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A political prisoner has died in prison in Belarus after authorities failed to provide him with proper medical care, a human rights group said Monday, a death that spotlighted cruel conditions in Belarusian prisons. Vadzim Khrasko died of pneumonia in a penal colony near the northeastern city of Vitebsk after prison authorities had been slow to take him to a hospital, ignoring his pleas for help, the respected Viasna human rights center said.

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny told a Moscow court of “freezing” conditions inside his prison, as he appeared via video link to outline his case against the authorities at the Siberian penal colony in which he is being held.

The ADGP (Prison) of Punjab today submitted before the Punjab and Haryana High Court a report of the Committee constituted to enquire into Lawrence Bishnoi's interview, in a sealed cover.A division...

The Constitution Day celebrations at the Supreme Court of India today saw the launch of two new initiatives, in an event attended by the President of India Draupadi Murmu and Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud.

Oscar Pistorius will be released on parole in January, prison authorities said Friday, nearly 11 years after the South African Paralympic sprinter killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.