by Sahan Tennekoon in The Daily Morning, Dec 27, 2023The overcrowding of prisons in Sri Lanka is mainly caused by administrative shortcomings existing in the law enforcement and imprisonment mechanisms, and the rapid increase in crimes related to drugs, said the National Audit Office (NAO). Issuing an audit report prepared by the NAO on the management of the overcrowding of prisons, it stated that the prisons in Sri Lanka currently occupy 232% of the maximum…
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Report in Dawn, Sept 17th, 2023PESHAWAR: A court has sentenced a man here to life imprisonment after convicting him of desecrating the Holy Quran in Khazana area around five years ago. Additional district and sessions judge Mohammad Sher Ali Khan ruled that the prosecution had proved the charge of Quran burning against the accused “without any shadow of doubt.” He extended the benefit of Section 382-B of the Code of Criminal Procedure to the convict…
report in The Express Tribune, August 18, 2023ATTOCK: PTI Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan expressed his willingness to endure imprisonment, stating he would stay incarcerated “even for a thousand years” if necessary and stressed the value of sacrifice in achieving freedom. On August 5, the PTI chief was arrested by the Punjab police after a trial court found him guilty on charges of concealing de¬tails of gifts he received from the state deposito¬ry…
report in Khaama Press online, Aug 12, 2023Office of Prisons Administration officials revealed on Sunday that there are presently 16 foreign nationals incarcerated in prisons across Afghanistan. In the government’s accountability program, Habibullah Badr, the Military Deputy of the Office of Prisons Administration, revealed five women among the foreign prisoners in Afghanistan. He further said there are 16,000 prisoners nationwide, with 1,194 women. As per earlier reports, individuals from the United States and the United…