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"Right To Live With Dignity..." Supreme Court Bans Caste-Based Discrimination In Prisons
In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court on Thursday banned caste-based discrimination like division of manual labour, segregation of barracks and bias against prisoners of de-notified tribes and habitual offenders.
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Over 700 Protestors Sent To Security Jails In Venezuela After Elections
More than 700 people arrested during protests that erupted after Venezuela's disputed presidential election have been transferred to maximum security prisons, a human rights group said Saturday.
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"Nutritious Diet A Right Of All Prisoners, Regardless Of Status": High Court
The Karnataka High Court emphasised on Wednesday that all citizens and undertrial prisoners are entitled to a nutritious diet, without any distinctions based on their social or financial status.
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Caged Like "Terrorist" In Jail, Being Denied Basic Human Rights: Imran Khan
Pakistan's jailed former premier Imran Khan has claimed that he is being caged like a "terrorist", and was denied basic prisoner and human rights in a "death cell" at a high-security jail.
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Ensure Equal Rights For LGBTQ+ Community In Jail: Centre Writes To States
The Union Government has written a letter to States and Union Territories and asked them to ensure that members of the queer community (LGBTQ+) get equal rights in prison and there is no discrimination in access to goods and services.
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43 Get Lifetime Imprisonment In UAE Over "Terrorist" Links: Report
A court in the United Arab Emirates has handed life sentences to 43 Emiratis for "terrorist" links, state media said Wednesday, after a mass trial heavily criticised by UN experts and rights groups.
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Saudi Teacher Gets 20-Year Jail Term Over Critical Social Media Posts
Saudi Arabia has sentenced a teacher to 20 years in prison over critical social media posts, Human Rights Watch and the convicted man's brother said Tuesday.
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Parents Dress Child In Jail Clothes With Darshan's Prisoner Number '6106'
A couple who got a photoshoot done of their infant child dressed in jail uniform with jailed Kannada superstar Darshan's prisoner number written on it have landed in trouble with the state child rights body taking suo moto cognizance of the matter.
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Dutch-Yemeni Man In Saudi Prison For 6 Months, His Family Doesn't Know
Fahd Ramadhan spent years building a life as a refugee in the Netherlands, only to have it unravel with his surprise arrest on a trip to his birthplace Saudi Arabia.
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US Man, Who Killed Popular Colombian DJ, Gets 42 Years In Jail
An American man was sentenced to 42 years in prison in Bogota on Tuesday for the murder of a famous Colombian DJ, in a case that drew international outrage from women's rights activists.
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Centre Turned J&K Into "Prison": Mehbooba Mufti's Sharp Attack
People's Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday attacked the BJP-led Centre and accused it of undermining the locals' rights by granting power projects, land, sapphire mines, lithium deposits, and water resources to outsiders.
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Iraq Passes Bill Criminalising Same-Sex Relations, Jail Upto 15 Years
Iraq's parliament passed a bill on Saturday criminalising same-sex relations, which will receive a sentence of up to 15 years in prison, in a move rights groups condemned as an "attack on human rights".
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Pak "Rarely" Punished Officials Violating Human Rights: US Report
Pakistan faces a range of significant human rights challenges, including unlawful killings, enforced disappearances, harsh prison conditions, arbitrary detention, and restrictions on freedom of expression and media freedom, a US report noted.
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"Undertrial Prisoners Have No Right To...": Arvind Kejriwal Bail Hearing
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and the Enforcement Directorate traded sharp barbs and hard-nosed legal arguments in equal measure Wednesday, as the Delhi High Court heard the Aam Aadmi Party boss' plea for interim relief.
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"Horror Show": Priest On US Prisoner's Nitrogen Gas Execution
Convicted murderer Kenneth Eugene Smith became the first man in the US to be executed with nitrogen gas, a controversial method that was condemned by human right activists as well as the United Nations and White House.
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"Right To Live With Dignity..." Supreme Court Bans Caste-Based Discrimination In Prisons
In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court on Thursday banned caste-based discrimination like division of manual labour, segregation of barracks and bias against prisoners of de-notified tribes and habitual offenders.
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Over 700 Protestors Sent To Security Jails In Venezuela After Elections
More than 700 people arrested during protests that erupted after Venezuela's disputed presidential election have been transferred to maximum security prisons, a human rights group said Saturday.
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"Nutritious Diet A Right Of All Prisoners, Regardless Of Status": High Court
The Karnataka High Court emphasised on Wednesday that all citizens and undertrial prisoners are entitled to a nutritious diet, without any distinctions based on their social or financial status.
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Caged Like "Terrorist" In Jail, Being Denied Basic Human Rights: Imran Khan
Pakistan's jailed former premier Imran Khan has claimed that he is being caged like a "terrorist", and was denied basic prisoner and human rights in a "death cell" at a high-security jail.
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Ensure Equal Rights For LGBTQ+ Community In Jail: Centre Writes To States
The Union Government has written a letter to States and Union Territories and asked them to ensure that members of the queer community (LGBTQ+) get equal rights in prison and there is no discrimination in access to goods and services.
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43 Get Lifetime Imprisonment In UAE Over "Terrorist" Links: Report
A court in the United Arab Emirates has handed life sentences to 43 Emiratis for "terrorist" links, state media said Wednesday, after a mass trial heavily criticised by UN experts and rights groups.
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Saudi Teacher Gets 20-Year Jail Term Over Critical Social Media Posts
Saudi Arabia has sentenced a teacher to 20 years in prison over critical social media posts, Human Rights Watch and the convicted man's brother said Tuesday.
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Parents Dress Child In Jail Clothes With Darshan's Prisoner Number '6106'
A couple who got a photoshoot done of their infant child dressed in jail uniform with jailed Kannada superstar Darshan's prisoner number written on it have landed in trouble with the state child rights body taking suo moto cognizance of the matter.
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Dutch-Yemeni Man In Saudi Prison For 6 Months, His Family Doesn't Know
Fahd Ramadhan spent years building a life as a refugee in the Netherlands, only to have it unravel with his surprise arrest on a trip to his birthplace Saudi Arabia.
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US Man, Who Killed Popular Colombian DJ, Gets 42 Years In Jail
An American man was sentenced to 42 years in prison in Bogota on Tuesday for the murder of a famous Colombian DJ, in a case that drew international outrage from women's rights activists.
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Centre Turned J&K Into "Prison": Mehbooba Mufti's Sharp Attack
People's Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday attacked the BJP-led Centre and accused it of undermining the locals' rights by granting power projects, land, sapphire mines, lithium deposits, and water resources to outsiders.
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Iraq Passes Bill Criminalising Same-Sex Relations, Jail Upto 15 Years
Iraq's parliament passed a bill on Saturday criminalising same-sex relations, which will receive a sentence of up to 15 years in prison, in a move rights groups condemned as an "attack on human rights".
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Pak "Rarely" Punished Officials Violating Human Rights: US Report
Pakistan faces a range of significant human rights challenges, including unlawful killings, enforced disappearances, harsh prison conditions, arbitrary detention, and restrictions on freedom of expression and media freedom, a US report noted.
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"Undertrial Prisoners Have No Right To...": Arvind Kejriwal Bail Hearing
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and the Enforcement Directorate traded sharp barbs and hard-nosed legal arguments in equal measure Wednesday, as the Delhi High Court heard the Aam Aadmi Party boss' plea for interim relief.
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"Horror Show": Priest On US Prisoner's Nitrogen Gas Execution
Convicted murderer Kenneth Eugene Smith became the first man in the US to be executed with nitrogen gas, a controversial method that was condemned by human right activists as well as the United Nations and White House.
