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China Builds Over 200 New Prisons As Xi Jinping Ups Anti-Corruption Drive
China has built or expanded over 200 specialised detention facilities across the country to support President Xi Jinping's widening anti-corruption campaign, reports CNN.
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High-Security Jail To Come Up In Mumbai As State Passes Prison Reform Bill
The Maharashtra legislative assembly here on Friday passed a bill seeking to reform the prison system in the state.
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Secret Chinese Police Station In New York? Here's The Real Story
Chen Jinping pleaded guilty to operating the secret police station for China’s Ministry of Public Security and faces up to five years in prison for acting as an illegal foreign agent.
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Mass Hangings, Torture That Destroyed Hope: Syria's 'Human Slaughterhouse'
As a 13-year-old rebellion overthrew the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria, the rebels released prisoners held up for years in government prisons near Damascus, Hama and Aleppo. Among these prisons, the most notorious is Saydnaya
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Taiwan Aligns with India, Japan on AML Regulations for Crypto Businesses, Accelerates Registration Deadline
This week, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) announced that all cryptocurrency firms, whether already operating in the country or planning to establish operations, must register for anti-money laundering (AML) compliance. The FSC has advanced the registration deadline from January 1, 2025, to November 30, 2024, urging firms to expedit...
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Video: Released From Jail, Prisoner Breaks Into A Dance In UP
A man in Uttar Pradesh celebrated his release from jail in a rather special way. Outside the jail building, the man performed a synchronized dance to a song as cops and other officials looked on.
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South Korean Man Caught Binge Eating To Get Out Of Military Service, Ends Up In Jail
The 26-year-old was sentenced to a year in prison, suspended for two years, under the Military Service Act.
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Irish Man Faces Jail Over Negative Review For Dubai Dog Grooming Salon
A Northern Irish man may get up to two years in Dubai prison for writing a negative review of a dog grooming service.
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UP Man Poses As Army Officer, Demands Rs 50,000 On False Promises, Arrested
A man was arrested here on Sunday for allegedly posing as an Army officer and demanding Rs 50,000 from a person on the false promise of getting his family members released from prison, police said.
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Elon Musk Suggests He'll Be Thrown In Prison If Kamala Harris Beats Donald Trump In Upcoming Election
Billionaire Elon Musk suggested on Monday that he would end up in prison if US Vice President Kamala Harris beats Donald Trump in the upcoming presidential election.
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UP Jail Inmate Found Hanging In Prison, Woman Claims Husband Was "Killed"
Accusing her family of lodging false kidnapping and rape cases against her husband who allegedly committed suicide in jail, a woman on Monday said they had eloped and got married. She claimed her husband was "killed" in prison.
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Kannur Jail Biryani: A Popular Kerala Biryani Made By Inmates At Kannur Central Prison
Under the 2010 'Food for Freedom' initiative by the Kerala government, the kitchens in prisons were modernised and the inmates were trained to cook basic food essentials that would then be sold to the general public.
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Supreme Court Raps UP Government Over Delay To Consider Remission Petitions
The Supreme Court on Monday rapped the Uttar Pradesh government for not complying with its order to consider remission pleas within the time frame specified by it and directed the principal secretary of the state's prisons department to appear before
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Drunk Man In Indonesia Stabs Friend To Death For Not Answering Chicken-Egg Riddle
The suspect has been arrested and charged with murder, facing up to 18 years in prison if convicted.
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"Where Should We Go": Gazans Forced To Shelter In Former Prison Amid War
After weeks of Israeli bombardment left them with nowhere else to go, hundreds of Palestinians have ended up in a former Gaza prison built to hold murderers and thieves.
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China Builds Over 200 New Prisons As Xi Jinping Ups Anti-Corruption Drive
China has built or expanded over 200 specialised detention facilities across the country to support President Xi Jinping's widening anti-corruption campaign, reports CNN.
-
High-Security Jail To Come Up In Mumbai As State Passes Prison Reform Bill
The Maharashtra legislative assembly here on Friday passed a bill seeking to reform the prison system in the state.
-
Secret Chinese Police Station In New York? Here's The Real Story
Chen Jinping pleaded guilty to operating the secret police station for China’s Ministry of Public Security and faces up to five years in prison for acting as an illegal foreign agent.
-
Mass Hangings, Torture That Destroyed Hope: Syria's 'Human Slaughterhouse'
As a 13-year-old rebellion overthrew the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria, the rebels released prisoners held up for years in government prisons near Damascus, Hama and Aleppo. Among these prisons, the most notorious is Saydnaya
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Taiwan Aligns with India, Japan on AML Regulations for Crypto Businesses, Accelerates Registration Deadline
This week, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) announced that all cryptocurrency firms, whether already operating in the country or planning to establish operations, must register for anti-money laundering (AML) compliance. The FSC has advanced the registration deadline from January 1, 2025, to November 30, 2024, urging firms to expedit...
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Video: Released From Jail, Prisoner Breaks Into A Dance In UP
A man in Uttar Pradesh celebrated his release from jail in a rather special way. Outside the jail building, the man performed a synchronized dance to a song as cops and other officials looked on.
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South Korean Man Caught Binge Eating To Get Out Of Military Service, Ends Up In Jail
The 26-year-old was sentenced to a year in prison, suspended for two years, under the Military Service Act.
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Irish Man Faces Jail Over Negative Review For Dubai Dog Grooming Salon
A Northern Irish man may get up to two years in Dubai prison for writing a negative review of a dog grooming service.
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UP Man Poses As Army Officer, Demands Rs 50,000 On False Promises, Arrested
A man was arrested here on Sunday for allegedly posing as an Army officer and demanding Rs 50,000 from a person on the false promise of getting his family members released from prison, police said.
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Elon Musk Suggests He'll Be Thrown In Prison If Kamala Harris Beats Donald Trump In Upcoming Election
Billionaire Elon Musk suggested on Monday that he would end up in prison if US Vice President Kamala Harris beats Donald Trump in the upcoming presidential election.
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UP Jail Inmate Found Hanging In Prison, Woman Claims Husband Was "Killed"
Accusing her family of lodging false kidnapping and rape cases against her husband who allegedly committed suicide in jail, a woman on Monday said they had eloped and got married. She claimed her husband was "killed" in prison.
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Kannur Jail Biryani: A Popular Kerala Biryani Made By Inmates At Kannur Central Prison
Under the 2010 'Food for Freedom' initiative by the Kerala government, the kitchens in prisons were modernised and the inmates were trained to cook basic food essentials that would then be sold to the general public.
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Supreme Court Raps UP Government Over Delay To Consider Remission Petitions
The Supreme Court on Monday rapped the Uttar Pradesh government for not complying with its order to consider remission pleas within the time frame specified by it and directed the principal secretary of the state's prisons department to appear before
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Drunk Man In Indonesia Stabs Friend To Death For Not Answering Chicken-Egg Riddle
The suspect has been arrested and charged with murder, facing up to 18 years in prison if convicted.
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"Where Should We Go": Gazans Forced To Shelter In Former Prison Amid War
After weeks of Israeli bombardment left them with nowhere else to go, hundreds of Palestinians have ended up in a former Gaza prison built to hold murderers and thieves.
