Nelson Mandela Jail

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  Pak Government Submits Details, Photos Of Ex-PM Imran Khan's Life In Jail

  Nelson Mandela's "Long Walk to Freedom" was among a collection of books in jailed former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's cell, according to details of his prison living conditions that the government submitted to the Supreme Court on Thursday.

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  "You're No Ambedkar": Ram Vilas Paswan Attacks Lalu Yadav On Fodder Case

  Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan today slammed Lalu Prasad for comparing himself with Nelson Mandela and BR Ambedkar, saying they made sacrifices in national interest while the RJD chief was in jail for corruption.

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  The CIA's Mysterious Role In The Arrest Of Nelson Mandela

  Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader who would go on to become South Africa's first black president and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, spent 27 years in jail after being arrested in the early 1960s.

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  King Of Nelson Mandela's Clan Jailed For 12 Years In South Africa

  A South African traditional king from Nelson Mandela's Thembu ethnic group began a 12-year prison sentence today for arson, kidnap and assault of his subjects, after a long battle to stay out of jail.

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  Opinion: How Afzal Guru, Alam Were Turned Into Martyrs

  In the week that has seen Mahatma Gandhi's statue being unveiled beside Winston Churchill's in London's Westminster Square, the question surely arises: what do governments gain by jailing political dissidents? Certainly, in the end, Gandhi, the convict, won and Churchill, the jailer, lost.

• Google Doodle Celebrates 96th Birth Anniversary of Nelson Mandela

  He spent 27 years in jail for opposing the racist government in his country. After his release, he went on to become South Africa's first black president in 1994.

• The jailer who used to smuggle in treats for Nelson Mandela

  He was with Nelson Mandela during all those years the anti-apartheid icon was imprisoned on Robben Island. And, like millions around the world, he has been hit hard by Mandela's death.

• Indian-origin anti-apartheid activist pays tribute to Nelson Mandela

  Veteran Indian-origin anti- apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada, who spent 26 years in South African jails with Nelson Mandela.

• Man who hatched plot to kill Nelson Mandela jailed for 35 years

  The mastermind behind a rightwing extremist plot to kill former South African president Nelson Mandela and drive blacks out of the country was sentenced today to 35 years in jail.

• Barack Obama to pay homage to Nelson Mandela on island jail

  US President Barack Obama on Sunday will visit Nelson Mandela's apartheid prison cell, paying homage to the ailing South African hero whose humbling forgiveness of his oppressors inspired the world.

• Man uses balloons to fly from Mandela jail to Cape Town

  A South African man on Saturday successfully flew across the sea from Nelson Mandela's apartheid island prison using helium-filled giant party balloons.

• Badal's political imprisonment second only to Mandela

  Did you know that Parkash Singh Badal, who could be Punjab chief minister for the fifth time, is the longest political prisoner in the world after South African anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela? Born Dec 8, 1927, Badal spent nearly 17 years of his life in jails as a political prisoner - he was booked for a civil liberty agitation, sent to jail ...

• Mandela's letters reveal agony at being separated from family

  South Africa's first black president Nelson Mandela was anguished at being separated from his family and the ill treatment meted out to his wife by authorities during his 27 years long solitary confinement.In letters penned in jail, 92-year-old Mandela reveals his anguish at being separated from his family and expresses his helplessness to defend t...