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Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy booked for threatening cop probing into mining case | Supreme Court upholds validity of Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Education Act | Not all private properties are community resources that govt can take over: Supreme Court | Pakistan's Lahore has become world's most polluted city with an AQI of 1900 on Sunday | Indian Army 'successfully completes' patrolling to a key point in Ladakh's Depsang region

Zambian court hands jail term to Chinese nationals over involvement in cyber crimes

A Zambian court has handed over jail terms to 21 Chinese nationals and a Cameronian citizen for their involvement in cyber crimes in the country.

More than 2,000 in Pakistan prisoned over blasphemy cases, Senate body told

A Pakistani parliamentary body was recently informed that  215 individuals had been arrested under blasphemy charges with the highest number of arrests made in Sindh.

Prison population surge triggers overcrowding, COVID casualties

New York: One in three prisoners around the world is being held without having stood trial or been found guilty by any court, according to a new study published on Friday by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

UN development agency provides lifeline to Gaza lifeguards, in bid to keep workers from debtors’ prison

New York, Aug 7 (IBNS): If Bilal Bashir, a Palestinian fisherman and lifeguard living on the coast of the Gaza Strip, does not get work over the summer months, he risks being sent to debtors’ prison.

Airstrikes kill over dozen people in Yemen

Sanaa, Oct 30 (IBNS): At least a dozen people were killed in airstrikes at a Yemeni prison on Saturday, reports said.