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Iran Frees Nobel Winner Narges Mohammadi For 3 Weeks On Medical Grounds
Iranian authorities on Wednesday freed Nobel peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi from prison for three weeks on medical grounds, a move supporters decried as "too little too late" with the Nobel committee urging a permanent release.
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Ex-US Marine Sentenced To 14 Years By Russia For Fighting For Ukraine
Russia on Wednesday convicted in absentia a former US Marine who fought for Ukraine after spending over two years in a Russian prison before being released in a swap.
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Yemen's Houthis To Release 100 Prisoners Today
The head of the Houthi Prisoner Affairs Committee, Abdul Qader al-Murtada, said the Iran-backed movement would release 100 prisoners on Saturday belonging to Yemen's government forces.
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Crimea Sends Man To 2.5 Years In Prison For "Rehabilitating Nazism"
A court in Russian-annexed Crimea has sentenced a man to two-and-a-half years in prison for "rehabilitating Nazism", the regional Investigative Committee said on Tuesday, amid a crackdown on behaviour deemed unpatriotic since the start of the war in
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"Prisoner's Constitutional Rights": High Court Pulls Up Tihar Jail Over Prison Amenities
Delhi High Court has constituted a four-member fact-finding committee of lawyers to "meticulously" inspect the living conditions in Tihar jail, including the status of drinking water, sanitation, overall hygiene and maintenance of washrooms
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Parliamentary Panel Expresses Concern Over Prison Safety And Security
Parliamentary Standing Committee for Home Affairs called a meeting on Tuesday in connection with the reform in the jails system.
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"Install CCTV", Says Panel Amid Row Over "VIP Treatment" In Tihar Jail
A committee formed to look into allegations of "VIP treatment" inside Tihar jail has recommended framing of standard operating procedures and installing CCTV cameras inside offices of prison superintendents and their deputies, officials said.
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Delhi Minister 'Misused' Official Position To Meet Co-Accused In Jail Cell: Sources
The report by the committee, comprising principal secretaries of the Delhi government's Home, Law, and Vigilance departments, has noted "collusion" on the part of then Director-General (Prisons) Sandeep Goel with Mr Jain, they said.
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Red Cross Begins Registering Hundreds Of Ukrainian Prisoners Of War
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has begun registering hundreds of prisoners of war (POWs) from the besieged Azovstal steel works in the Ukrainian port of Mariupol, it said on Thursday.
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At Least 70 Killed In Airstrike On Yemen Prison
At least 70 people were killed in an air strike on a prison and at least three children died in a separate bombardment as Yemen's long-running conflict suffered a dramatic escalation of violence on Friday.
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Supreme Court Relief For Prisoners Released Amid Second Wave Of Covid
The Supreme Court Friday ordered that prisoners, who were released by the high-powered committees (HPCs) of states during the second wave of coronavirus following its May 7 directions, will not be asked to surrender until further orders.
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"Not Every Prisoner To Be Released Amid Pandemic": Supreme Court
The Supreme Court Tuesday said it had directed states to set up high powered committees (HPCs) to determine prisoners who could be released on interim bail or parole during COVID-19 pandemic, but its intention was not that "every undertrial or convicted prisoner" is to be released irrespective of the nature and severity of offence.
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International Olympic Committee "Shocked" By Execution Of Iranian Wrestler Navid Afkari
Navid Afkari was executed at a prison in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz, something the IOC said was "very sad news".
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Over 100 Killed In Air Strike On Yemen Prison: Report
More than 100 people are believed to have been killed in an air strike by the Saudi-led military coalition on a detention centre in Yemen, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Sunday.
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"Fear Rampaging Through PM's Mind": Rahul Gandhi On CBI Chief's Removal
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Thursday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the removal of CBI chief Alok Verma, just 48 hours after he was reinstated by the Supreme Court.
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Iran Frees Nobel Winner Narges Mohammadi For 3 Weeks On Medical Grounds
Iranian authorities on Wednesday freed Nobel peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi from prison for three weeks on medical grounds, a move supporters decried as "too little too late" with the Nobel committee urging a permanent release.
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Ex-US Marine Sentenced To 14 Years By Russia For Fighting For Ukraine
Russia on Wednesday convicted in absentia a former US Marine who fought for Ukraine after spending over two years in a Russian prison before being released in a swap.
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Yemen's Houthis To Release 100 Prisoners Today
The head of the Houthi Prisoner Affairs Committee, Abdul Qader al-Murtada, said the Iran-backed movement would release 100 prisoners on Saturday belonging to Yemen's government forces.
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Crimea Sends Man To 2.5 Years In Prison For "Rehabilitating Nazism"
A court in Russian-annexed Crimea has sentenced a man to two-and-a-half years in prison for "rehabilitating Nazism", the regional Investigative Committee said on Tuesday, amid a crackdown on behaviour deemed unpatriotic since the start of the war in
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"Prisoner's Constitutional Rights": High Court Pulls Up Tihar Jail Over Prison Amenities
Delhi High Court has constituted a four-member fact-finding committee of lawyers to "meticulously" inspect the living conditions in Tihar jail, including the status of drinking water, sanitation, overall hygiene and maintenance of washrooms
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Parliamentary Panel Expresses Concern Over Prison Safety And Security
Parliamentary Standing Committee for Home Affairs called a meeting on Tuesday in connection with the reform in the jails system.
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"Install CCTV", Says Panel Amid Row Over "VIP Treatment" In Tihar Jail
A committee formed to look into allegations of "VIP treatment" inside Tihar jail has recommended framing of standard operating procedures and installing CCTV cameras inside offices of prison superintendents and their deputies, officials said.
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Delhi Minister 'Misused' Official Position To Meet Co-Accused In Jail Cell: Sources
The report by the committee, comprising principal secretaries of the Delhi government's Home, Law, and Vigilance departments, has noted "collusion" on the part of then Director-General (Prisons) Sandeep Goel with Mr Jain, they said.
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Red Cross Begins Registering Hundreds Of Ukrainian Prisoners Of War
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has begun registering hundreds of prisoners of war (POWs) from the besieged Azovstal steel works in the Ukrainian port of Mariupol, it said on Thursday.
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At Least 70 Killed In Airstrike On Yemen Prison
At least 70 people were killed in an air strike on a prison and at least three children died in a separate bombardment as Yemen's long-running conflict suffered a dramatic escalation of violence on Friday.
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Supreme Court Relief For Prisoners Released Amid Second Wave Of Covid
The Supreme Court Friday ordered that prisoners, who were released by the high-powered committees (HPCs) of states during the second wave of coronavirus following its May 7 directions, will not be asked to surrender until further orders.
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"Not Every Prisoner To Be Released Amid Pandemic": Supreme Court
The Supreme Court Tuesday said it had directed states to set up high powered committees (HPCs) to determine prisoners who could be released on interim bail or parole during COVID-19 pandemic, but its intention was not that "every undertrial or convicted prisoner" is to be released irrespective of the nature and severity of offence.
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International Olympic Committee "Shocked" By Execution Of Iranian Wrestler Navid Afkari
Navid Afkari was executed at a prison in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz, something the IOC said was "very sad news".
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Over 100 Killed In Air Strike On Yemen Prison: Report
More than 100 people are believed to have been killed in an air strike by the Saudi-led military coalition on a detention centre in Yemen, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Sunday.
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"Fear Rampaging Through PM's Mind": Rahul Gandhi On CBI Chief's Removal
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Thursday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the removal of CBI chief Alok Verma, just 48 hours after he was reinstated by the Supreme Court.
