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US Man Executed By Firing Squad For First Time Since 2010
A South Carolina man convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend's parents was put to death by firing squad on Friday in the first such execution in the United States in 15 years, prison officials said.
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Protesters Set Jail On Fire In Bangladesh, Free "Hundreds" Of Inmates
Bangladeshi student protesters stormed a prison and freed hundreds of inmates Friday as police struggled to quell unrest, with huge rallies in the capital Dhaka despite a police ban on public gatherings.
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Russian Activist Sentenced To 15 Years For Slew Of Anti War Acts
A Russian military court sentenced an anti-war activist in the far eastern city of Khabarovsk to 15 years in prison on Friday for crimes including setting fire to a military commissariat and desecrating the graves of Russian soldiers killed in Ukrain
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"No Parole For My Mother's Funeral": Rajnath Singh Recalls Emergency
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh fired an emotional barb at the Congress, revealing he had been barred from attending his mother's funeral while in prison during the Emergency.
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Murder Accused Hosts Social Media Live From UP Prison, 3 Jail Warders Fired
The jail administration has suspended 3 jail warders of the Bareilly Central Jail in Uttar Pradesh following an investigation into the matter of an inmate accused of murder possessing a mobile phone on which he hosted a live video on social media.
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Paraguay's Largest Prison Set On Fire, Inmates Take Guards, Visitors Hostage
Hundreds of inmates rioted on Tuesday and took dozens of hostages at the overcrowded Tacumbu prison, the largest in Paraguay, according to authorities and AFP journalists at the scene.
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Member Of Gang Involved In Delhi Prison Murder Arrested After Exchange Of Fire
Delhi Police on Friday arrested a criminal from the Gogi gang, which was involved in the recent killing of its rival Tillu Tajpuriya in Delhi's Tihar jail, officers said on Saturday.
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8 Killed After Parcel Bombs Explode Inside Myanmar's Biggest Jail: Report
Bombs inside parcels exploded at Myanmar's biggest jail on Wednesday prompting soldiers to return fire in a confrontation in which at least eight people were killed, state media and a witness said.
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4 Inmates Killed, 61 Injured In Evin Prison Fire, Says Iran
The fire that broke out in Iran's Evin prison in Tehran overnight killed four inmates and left 61 others injured, the judicial authority said on its website Sunday.
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Uttar Pradesh MP Cleared Of Rape Year After Woman Set Herself On Fire
Uttar Pradesh parliamentarian Atul Rai, in jail since 2019, was today acquitted of a rape charge by a court in Varanasi. He will however not be released from prison because of other pending cases against him.
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Fired Over Posts On Ukraine War, Russian Lecturer Fights For His Rights
In the bedroom of his modest apartment in the southern Russian city of Volgograd, ex-university lecturer Roman Melnichenko has two bags packed: one if he goes to prison, the other if he has to flee.
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Delhi Court Firing: Jailed Gangster Got 'Live Updates' On Attack On Rival
The shocking shootout inside a Delhi court on Friday, in which a notorious gangster was killed along with his two attackers, was monitored "live" on the phone by another gangster jailed in the Tihar prison, sources say.
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Indonesia Prison Fire Kills At Least 41 Inmates, Dozens Injured: Official
A fire tore through an Indonesian prison on Java island early Wednesday, killing 41 people and injuring dozens of others, an official said.
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Delhi Man Deletes 1,200 Microsoft User Accounts In US, Jailed For 2 Years
An Indian national has been sentenced by a US court in California to two years in prison, who after being fired by his company accessed its server and deleted over 1,200 Microsoft user accounts, according to a statement.
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US Charges China-Based Zoom Executive for Disrupting Tiananmen Crackdown Commemorations
US prosecutors have charged a Zoom executive for disrupting video meetings commemorating the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown at the request of the Chinese government. Xinjiang Jin, 39, faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted of conspiring. Zoom said it fired Jin for violating company policies and has placed other employees on...
