Pakistan: Imaan, Hadi challenge conviction in social media posts case before Islamabad HC

Feb 07, 2026

According to the report, the appeals seek to have the trial court's January 24 verdict, which sentenced the couple to a combined 17 years...

Uyghur academic sentenced to 13 years imprisonment in China's Xinjiang

Apr 24, 2022

Beijing [China], April 24 : A Uyghur lecturer has been sentenced to 13 years in prison in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region [XUAR], said...

51 killed, 24 injured in Colombian prison riot fire

Jun 29, 2022

Bogota [Colombia], June 29 : At least 51 prisoners were killed and 24, including an unspecified number of guards were injured on Tuesday in...

Baseless imprisonments surge in China's Xinjiang province: Human Rights Watch

Feb 24, 2021

New York [US], February 24 : The Chinese government has increased its "groundless prosecutions" with long prison sentences for Uyghurs and other minority communities...

Uttar Pradesh Police brings gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari to Banda jail

Apr 07, 2021

Banda (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 7 : Uttar Pradesh Police on Wednesday morning brought to Banda prison gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who had spent over...

Pakistan's ex-minister Shireen Mazari, Imaan Mazari's mother seeks urgent meeting in jail

Feb 03, 2026

Imaan and Hadi were sentenced to 17 years in prison for social media posts deemed "anti-state" under Pakistan's Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA),...