Tag: Prisoners
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Israeli forces capture 2 more escaped Palestinian prisoners
The police identified one of the men as Zakaria Zubeidi, a resident of the West Bank city of Jenin and high-profile militant leader of the Second Intifada, the Palestinian uprising of 2000-2005
September 12, 2021 -
Israeli police launch manhunt after 6 prisoners break out
“This is a great heroic act, which will cause a severe shock to the Israeli security system and will constitute a severe blow to the army and the entire system in Israel,” said Daoud Shehab, a spokesman for Islamic Jihad.
September 6, 2021 -
Bangladesh repatriates three Indians
Manik Debnath, 30, Md Tajubuddin, 40 and Master Akel, 17, were in jail custody at Dinajpur, Panchagar, and Kishor Unnayan Kendra Jashar. All of them had been arrested by the Bangladesh Border Guard for crossing the border without valid documents.
July 15, 2021 -
Myanmar’s military junta releases 2,200 prisoners
Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), a human rights group, said that more than 4,000 political prisoners remain in detention
July 1, 2021 -
Supreme Court orders not to release all the prisoners due to COVID-19
The plea had contended despite HPC orders, many continue to languish in jails in Maharashtra.
September 22, 2020 -
Covid-19 : Punjab to release up to 4000 under trial prisoners
Disclosing this on Tuesday, the jail minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa said that this exercise is being undertaken considering the relaxations in lockdown restrictions, increase in number of new inmates owing to spiralling of crime rate, regarding which the recommendations were made by the high powered committee on the orders of Supreme Court.
August 12, 2020 -
Covid-19: Over 11,500 prisoners released in Punjab
Detailed instructions have already been issued to all the prison officials to avoid going to places other than their own homes while on leave, and in case of exigencies, they have to inform the head of the jail.
July 21, 2020 -
To decongest Delhi jails, prisoners aged above 60 to get emergency parole
If an inmate has been convicted for less than five years and has already completed three months in jail, he or she is eligible for the emergency parole, the circular stated.
May 24, 2020 -
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits Kabul amid political crisis, rising COVID-19 cases
Pompeo is set to meet with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani along with his archrival Abdullah Abdullah, who also claims the presidency.
March 23, 2020 -
Pakistan hands over list of 282 Indian prisoners as part of bilateral agreement
Relations between India and Pakistan remain strained since the BJP government abrogated Article 370 on August 5 ending the special status of Kashmir and imposing communication lockdown.
January 1, 2020 -
16 killed in prison riots in Mexico
Local police soon intervened and managed to control the situation later in the afternoon, said the state public security department.
January 1, 2020 -
500 prisoners shifted out from Eastern UP as heavy rains flood jails
The jail is located near Ganga and borders Bihar, where 29 people have been killed after incessant rain in many parts of the state, including capital Patna.
September 30, 2019 -
Two cops shot dead, other two injured as prisoners make escape in UP
Three under-trial criminals threw chilli powder into the eyes of the constables accompanying them, snatched their guns and opened fire.
July 18, 2019 -
Over 50 women inmates of Mumbai jail suffer ‘food poisoning’, hospitalised
According to reports, the number of inmates taken ill varies between 50 and 80.
July 20, 2018 -
Medical conduit
It isn’t exactly “breaking news” to be informed that jails in West Bengal, or indeed anywhere else in India, are cesspools of corruption. So when the minister for correctional administration uses a hackneyed expression ~ “just the tip of the iceberg” ~ in response to the arrest of a doctor of Alipore Central Correctional Home, …
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June 13, 2018 -
Did not pay North Koreans for release of prisoners: Trump
The United States did not pay any money to the North Koreans for the release of its citizens held as a prisoners, President Donald Trump said as he slammed the previous Obama administration for paying $1.8 billion in cash after the Iranian nuclear deal.
May 11, 2018 -
Patna prison-break throws light on snoring inspectors
An “ingenious” move by cops to arrange time for sound sleep has landed them in troubles. As they lay enjoying sound sleep after locking the room with handcuffs with prisoners inside, the criminals fled the scene after breaking open the window panes, prompting departmental action against the sleep-loving cops. As per reports, the under-trial prisoners …
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April 26, 2018