NHRC directs Kerala to compensate tortured prisone

Last Updated: Monday, July 15, 2013, 19:18

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed Kerala government to pay Rs.50,000 as compensation to a prisoner who was tortured by a jail warden, a statement said Monday.

Don`t execute prisoners, Amnesty tells Pakistan

Last Updated: Thursday, July 4, 2013, 19:36

Pakistani government must not resume executions and instead impose an immediate moratorium on the use of death penalty as a first step towards abolition, Amnesty International said.

Prisoner`s death: NHRC notice to Tihar administration

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 3, 2013, 17:47

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday issued notice to the Tihar Jail administration over an undertrial`s death while cleaning a sewer in the prison premises.

Death of Pakistani prisoner: Chargesheet filed against inmate

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 2, 2013, 17:21

Almost two months since Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay died after being attacked in a prison, police have filed a chargesheet.

Dead Indian prisoner in Pakistan yet to be identified: MEA

Last Updated: Saturday, June 29, 2013, 10:59

The Ministry of External Affairs has said it is yet to identity of the Indian prisoner who died in Pakistan.

Identity of prisoner who died in Pak jail not yet established

Last Updated: Friday, June 28, 2013, 19:37

India on Friday said it has not been able to establish the identity of a prisoner in Pakistani jail who had died on Wednesday even though Pakistan had given his name in the list of Indian prisoners under its custody.

`Seek justice for Sarabjit in International Court`

Last Updated: Thursday, June 20, 2013, 23:45

Stating that the killing of Sarabjit Singh in Pakistan jail was in clear breach of `Taskent Declaration`, a PIL filed in Gujarat High Court has sought a direction to the Centre.