By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, December 4, 2023The human rights organization known as “Hengaw” has said that Iran has carried out the execution of at least 12 prisoners in its prisons over the past month, including three Afghan citizens. This organization, on Sunday, released a report stating that in the past month, executions of nine prisoners in Iran have been carried out every other day. According to “Hengaw,” those executed include at…
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By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, October 13, 2023The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation of Afghanistan has announced that 26 Afghan citizens have been released from Pakistani prisons and returned to their country. The Ministry announced on Thursday on its social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that 26 Afghan citizens detained by Pakistani police have been released from custody in Pakistan. The Ministry has clarified that these 26 Afghan citizens, who…
by Buddhika Samaraweera in The Daily Morning, Aug 2, 2023The number of inmates that can be held in prisons located islandwide, has exceeded by more than 100% at present, according to the Department of Prisons. Speaking to The Daily Morning, Prisons Commissioner and the Prisons Department Media Spokesman Chandana Ekanayake said that there is a rapid growth in the number of inmates incarcerated for various charges in every prison in the country since January 2023,…
by Ajith Siriwardana in Daily Mirror online June 14, 2023 at 01:45 pm –A Parliamentary Committee has revealed that the congestion in prisons has increased up to 259 percent, where 26,791 inmates are occupying the prisons at present whereas all the prisons in the country could accommodate only 11,762 inmates. It was revealed at the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) which met at the Parliament Complex recently that in some prisons, the congestion has gone…