6 Palestinian prisoners escape high-security Israeli prison by digging tunnel

6 Palestinians freed themselves from the Gilboa prison, which is one among Isreali Occupation’s high-profile prisons,…

Innocent Prisoners; A first-hand experience with State, police and judiciary

Abdul Wahid Shaikh's 500 plus pages book published by Pharos publication, will be one of the…

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…

Close Guantánamo camp: UN urges incoming US administration

Exactly 19 years after the Guantánamo Bay detention centre first opened, UN independent human rights experts…

Only 7 states, 2 UTs record transgender prisoners separately from male/ female binary categorisation: Report

Out of all states and Union Territories in India, only 9 had recorded the data of…

Prisoners amid pandemic

As per the report by the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) Maharashtra, almost all the…

India prison statistics: Muslim community has more undertrials than convicts

The latest (2019) data on prisons released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) shows that…

Muslim inmate in Tihar branded with Om symbol; Delhi Court orders enquiry

A Delhi court has called for an enquiry after a Muslim undertrial person was branded with…