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Tag: prisons

Posted inThailand

Thailand virus cases soar with prison clusters

by AT Contributor May 17, 2021May 17, 2021

Thailand reported a new daily high of nearly 10,000 coronavirus cases on Monday, more than two-thirds of them in prisons, as the kingdom battles its third wave of the pandemic. The kingdom’s Covid-19 task force reported 9,635 new cases, 6,853 of which were among prisoners. Nearly half of 24,000 inmates tested at eight prisons, mainly […]

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Armed police secure the South Jakarta court before a ruling against radical group Jemaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD) on July 31, 2018. Photo: AFP / Bay Ismoyo
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