Tag: prisoners
Myanmar junta pardons 2,153 prisoners jailed for dissent against military
More than 21,000 people have been arrested since the military ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's government, according to a local monitoring group
Pope Francis to wash juvenile prisoners’ feet this Holy Thursday
In 2013, Francis washed 12 young prisoners’ feet — those of two girls and 10 boys
Pope Francis to ask heads of state to pardon prisoners as...
The invitation to make a “gesture of clemency” will be sent “on the occasion of the upcoming Christmas,” a Dec. 12 communication said
India’s prison ministry urges gov’t, Church to ease suffering of prisoners
"It is the duty of the government to make sure that prisoners enjoy the fundamental and basic human rights” said the group
Thailand bars prisons from using inmates to make fishing nets
Thai officials ban new contracts using prison labor to make nets after ex-inmates said they were forced to work for little or no pay
Vietnam approves 17 religious texts for use in prisons
Several government ministries collaborated to approve a list of 17 books, including the Bible, and distribute 4,400 copies to 54 prisons
Church in Pakistan helps 20 former prisoners to open companies
The project aims to help the former prisoners "earn some money and support their families"
Prisoners got 15,000 gelati from pope during Rome’s long, hot summer
The summer was one of the hottest on record in Italy, with one city in Sicily reporting 49 Celsius in August
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