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- India
Help release prisoners held without trial: MP Aga Ruhullah to Omar Abdullah
Srinagar: Srinagar Member of Parliament Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi Tuesday, October 29 urged Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah to facilitate the release of prisoners “who have been held without trial”…
- Pakistan
Ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan says ‘caged like a terrorist’ in jail
Islamabad: Pakistan’s jailed former premier Imran Khan has claimed that he is being caged like a “terrorist”, and was denied basic prisoner and human rights in a “death cell” at a high-security…
- India
Four jailed Indians repatriated from Pakistan
New Delhi: Four Indian prisoners in Pakistan were repatriated to India this week, officials said on Friday. The prisoners are Suraj Pal (Uttar Pradesh), Wahida Begum (Assam) and her son Faiz Khan…
- Kashmir
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq seeks release of Kashmiri political prisoners during Ramzan
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday urged authorities to release Kashmiri political prisoners lodged in jails in the Union Territory and across the country as a gesture of goodwill…
- Middle East
Hamas demands truce, Israeli withdrawal as prerequisites for prisoner swap deal
Gaza: The Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, said in a statement that a ceasefire and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza are essential conditions for any prisoner exchange agreement.…
- India
MHA allows jail authorities to conduct Aadhaar authentication of visitors of prisoners
New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday allowed jail authorities across the country to carry out Aadhaar authentication of all visitors of prison inmates on voluntary basis. The ministry issued…
- India
Suicide major cause of unnatural deaths among prisoners: SC panel tells court
New Delhi: Suicide is a major cause of the 817 unnatural deaths reported in jails across the country between 2017 and 2021, the Supreme Court Committee on Prison Reforms has told the…
- World
Ukraine in talks with Russia over ‘all-for-all’ prisoner exchange
Kiev: Kyrylo Budanov, chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, has said that Ukraine is in talks with Russia over an “all-for-all” prisoner exchange, local media reported. Speaking…
- Middle East
Dubai ruler pardons 971 prisoners ahead of Ramzan
Abu Dhabi: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Wednesday ordered the release of 971 prisoners, ahead of the holy…
- World
50 Ukrainian servicemen freed in prisoner swap with Russia
Kiev: After the latest prisoner swap with Russia, 50 Ukrainian servicemen have returned home, Head of the Ukrainian President’s Office Andriy Yermak said. Among those released were two officers, as well as…
- Middle East
Yemen: Houthis offer to release 200 prisoners before Eid al-Fitr
Sanaa: Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement made a new offer to the United Nations to release 200 prisoners from each of the warring parties in Yemen before Eid al-Fitr. The head of the…
