Read to reduce sentence, Uzbekistan tells prisoners
Prisoners in Uzbekistan will be able to plead for reduced sentences if they read books selected by authorities to cultivate 鈥榗orrect spiritual and moral values鈥�, officials said.
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Navalnaya urges Putin to agree release of anti-war prisoners
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Russia, Ukraine exchange 84 prisoners each
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56 life-term prisoners freed after serving 20yrs
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HC seeks list of prisoners pardoned by president
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Russia, US swap prisoners in push for closer ties
The United States on Thursday exchanged a sanctions-busting suspect for a ballet dancer held by Russia, the second swap under US president Donald Trump as Moscow and Washington push to rebuild ties...
Protesters in Kyiv urge freedom for POWs
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Hamas to hand over four Israeli hostages鈥� bodies
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Moscow, Kyiv exchange 50 POWs
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Prisoners鈥� right to health care
LAW and order go hand in hand to ensure justice and well-being of society, to maintain a balance of power, to limit excessive authority that infringes on others鈥� basic freedom and to uphold basic rights for the vulnerable. While the law includes punishment by suspending certain fundamental human rights of prisoners to serve the greater purpose, it is never...
Post-election unrest:聽Mass jailbreak in Mozambique
More than 1,500 prisoners escaped from a Maputo prison on Wednesday, taking advantage of the third day of unrest triggered by the controversial confirmation of the long-ruling Frelimo party as...
India to bail long-term prisoners awaiting trial
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Ukraine probes execution of 4 POWs by Russia
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Russia, Ukraine swap 206 POWs
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2 more prisoners arrested, 156 surrender
The police on Wednesday arrested two female prisoners who were among 826 inmates of Narsingdi district jail who broke free on Friday, increasing the number of the arrested to 97...
95 more prisoners arrested, 136 surrender to court
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan claimed on Tuesday that law enforcers had arrested 95 prisoners after 826 inmates of Narsingdi district jail broke free on Friday...