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The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that banning a convicted killer from the polls had breached his right to participate in the democratic process.
To comply with the ruling it has been suggested that only those serving less than a year..
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On Saturday, July 17, Héctor José Mota Méndez, 35, was enjoying a party at the Italia Inn in Torreón, in the border state of Coahuila. The fiesta was being held for...
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A group of drug cartel inmates who were allowed by guards to leave prison to commit murders are believed responsible for the massacre of 17 people earlier this month,...
made popular Jul 29 2010
The bodies of three escaped prisoners who escaped from a Mexican prison were found hanging from a bridge in the city of Cuernavaca, local officials said.
made popular Jul 15 2010
A bill has recently been introduced into the Knesset for changing the conditions of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons with the hope of pressuring Hamas into...
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At least six inmates died and 15 were injured in a riot at Yare I prison in central Venezuela, the head of the national prisons service said Tuesday.
Consuelo Cerrada...
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Prisoners are being paid ‘unemployment benefit’ to sit idle in their cells, it was revealed today.
The £2.50 weekly payment is given to inmates who are...
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One inmate was killed and 19 others were wounded in clashes Monday at a prison in the southwestern Colombian city of Cali, but authorities have regained control of the...
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Amnesty International and Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC) have disclosed that some Nigerians and other Africans are being held without trials...
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I was a little surprised that The Herald would publish a story like this. The report is critical of the Mugabe led government and The Herald is historically the bearer...
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I realize one’s body is one’s own and that one can do to it what one pleases, but you have to wonder what would possess someone to tattoo the whites of...
made popular Jan 12 2010
Peruvian officials say a riot by about 500 inmates at a northern prison killed two inmates and six guards were held hostage until negotiations got the prisoners to end...
made popular Jan 2 2010
At least five inmates have burned to death in a fire at a prison in north-eastern Brazil, officials say.
They said about 40 other prisoners were injured at the jail in...
made popular Oct 24 2009
An Iranian man and a woman made the allegations in separate interviews with CNN. Both said they fled to Turkey from Iran after claiming to have been threatened by...
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A British prison says a bunch of inmates have been caught with their hands clean — using hand sanitizing gel to get drunk.
Peter McParlin of the Prison Officers...
made popular Sep 26 2009
The circumstances were not promising. Mr. Scott, 20, was awaiting sentencing for drug possession and robbery, but he was allowed supervised release from jail in May to...
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he would be willing to accept prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay detention center, which U.S. President Barack Obama has said he...
made popular Apr 6 2009
Pakistan will release 35 Indian prisoners as a goodwill gesture on Thursday while celebrating its 61st Independence Day.
The 35 prisoners include 34 Indian...
made popular Aug 14 2008
Israeli defense forces and agencies work hard to capture Palestinian terrorists. They do extensive field work, gather intelligence and risk their lives to apprehend...
made popular Jun 15 2008
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Hi-tech ’satellite’ tagging planned in order to create more space in jails
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Pro-independence supporters hold some thousands of portraits of imprisoned members of the Basque armed group ETA during a rally against the Spanish Government and in support of freedom of prisoners in Bilbao northern Spain, Saturday Jan.3, 2009.
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