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Huge rise in political prisoners in Myanmar
Political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi Gilberto Viciedo.jpg A report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the number of political prisoners in Myanmar, also known as Burma, has more than ... members and journalists were sentenced to long terms in prison. The report says more than 2,250 political ...
Saudi king orders release of 17 political prisoners
saudi arabia.jpg Saudi Arabia will this week free 17 political prisoners ... , Political Prisoners, Saudi Arabia) ... ;quot;One of the 17 inmates called me early this morning to say that he and the other 16 were asked by prison ...
Myanmar hints at political prisoner releases
this month. While in the country, Mr Ban urged the junta to release political prisoners, but his request ... to the United Nations says Myanmar's military regime is willing to grant an amnesty to a number of political prisoners so that they can take part in next year's elections. He failed to say how many prisoners might ...
North Korea: police state, prison state
to be scared - it has 154,000 political prisoners in six camps across the country and its human rights record is atrocious. We speak to a former prisoner and to a former prison guard about what they went through ... _tswi_imprisoned_in_north_korea__a_survivor__s_tale_20100109_44_1kHz.mp3)] A prison guard’s escape An Myeong Chul was a prison guard for eight years ...
Is Wilders a racist?
:00 I was never interested in I was never interested in politics and I think that it is quite ... out of the Netherlands while you still can, get emergency political asylum in USA or Canada ... 's Jihad. Go after the Muslims, who preach hate, just like Wilders, and put them away in prison. Scarves ...
Myanmar to release 7,114 prisoners
the release of 7,114 prisoners. It is not known whether there will be any political prisoners among the 7,114. An estimated 2,000 people are in prison for criticising the regime. The most famous political ... of the past 20 years. (Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar, political prisoners, Southeast Asia) ...
The politics of breaking rocks
was sentenced to 12 years in prison. Kamanda has finished serving height and will perform community service ... . With this type of sentence, convicted suspects spend only half of their time in prison. This applies only ... to such sentences. Approximately 100,000 people are still in prison in Rwanda for their participation ...
US suspends Guantanamo prisoner transfer to Yemen
of detainees from the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay to Yemen as a result of the deteriorating security situation there. President Barack Obama bowed to political pressure from Democratic and Republican lawmakers not to send any more prisoners to Yemen as a result of revelations that a would ...
Trial of political leaders running aground
. Rwamakuba was acquitted, after having spent eight years in prison [IJT-53]. In the other trial, however ... than 18 months for it to run aground. (ictr, International Justice Tribune, karemera, political ...
Glavas affair rocks the Croatian political scene
will face a 5 to 20-year prison sentence. The Glavas case is intended to be a sign of Croatia ... and feels that the case against him is purely political. During the middle of last year, Glavas was ousted ... has seriously shaken up the political scene in Croatia. The Parliament's opposition leader and former ...
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