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- Telangana
Telangana govt to release 231 prisoners under special remission
Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Friday, January 26, announced the premature release of 231 prisoners, comprising 212 life convicts and 19 non-life convicts, who have demonstrated good conduct. This decision was made…
- Featured News
Female prisoners face gender bias, are overcrowded, live in polluted conditions and suffer custodial rape
Over the last decade, as per the Prisons Statistics India reports, the number of incarcerated women in India has risen significantly, climbing from 15,037 in 2010 to 17,834 in 2015 and reaching…
- Middle East
UAE leaders pardon over 3,400 prisoners ahead of 52nd National Day
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) leaders on Wednesday, November 29, pardoned more than 3,400 prisoners ahead of the 52nd National Day. UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has ordered the…
- India
Delhi HC seeks status report on extension of e-mulaqat facility for prisoners
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi government to submit a status report addressing the potential extension of the e-mulaqat facility to all prisoners whose relatives reside outside the…
- India
Bengal Guv clears file on release of 71 prisoners on occasion of Durga Puja
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose on Saturday released a file relatied to the release of 71 prisoners locked in different correctional homes across the state on the occasion of the…
- India
Denying prisoners premature release crushes spirit, instils despair: SC
New Delhi: Denying the relief of premature release to prisoners who have served extremely long periods of incarceration crushes their spirit, instils despair and signifies society’s resolve to be harsh and unforgiving,…
- Middle East
Iran swaps over 1,500 prisoners with other states since last March: Minister
Tehran: Iranian Justice Minister Amin-Hossein Rahimi said Iran has exchanged 1,531 prisoners with a number of countries since March 2022, the media reported. Rahimi made the remarks in an interview with the…
- Delhi
Delhi HC mulls over letting prisoners get private time with spouse in jail
New Delhi: Nelson Mandela once said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails and a nation should not be judged by how it treats its…
- India
Patna: 3 inmates flee after rubbing Zandu balm on police guards
Patna: Three prisoners managed to flee from a prison van in Patna on Thursday afternoon after rubbing balm on the eyes of their police guards, police said. The prison van was on…
- Middle East
Houthis release 77 pro-govt detainees in Yemen
Sanaa: Yemen’s Houthi militia released 77 pro-government detainees, authorities said. In a report, the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV quoted Abdulkadir al-Murtada, head of the Houthi prisoner committee, as saying that they included dozens…
- India
SC orders all prisoners released on Covid-19 parole to surrender within 15 days
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said that all prisoners, released on emergency parole by the state high-powered committees constituted on its order during the Covid pandemic, will have to surrender…
- India
SC seeks collection of data in UP on convicts eligible for premature release, wants timely disposal
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday directed officials of legal services authorities in Uttar Pradesh to collate information from district and state prisons on convicts who have become eligible for premature…
- Middle East
Iran pardons thousands of prisoners, including protesters
Tehran: Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has pardoned “tens of thousands” of prisoners, including many linked to anti-government protests that broke out last September following the death of a young woman…
- Middle East
FIFA WC: Iran frees prisoners after win over Wales
Following Iran’s victory over Wales in the ongoing FIFA World Cup, authorities recently set over 700 prisoners free. Iran defeated Wales 2-0 on November 26. The Judiciary took to its official website…
- India
‘Pune Prisoners’ wins bronze for India in Inter-continental Online Chess Championship
Chennai: After the two bronze medals at the 2022 Chess Olympiad, Indian chess players have won one more bronze medal in an international chess tournament. What is unique this time around is…
