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 "label": {
  "en": "Firoz Merchant — Times of India report"
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 "summary": {
  "ar": "تقرير صحيفة تايمز أوف إنديا ⁦(24 شباط 2026)⁩ عن فيروز ميرشانت: مبادرته «المجتمع المنسي» أطلقت منذ 2008 سراح أكثر من 20,000 سجين معسر في الإمارات، وتتكثف في رمضان ليعيد السجناء إلى بيوتهم قبل الشهر الفضيل.",
  "en": "Times of India report of 24 February 2026 on Firoz Merchant; it records that his Forgotten Society initiative has released more than 20,000 insolvent prisoners in the UAE since 2008, peaks each Ramadan so prisoners can return home before the holy month, and in 2026 added support for cancer patients."
 },
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 "data": {
  "kind": "secondary",
  "type": "web",
  "title": "Firoz Merchant: UAE-based Indian Philanthropist who has helped release over 20,000 prisoners",
  "author": [
   {
    "family": "The Times of India",
    "given": ""
   }
  ],
  "issued": {
   "date-parts": [
    [
     2026,
     2,
     24
    ]
   ]
  },
  "publisher": "The Times of India",
  "URL": "https://www.newspointapp.com/english/world/firoz-merchant-uae-based-indian-philanthropist-who-has-helped-release-over-20000-prisoners-toi/articleshow/14504820fe02239089067a441c462aaea08c7cd3",
  "language": "en",
  "reliability_note": "Times of India news report read via its NewsPoint republication on 1 November 2026. It is the text the person record relies on for the Ramadan framing of Merchant's documented philanthropy, including his own stated aim that released prisoners return to their homes before Ramadan; its figures (more than 20,000 releases since 2008, 497 in the Ramadan 2026 drive at publication) are the newspaper's and are used as such.",
  "open_access": true,
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   "review": "published",
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  }
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 "updated": "2026-11-06",
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 "license": {
  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
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