Prison
- India
Prison officials file complaint, allege Satyendar Jain threatened them
New Delhi: Tihar Jail officials on Thursday claimed that jailed minister Satyendar Jain has been abusing them and threatening them with dire consequences once he gets out of prison. Assistant Superintendent Jaidev…
- India
Muzaffarnagar riots: BJP MLA sentenced to 2 years in prison, gets bail
Muzaffarnagar: The MP/MLA court in Muzaffarnagar awarded two years’ imprisonment to 12 people, including BJP MLA Vikram Saini, after they were convicted in a case of causing hindrance to government work during…
- India
UP: Over 200 Muslim inmates fast for Navratri
Muzaffarnagar: In a display of religious harmony around 218 Muslims in Muzaffarnagar district jail are observing the nine-day fasts during Navratri along with Hindu inmates. From among 3000 inmates in the Muzaffarnagar…
- World
Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to 3 more years in prison, totaling 20
Yangon: Two days after Myanmar’s former State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to three years in jail for electoral fraud in 2020, increasing her total prison term to 20…
- World
Ex-cop gets record 10-yr sentence over US Capitol riots
New York: A federal jury in New York has sentenced a former police officer to a record 10-year prison term for assaulting law enforcement officials during the January 6, 2021 Capitol riots,…
- World
Tibet: Two monks jailed for questioning Chinese government
Dharamsala: The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) on Monday condemned the sentencing of two monks — Tenzin Dhargay and Rigtse — to prison for merely exercising the right to freedom…
- Middle East
Saudi: Dog barking leads owner to jail for ‘violating public morals’
Riyadh: A dog’s barking in an apartment building in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, led to the conviction of a Sudanese resident on charges of violating public morals, local media reported. The Saudi Appeals…
- World
UN calls for release of Saudi woman sentenced to 34 years in prison for tweeting
Geneva: The UN human rights office, OHCHR, expressed outrage on Friday over a 34-year prison sentence handed down to a Saudi woman charged with aiding dissidents. Al-Shehab, 34, was arrested in Saudi…
- India
Sharjeel Imam assault: Court directs jail staff to appear on Aug 1
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday directed Tihar jail officials to appear before it on August 1 during the hearing on the matter related to the alleged assault on former JNU student…
- World
George Floyd Murder: Ex-cop gets 21 years in prison
Washington: Derek Chauvin, a former police officer of Minneapolis, in the US’ Minnesota, was sentenced in a federal court to 21 years in prison for violating George Floyd’s civil rights. Chauvin previously pleaded…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Woman accused of running brothels detained under PD Act
Hyderabad: A woman who has been involved in running prostitution rings arrested and sent to jail on Tuesday for allegedly running a prostitution ring under Rachakonda and Hyderabad city Commissionerate limits was…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: Mother tries to smuggle drugs into prison for son
Bengaluru: In a shocking case, the Karnataka Police have arrested a woman on charges of trying to smuggle drugs into the Central Prison of Parappana Agrahara in Bengaluru for her jailed son,…
- India
Jignesh Mevani, 9 others sentenced to 3 month imprisonment
Member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly and Dalit activist, Jignesh Mevani and nine others were convicted in a criminal case of unlawful assembly registered against them for carrying out a rally from…
- Middle East
Iran court sentences two university students to 16 years in prison each
Tehran: Tehran Court of First Instance on Monday sentenced two elite university students to sixteen years in prison for having links to an opposition group. 22-year-old Ali Younesi and Amirhossein Moradi, students…
- Middle East
10 Al-Qaida members escape from prison in Yemen
Aden: A total of 10 members of Al-Qaida’s branch in Yemen escaped from a prison in the southeastern province of Hadhramout, a government official said. “The prison break occurred late on Thursday…
