Tag: Prison
Peshawar school principal sentenced to 105 years in prison for rape,...
PESHAWAR: A sessions court on Tuesday handed a 105-year imprisonment to the principal of a private school on charges of child abuse, pornography, rape,...
60-year-old sentenced to prison for sexually assaulting minor
LAHORE: A 60-year-old man has been sentenced to six years in prison by a sessions court for sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl.
The court has also...
Saudi woman faces 2 years prison for hugging singer
RIYADH: A young Saudi Arabian woman has been charged in the western city of Taif with breaking the country's anti-harassment laws for jumping on...
Sanjay Dutt recounts his time in prison
As Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt's biopic Sanju hits the screen, Dutt relives his time in prison and says that spending days in prison broke his...
Six Pakistani prisoners, including woman, child set free by India
ISLAMABAD: Six Pakistani prisoners, including a woman and a child, were safely returned by India via Wagah border on Tuesday.
A Pakistani High Commission (PHC)...
Prison authorities fail to produce Shahrukh Jatoi in court
KARACHI: Shahrukh Jatoi was once again not presented before a judicial magistrate on Wednesday in a case pertaining to the convict’s attempt to flee the...
Seven policemen dismissed over involvement in LeJ militants’ jailbreak
KARACHI: Sindh government on Wednesday dismissed seven police officials from service after an inquiry found evidence of their involvement and even alleged facilitation in the escape of...
Supreme Court rejects Brazil ex-President Lula’s bid to avoid prison
BRASILIA: Brazil's Supreme Federal Court judges voted early Thursday to reject former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's plea to avoid prison.
After over 10 hours...
Asma Nawab released after remaining 20 years in prison
Asma Nawab was released from Karachi women's jail on Thursday in response to Supreme Court’s (SC) acquittal order earlier this week in a murder...
Prisoner under custody expires
KARACHI: A prisoner held in custody inside the city's Landhi Jail passed away Thursday night, police reported, citing his drug abuse to be the reason...
Bishkek court confirms sentence against ex-Kyrgyz prosecutor
BISHKEK: The Bishkek city court has upheld a suspended five-year prison sentence against former Prosecutor-General Aida Salyanova, who is now an opposition lawmaker.
Salyanova told...
Tensions rise in new French prison guards strikes
CORSICA: French police fired tear gas to break up a picket line of striking prison guards at Europe's biggest jail on Friday, as a...
Russian priest charged over child molesting for 14 years prison
ST PETERSBURG: The Priozersky City Court in Russia’s Leningrad region has sentenced priest Gleb Grozovsky to 14 years in a high-security penal colony for...
96-year-old convicted Auschwitz guard pleas to avoid prison
BERLIN: A former Auschwitz death camp guard has launched a bid for clemency in a final bid to avoid serving his sentence as an...
Brazil prison authorities warn of more violence after deadly riot
SAO PAULO: Prison authorities across Brazil should prepare for further violence after a New Year’s Day riot in which nine prisoners were murdered, according to prosecutors,...
Nine dead in outbreak of Brazilian prison violence
SAO PAULO: Nine inmates were killed, 14 were injured, and dozens escaped in a prison riot on Monday, national news media reported, in the...
Florida man sentenced to 15 years in prison for vandalising mosque
FORT LAUDERDALE: A man who vandalised a Florida mosque in January 2016 and left a raw slab of bacon on its doorstep was sentenced to...