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US Man Executed By Firing Squad For First Time Since 2010
A South Carolina man convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend's parents was put to death by firing squad on Friday in the first such execution in the United States in 15 years, prison officials said.
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Protesters Set Jail On Fire In Bangladesh, Free "Hundreds" Of Inmates
Bangladeshi student protesters stormed a prison and freed hundreds of inmates Friday as police struggled to quell unrest, with huge rallies in the capital Dhaka despite a police ban on public gatherings.
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Russian Activist Sentenced To 15 Years For Slew Of Anti War Acts
A Russian military court sentenced an anti-war activist in the far eastern city of Khabarovsk to 15 years in prison on Friday for crimes including setting fire to a military commissariat and desecrating the graves of Russian soldiers killed in Ukrain
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"No Parole For My Mother's Funeral": Rajnath Singh Recalls Emergency
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh fired an emotional barb at the Congress, revealing he had been barred from attending his mother's funeral while in prison during the Emergency.
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Murder Accused Hosts Social Media Live From UP Prison, 3 Jail Warders Fired
The jail administration has suspended 3 jail warders of the Bareilly Central Jail in Uttar Pradesh following an investigation into the matter of an inmate accused of murder possessing a mobile phone on which he hosted a live video on social media.
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Paraguay's Largest Prison Set On Fire, Inmates Take Guards, Visitors Hostage
Hundreds of inmates rioted on Tuesday and took dozens of hostages at the overcrowded Tacumbu prison, the largest in Paraguay, according to authorities and AFP journalists at the scene.
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Member Of Gang Involved In Delhi Prison Murder Arrested After Exchange Of Fire
Delhi Police on Friday arrested a criminal from the Gogi gang, which was involved in the recent killing of its rival Tillu Tajpuriya in Delhi's Tihar jail, officers said on Saturday.
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8 Killed After Parcel Bombs Explode Inside Myanmar's Biggest Jail: Report
Bombs inside parcels exploded at Myanmar's biggest jail on Wednesday prompting soldiers to return fire in a confrontation in which at least eight people were killed, state media and a witness said.
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4 Inmates Killed, 61 Injured In Evin Prison Fire, Says Iran
The fire that broke out in Iran's Evin prison in Tehran overnight killed four inmates and left 61 others injured, the judicial authority said on its website Sunday.
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Uttar Pradesh MP Cleared Of Rape Year After Woman Set Herself On Fire
Uttar Pradesh parliamentarian Atul Rai, in jail since 2019, was today acquitted of a rape charge by a court in Varanasi. He will however not be released from prison because of other pending cases against him.
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Fired Over Posts On Ukraine War, Russian Lecturer Fights For His Rights
In the bedroom of his modest apartment in the southern Russian city of Volgograd, ex-university lecturer Roman Melnichenko has two bags packed: one if he goes to prison, the other if he has to flee.
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Delhi Court Firing: Jailed Gangster Got 'Live Updates' On Attack On Rival
The shocking shootout inside a Delhi court on Friday, in which a notorious gangster was killed along with his two attackers, was monitored "live" on the phone by another gangster jailed in the Tihar prison, sources say.
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Indonesia Prison Fire Kills At Least 41 Inmates, Dozens Injured: Official
A fire tore through an Indonesian prison on Java island early Wednesday, killing 41 people and injuring dozens of others, an official said.
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Delhi Man Deletes 1,200 Microsoft User Accounts In US, Jailed For 2 Years
An Indian national has been sentenced by a US court in California to two years in prison, who after being fired by his company accessed its server and deleted over 1,200 Microsoft user accounts, according to a statement.
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US Charges China-Based Zoom Executive for Disrupting Tiananmen Crackdown Commemorations
US prosecutors have charged a Zoom executive for disrupting video meetings commemorating the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown at the request of the Chinese government. Xinjiang Jin, 39, faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted of conspiring. Zoom said it fired Jin for violating company policies and has placed other employees on...
