The percentage of the prisoner points to the high disproportionate presence of Muslims in Assam’s jail…
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One in three people globally imprisoned without trial: Report
One in three prisoners around the world is being held without having stood trial or been…
Prisoners amid pandemic
As per the report by the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) Maharashtra, almost all the…
Kashmir: 97 prisoners, many undertrials tested positive for COVID-19
Human rights activists and politicians in Kashmir have accused the Narendra Modi Government of being "vengeful"…
Don’t kill Varavara Rao in jail, wife and daughters of 79 year old poet urge
Wife and daughters of Telugu poet and activist Pendyala Varavara Rao, who is currently in Navi…
I keep thinking about jail a lot: 15-year old Kashmiri boy who spent 72 days in jail
SHOPIAN, Kashmir — Umer Bashir Naikoo’s legs hurt. For nearly three months, the 15-year-old boy was…
One in every three under-trial prisoners in India belong to either SC or ST categories, study shows
According to the report titled ‘Criminal Justice in the Shadow of Caste’, members of the Scheduled…