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"Rs 10 Lakh Fine, Prison Term": Bihar Assembly Passes Anti-Paper Leak Bill
The Bihar assembly on Wednesday passed a bill aimed at curbing the scourge of question paper leaks and other malpractices in government recruitment examinations in the state.
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57 Bangladeshis Jailed For Protesting In UAE: Report
An Emirati court has sentenced 57 Bangladeshi expatriates to lengthy prison terms for protesting against their government in the Gulf country, where demonstrations are banned, state media reported Monday.
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6 Get 20-Year Jail Term In Different Child Sex Abuse Cases In Gujarat After Speedy Trial
Six individuals arrested recently for rape under the POCSO Act in different cases in Gujarat have been sentenced to 20 years in prison after effective investigation and swift trials, underscoring the state's zero-tolerance towards crimes against chil
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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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Iran Slaps 1-Year Prison Term On Nobel Prize Laureate For "Propaganda"
An Iranian court has sentenced Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to a year in prison for "propaganda against the state", the jailed activist's lawyer said on Tuesday.
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Pakistan Repatriates 4 Indian Prisoners After Completion Of Jail Term
Four Indian prisoners in Pakistan were repatriated to India this week, officials said on Friday.
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Life Term For UP Man Who Cut Open Wife's Stomach To Check Baby's Gender
A man in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun was sentenced to life in prison after he used a sickle to cut open his pregnant wife's stomach to check if she was going to give birth to a boy or a girl.
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Court Declines To Suspend Ex Top Cop's Prison Sentence In Sexual Abuse Case
The Madras High Court on Tuesday declined to suspend a three year prison term imposed on former Tamil Nadu special DGP Rajesh Das in a sexual harassment case.
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Russian Anti-War Poet Gets 7-Year Jail Term Over Poem On Ukraine War
A Moscow military court has sentenced a Russian poet to seven years in prison for verses questioning the morality of Russia's war in Ukraine, according to a letter he wrote to a Russian activist.
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Russian Courts Hand Jail Terms To Dozens Of Putin Critic Alexei Navalny's Mourners
Russian courts have sentenced dozens of people detained at events commemorating Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to short prison sentences, official court announcements showed, with 154 sentenced in Saint Petersburg alone.
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Alexei Navalny, Putin Critic Who Died Today, Survived Poison Attack In 2020
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died on Friday after collapsing and losing consciousness at a prison where he was serving a long jail term, the Russian prison service said.
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Former Malaysian Prime Minister's Jail Term Halved To 6 Years
Malaysia's pardons board said on Friday it had halved the jail term for former prime minister Najib Razak, currently in prison for corruption, to six years.
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800-Year Prison Term For Man Who Killed 16 In This Country
A court in Guatemala sentenced an accused drug lord on Monday to 808 years in prison over the massacre of 15 Nicaraguans and one Dutch citizen in 2008, a judicial source said.
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Thai Man Jailed For Record 50 Years For Criticising Monarchy
A Thai man was given a 50-year prison sentence Thursday for criticising the monarchy -- the longest jail term ever handed down under the kingdom's strict royal insult laws, a legal rights group said.
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Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Winner To Face Additional 1 Year Jail Term
An Iranian court has sentenced 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi to an additional sentence of over one year in prison on charges of spreading propaganda against the Islamic republic while behind bars, her family said on Monday.
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"Rs 10 Lakh Fine, Prison Term": Bihar Assembly Passes Anti-Paper Leak Bill
The Bihar assembly on Wednesday passed a bill aimed at curbing the scourge of question paper leaks and other malpractices in government recruitment examinations in the state.
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57 Bangladeshis Jailed For Protesting In UAE: Report
An Emirati court has sentenced 57 Bangladeshi expatriates to lengthy prison terms for protesting against their government in the Gulf country, where demonstrations are banned, state media reported Monday.
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6 Get 20-Year Jail Term In Different Child Sex Abuse Cases In Gujarat After Speedy Trial
Six individuals arrested recently for rape under the POCSO Act in different cases in Gujarat have been sentenced to 20 years in prison after effective investigation and swift trials, underscoring the state's zero-tolerance towards crimes against chil
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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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Iran Slaps 1-Year Prison Term On Nobel Prize Laureate For "Propaganda"
An Iranian court has sentenced Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to a year in prison for "propaganda against the state", the jailed activist's lawyer said on Tuesday.
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Pakistan Repatriates 4 Indian Prisoners After Completion Of Jail Term
Four Indian prisoners in Pakistan were repatriated to India this week, officials said on Friday.
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Life Term For UP Man Who Cut Open Wife's Stomach To Check Baby's Gender
A man in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun was sentenced to life in prison after he used a sickle to cut open his pregnant wife's stomach to check if she was going to give birth to a boy or a girl.
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Court Declines To Suspend Ex Top Cop's Prison Sentence In Sexual Abuse Case
The Madras High Court on Tuesday declined to suspend a three year prison term imposed on former Tamil Nadu special DGP Rajesh Das in a sexual harassment case.
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Russian Anti-War Poet Gets 7-Year Jail Term Over Poem On Ukraine War
A Moscow military court has sentenced a Russian poet to seven years in prison for verses questioning the morality of Russia's war in Ukraine, according to a letter he wrote to a Russian activist.
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Russian Courts Hand Jail Terms To Dozens Of Putin Critic Alexei Navalny's Mourners
Russian courts have sentenced dozens of people detained at events commemorating Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to short prison sentences, official court announcements showed, with 154 sentenced in Saint Petersburg alone.
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Alexei Navalny, Putin Critic Who Died Today, Survived Poison Attack In 2020
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died on Friday after collapsing and losing consciousness at a prison where he was serving a long jail term, the Russian prison service said.
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Former Malaysian Prime Minister's Jail Term Halved To 6 Years
Malaysia's pardons board said on Friday it had halved the jail term for former prime minister Najib Razak, currently in prison for corruption, to six years.
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800-Year Prison Term For Man Who Killed 16 In This Country
A court in Guatemala sentenced an accused drug lord on Monday to 808 years in prison over the massacre of 15 Nicaraguans and one Dutch citizen in 2008, a judicial source said.
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Thai Man Jailed For Record 50 Years For Criticising Monarchy
A Thai man was given a 50-year prison sentence Thursday for criticising the monarchy -- the longest jail term ever handed down under the kingdom's strict royal insult laws, a legal rights group said.
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Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Winner To Face Additional 1 Year Jail Term
An Iranian court has sentenced 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi to an additional sentence of over one year in prison on charges of spreading propaganda against the Islamic republic while behind bars, her family said on Monday.
