India, Thailand to ratify treaty to swap prisoners
India and Thailand are on the verge of ratifying a treaty, seen as extremely significant by both the countries, that would enable them to swap prisoners.
May 22 2013, 3:21 pm
Read MoreIndia and Thailand are on the verge of ratifying a treaty, seen as extremely significant by both the countries, that would enable them to swap prisoners.
May 22 2013, 3:21 pm
Read MoreLawmakers are asking Myanmar President Thein Sein to free nearly 250 political prisoners.
May 22 2013, 8:22 am
Read MoreMyanmar`s president has pardoned at least 20 political prisoners just ahead of a historic visit to the US that will highlight the two sides` improved relations brought about by the former nation`s democratic reforms.
May 18 2013, 1:27 pm
Read MoreA Guantanamo Bay detainee, a Yemeni prisoner, said that it seems that United States President Barack Obama seems to have forgotten about their existence.
May 14 2013, 1:40 pm
Read MoreRam Kali, 107, Uttar Pradesh`s oldest prisoner, died late on Sunday at the Bulandshahr jail, 403 km from here, police said.
May 13 2013, 9:22 am
Read MoreTihar Jail authorities Friday described media reports of attack on a Pakistani prisoner as "false, frivolous and mischievous" and said there was no threat to his life.
May 10 2013, 8:35 pm
Read MoreThe tension, which gripped high security Kot Bhalwal jail in Jammu after Pakistani prisoners went on a fast to protest the death of Sanaullah Ranjay, ended on Friday after they had their afternoon meals.
May 10 2013, 9:44 pm
Read MoreOver 6,500 Indian nationals are jailed in foreign countries, with a majority of them in the Gulf countries of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and UAE.
May 3 2013, 1:54 pm
Read MoreConsular access should be granted within three months and prisoners repatriated within a month of their sentences being completed, an India-Pakistan judicial panel that visited three jails in Pakistan has recommended.
May 3 2013, 6:13 pm
Read MoreA protest on Sunday saw demonstrators here slam the Union government for allegedly failing to take steps to secure the release of Indian Prisoners of War (PoWs) languishing in Pakistani jails.
May 12 2013, 7:59 pm
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