Syrian opposition fighters have freed about 300 prisoners from a jail near the border with Turkey and found 30 others shot in the head, an opposition activist said on Saturday. Fighters from various brigades have been attacking the Idlib Central Prison for the last three days. ...
05:23 PM, Jan 27, 2013
Bihar will issue a multi-purpose smart card - a first of its kind in the country - to more than 33,000 prisoners in its 56 jails, an official said on Friday. ...
12:59 AM, Jan 26, 2013
Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front January 16 said it will soon hold a 48-hour hunger strike in the national capital to highlight the plight of Kashmiri prisoners languishing in different jails in the country. "We will soon hold a 48-hour-long hunger strike at Jantar Mantar in Delhi to attract attention of the world community towards the plight of Kashmiri prisoners," JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik told reporters here. ...
04:47 PM, Jan 16, 2013
If Pakistan gives clemency to Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh, it could prove to be a turning point in bilateral ties, the prisoner's Pakistani lawyer said. Awais Sheikh is arriving in India for a fortnight long tour on Saturday to spread the message that Sarabjit Singh is an innocent man falsely charged with crimes he never committed. His book, "Sarabjit Singh: A Case of Mistaken Identity" (Rajakamal Prakashan), will...
11:56 AM, Jan 04, 2013
Visiting Pakistan Interior Minister met Sarabjit Singh's family and assured them of a visa to meet the jailed Indian prisoner. Sarabjit's sister, Daljit Kaur, said Malik assured he is confident of Sarabjit's release even though it may take time. ...
08:51 AM, Dec 15, 2012
China has launched a new programme for prisoners in Beijing jails under which inmates can place orders online for meals on occasions when they are visited by family, a prison official said on Wednesday. Since prisoners are able to meet their family members in reward for good behaviour, they can now use the prison's intranet to choose the meals they wanted to share with their loved ones, said Feng Jiancang,...
03:19 AM, Dec 13, 2012
The UAE Cabinet on Sunday approved the extradition agreement that the Gulf nation had signed with India for facilitating the transfer of Indian convicts to spend the remaining jail term in their home country. ...
08:19 AM, Dec 10, 2012
The Department of Prisons has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ayurvedic major Himalaya Drug Company to utilise services of inmates of open prisons to cultivate herbs. ...
10:06 AM, Dec 05, 2012
High drama prevailed for some time in the Central Jail when six prisoners, detained under Goonda Act, climbed atop the roof of a block and a tree and threatened to commit suicide, if authorities did not stop search and raid in the cells. ...
01:23 PM, Nov 26, 2012
Beijing: China's reliance on organ transplants from condemned prisoners will end within two years as more people are coming forward to donate as demonstrated by a trial project, a senior Chinese official said. From March 2010 to the end of September 2012, the trial consisted of 465 donation cases, which resulted in 1,279 organs being donated by members of the public, Huang Jiefu, vice minister of health said. The move...
07:14 PM, Nov 22, 2012
After Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik assured that Sarabjit's case won't be equated to that of Ajmal Kasab's, the Indian prisoner's daughter thanked Pakistan and said her family is hopeful that justice would be done to her father. ...
04:15 PM, Nov 22, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistani authorities on Wednesday freed eight to 10 Afghan Taliban prisoners at the request of peace negotiators to help boost the troubled peace and reconciliation process in war-torn Afghanistan, official sources said. The prisoners, all junior cadres of the Taliban, were freed in response to a request from Afghan High Peace Council chief Salahuddin Rabbani, who arrived in Islamabad with a delegation on Monday for talks with Pakistans top...
04:20 AM, Nov 15, 2012
Colombo: None of the seven Indian prisoners in Sri Lanka's main Welikada jail was affected by the riot that left 27 inmates dead and nearly 50 people, including security personnel, injured, officials said on Saturday. Sarath Dissanayake, the External Affairs Ministry spokesman, said he was informed by the Ministry of Prison Reforms that prisoners of foreign nationalities had not been affected. A total of 27 inmates were killed and nearly...
04:13 AM, Nov 11, 2012
The 1962 Sino-Indian conflict claimed the lives of 5,000 Indian soldiers while several others faced the humiliation of being taken prisoners by the Chinese Army. Brigadier AJS Behl describes the seven months that he spent in a Chinese prison camp as a prisoner of war. Brigadier Behl was a 2nd Lieutenant in 1962. He was taken prisoner by the Chinese near Bum La in Arunachal Pradesh. ...
10:04 AM, Oct 18, 2012
New Delhi: A Pakistani court will on Monday hear Sarabjit Singh's lawyer's plea seeking permission to meet the Indian prisoner. Pakistani officials had refused to allow Sarabjit Singh's lawyer to meet him in a Lahore jail after the counsel returned from India carrying letters and personal items for the Indian prisoner. Awais Sheikh, the lawyer of the Indian prisoner, had informed this to Sarabjit's daughter Swapandeep via email on September...
08:45 AM, Oct 08, 2012
Jalandhar: Pakistani officials have refused to allow Sarabjit Singh's lawyer to meet him in a Lahore jail after the counsel returned from India carrying letters and personal items for the Indian prisoner. Awais Sheikh, the lawyer of the Indian prisoner, informed this to Sarabjit's daughter Swapandeep via e-mail on Sunday night. "After returning from India to Pakistan, Sheikh tried to meet my father. He had applied to the Pakistan Home...
05:18 PM, Sep 24, 2012
Kolkata: A Kolkata court on Friday declared nine suspected Naxals as political prisoners. The nine men had been arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection with an illegal arms manufacturing case and were said to have been involved in the Lalgarh uprising. The West Bengal High Court had in August granted the nine the political prisoner status. As per the West Bengal Correctional Services Act, political prisoners are...
11:30 AM, Sep 24, 2012
Bangalore: The state prisons department, which has chalked out several projects to improve skills of the jail inmates, has now come up with the idea of marketing the merchandise produced by jail inmates. The department is working towards making the project, soon a reality. According to the officials, the best quality fabric will be used for the products, but the prices will be less compared to any international brand. We...
12:55 PM, Sep 19, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan on Monday freed 48 Indian fishermen from a jail in the southern port city of Karachi as a goodwill gesture and sent them to the Wagah land border crossing to be repatriated to India. The release followed President Asif Ali Zardari's announcement on Saturday that all Indian fishermen in Pakistani jails, including those who are yet to complete their prison terms, would be freed. Zardari made the announcement...
01:40 PM, Sep 10, 2012
Chennai: Dressed smartly in blue striped shirts and dark blue pants, 30 men marched out of the Central Prison at Puzhal on Wednesday evening. While looking a bit self-conscious at being the cynosure of all eyes, they adjusted their caps and stood at attention. Usually sidelined and rejected by society, these men are remand prisoners who have sought to change their lives by getting gainful employment once they are out...
02:22 PM, Sep 06, 2012
