crew members of a cargo vessel arrived in Mumbai on Sunday after spending 13 months in a jail in Greece.

Thirty-five sailors of an American anti-piracy vessel, who were sentenced to five years in jail by a court in Tuticorin last year on charges of gunrunning, have been acquitted by the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court

Somali security forces have rescued nine of the 11 crew members who were kidnapped from an Indian cargo dhow and taken ashore by pirates, said Hirsi Yusuf Barre, the mayor of Galkayo town in central Somalia.

Twelve Indian sailors, who were in jail in Italy since June 2014 on allegations of possessing drugs, have been freed, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said today.

Parents of a Marine engineer from Telangana who has been lodged in a Nigerian jail since July last year, today urged Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj to take up the matter with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, to secure his early release.

Nine Indian sailors who were in a jail in Iran on charges of smuggling have been released and will reach Delhi tomorrow, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said today.

She has knocked on all doors of the government but the appeals of 21-year-old Shreyashi Das in Kolkata seeking her father's release from a Nigerian prison have not yielded any results yet.

The 7-storey Satyam Shivam housing society in Malad (West) was filled with television crews and OB vans yesterday. Journalists and photojournalists were there to cover the return of Captain Sunil James, the sailor who had been lodged in a Togo prison for five months.

Merchant navy captain Sunil James who returned to Mumbai yesterday after being released from a jail in Togo in western Africa after five months says he felt "helpless" when he was informed of his 11-month-old son Vivaan's death.

Sunil James, a Merchant Navy Captain who was released yesterday from a jail in Togo, western Africa, has reached Mumbai. Thanking the Indian community in Togo and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for support and help, he said whatever had happened was "in the past."

Sunil James, a Merchant Navy Captain who was in jail in Togo, western Africa, for the last five months was released today, the ministry for external affairs said. He is expected to be in India latest by tomorrow.

Family, friends and well-wishers of Captain Sunil James held peace marches in Mumbai, Jaipur, Chandigarh and Kolkata on Saturday.

Captain James, with two other sailors, has been languishing in a jail in Togo since July this year on charges of aiding the pirates who attacked and looted his ship, MT Ocean Centurion.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today asked his officials to coordinate efforts to free Mumbai sailor Sunil James, who is jailed in Togo in western Africa. This was after his family met Dr Singh and asked him for help to bring him back to India for the last rites of his 11-month-old son.

Eight ex-Navy personnel sentenced to death by a Qatar court in October - over espionage allegations - will face commuted punishments, the Indian government said this afternoon.

Five Indian crew members of a cargo vessel arrived in Mumbai on Sunday after spending 13 months in a jail in Greece.

Thirty-five sailors of an American anti-piracy vessel, who were sentenced to five years in jail by a court in Tuticorin last year on charges of gunrunning, have been acquitted by the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court

Somali security forces have rescued nine of the 11 crew members who were kidnapped from an Indian cargo dhow and taken ashore by pirates, said Hirsi Yusuf Barre, the mayor of Galkayo town in central Somalia.

Twelve Indian sailors, who were in jail in Italy since June 2014 on allegations of possessing drugs, have been freed, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said today.

Parents of a Marine engineer from Telangana who has been lodged in a Nigerian jail since July last year, today urged Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj to take up the matter with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, to secure his early release.

Nine Indian sailors who were in a jail in Iran on charges of smuggling have been released and will reach Delhi tomorrow, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said today.

She has knocked on all doors of the government but the appeals of 21-year-old Shreyashi Das in Kolkata seeking her father's release from a Nigerian prison have not yielded any results yet.

The 7-storey Satyam Shivam housing society in Malad (West) was filled with television crews and OB vans yesterday. Journalists and photojournalists were there to cover the return of Captain Sunil James, the sailor who had been lodged in a Togo prison for five months.

Merchant navy captain Sunil James who returned to Mumbai yesterday after being released from a jail in Togo in western Africa after five months says he felt "helpless" when he was informed of his 11-month-old son Vivaan's death.

Sunil James, a Merchant Navy Captain who was released yesterday from a jail in Togo, western Africa, has reached Mumbai. Thanking the Indian community in Togo and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for support and help, he said whatever had happened was "in the past."

Sunil James, a Merchant Navy Captain who was in jail in Togo, western Africa, for the last five months was released today, the ministry for external affairs said. He is expected to be in India latest by tomorrow.

Family, friends and well-wishers of Captain Sunil James held peace marches in Mumbai, Jaipur, Chandigarh and Kolkata on Saturday.

Captain James, with two other sailors, has been languishing in a jail in Togo since July this year on charges of aiding the pirates who attacked and looted his ship, MT Ocean Centurion.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today asked his officials to coordinate efforts to free Mumbai sailor Sunil James, who is jailed in Togo in western Africa. This was after his family met Dr Singh and asked him for help to bring him back to India for the last rites of his 11-month-old son.