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Early prisoner release is fixing wrong problem Business Day | THOUSANDS of offenders will be released from prison from next week following President Jacob Zuma ’s announcement last month that the government will grant a special remission to specific categories of sentenced offenders, probationers and parolees. | This would see 14651 sentenced prisoners bei...
Captain Paul Watson releases letter from a German Prison to Supporters The Examiner | On Sunday May 13, 2012, Captain Paul Watson was arrested on a warrant issued by Costa Rica while at the Frankfurt International Airport in Germany. Watson has since been ordered by the German Federal Minister of Justice Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarren...
Karlheinz Schreiber prison release upheld CBC | The release of Karlheinz Schreiber from a Munich prison has been confirmed by a German court, according to a media report. | Munich state court affirmed a lower court decision that the German-Canadian former arms lobbyist should be released, the Ge...
Prisons system ordered to release details on execution drugs Austin American Statesman | In a victory for open government, Texas prison officials on Thursday lost their latest attempt to keep secret details about its stock and suppliers of lethal injection drugs. | In an opinion dated Monday, Attorney General Greg Abbott overruled argu...
Sam Hallam released after seven years in prison The Guardian | Decision to release 24-year-old after appeal over 2004 murder conviction follows long legal battle by family Sam Hallam is sprayed with champagne by friends and family as he leaves the high court with his mother, Wendy. Photograph: Ed Willcox/Centr...
Indonesia Opening Up to Prison Swaps: Report Jakarta Globe Sydney. Indonesia has hinted at prisoner swap deals with Australia and other countries, with Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa reportedly saying the transfer of people “is a good thing.” | Natalegawa told Australian editors during an interview in...
Indonesia opening up to prison swaps: report France24 | AFP - Indonesia has hinted at prisoner swap deals with Australia and other countries, with Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa reportedly saying the transfer of people "is a good thing." | Natalegawa told Australian editors during an interview in Jak...
Tanzania Releases 100 Prisoners, Says Ambassador All Africa [Shabelle] Darussalam - Tanzania has released a group of almost hundred of Somali refugees and asylum seekers, including three females that were held for a long time at several prisons in Darussalam city, Somali ambassador said on Monday. | ...
Our war legacy to Afghans: 1bn of military vehicles will be given to national army ... The Daily Mail | Military chiefs are planning to give armoured vehicles worth an estimated 1billion to Afghan forces when it withdraws from Afghanistan in two years time. | Officials believe that more than half of the UK’s protected vehicles in the country will be left behind with the Afghan National Army and security forces rather than transported b...
