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Native American activist Leonard Peltier has left a Florida prison after nearly five decades behind bars, following a commutation from former United States President Joe Biden. On Tuesday morning, Peltier walked out of a federal detention centre in Coleman, Florida, and was taken away by an SUV. He did not speak as he exited the…
Here are the key developments on the 1,090th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Here is the situation on Tuesday, February 18: Fighting Ukraine’s military said Russia launched a barrage of 147 attack drones against Ukraine overnight. Out of this, the Ukrainian Air Force reported shooting down 83, while 59 did not reach their…
Sandhya Ramachandran from San Francisco, who is back in Chennai for a break, watched an Instagram reel and decided to visit the Madras Literary Society (MLS) on February 10. She came for the high ceiling but stayed to peruse through glazed pottery work, sketches and murals done by the inmates of Puzhal Central Prison. “I…
Here are the key developments on the 1,085th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Source link
New Delhi, India – Kulvinder Kaur had tried and tried again to call her husband in the United States. After two weeks of the connection not going through, she was consumed by anxiety, she said from her home in Hoshiarpur, in the northern Indian state of Punjab. “I was really afraid about what might have…
Los Angeles, California – As a series of wind-driven wildfires caused unprecedented destruction in southern California this month, fire crews composed of currently and formerly incarcerated individuals were at the forefront of the fight to contain the flames. California’s firefighting programme has long been criticised for its reliance on imprisoned workers, who face low pay…
United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order that seeks to repurpose Guantanamo Bay, a US prison in Cuba, into a detention centre for unauthorised immigrants. About 11 million such immigrants live in the US, where the total population is 341 million, according to estimates by the Pew Research Center. Debates about…
The names of the four female Israeli soldiers who will be exchanged on Saturday for Palestinian prisoners have been released by Hamas. This is the second of such exchanges that are to run the course of the first two phases of a three-stage ceasefire agreed this month. Karina Ariev, Daniella Gilboa, Naama Levy and Liri…
Stewart Rhodes and Enrique Tarrio, who received some of longest sentences for the US Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, are freed from prison. Two major far-right figures in the United States have been released from prison, just hours after President Donald Trump issued pardons for more than 1,500 people charged for their involvement in…
Last Updated:January 17, 2025, 09:36 IST Indian national Sai Varshith Kandula, 20, on Thursday was sentenced to eight years for an attempted attack on the White House with a rented truck on May 22, 2023. Indian-origin Sai Varshith Kandula has been pronounced eight years of imprisonment. (Courtesy: X/@SiddharthKG7) Indian national Sai Varshith Kandula, 20, on…
