It is 'alarming' that six Indian detainees have died in Pakistan in the past nine months

Five of the six inmates who died, according to MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi, were fisherman.

To paraphrase Bagchi, all of the inmates have served their time.

The MEA spokeswoman added that India had raised the issue of prisoners' deaths with Islamabad.

With re...

Political detainees under military and police custody are being tortured in Sri Lanka

Highlights

• Political detainees being tortured while in police and military custody
• The government denied the accusations

A human rights lawyer, wrote a report on the abuse of political detainees in Sri Lanka. These people are being t...

DETAINEES, ON TERRORISM GROUNDS, IN IRAQ TO FACE MASS EXECUTION

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• About 50 detainees in Iraq face conceivable execution on Monday following conviction on psychological oppression related wrongdoings in uncalled for preliminaries, as per the United Nations common freedoms specialists

In a joint asse...

DETAINED HONG KONGERS LETTERS TO FAMILIES ARE CHINESE AUTHORITIES WORD

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• Hong Kongers kept in China for almost three months have at last send letters to their families, yet a worry has proposed that Chinese authorities directed the messages, which stress how well the detainees are being dealt with

Seven o...

12 HONG KONGERS CAPTURED DETAINEES LAWYER ASKED TO DROP THE CASE BY CHINESE BUREAUCRATS

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• China's Ministry of Justice has requested in any event five attorneys to end their meetings with the Hongkongers who were kept in Shenzhen after being captured by coast watches

The attorneys named by prisoners' families in Ho...