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Names of some of the prisoners killed in Syrian prison riots

yalibnan.com     7 hrs ago   52 related          

Beirut/ Damascus - At least 25 inmates were killed and many were wounded when prison authorities put down a riot staged by Islamist political prisoners in Sidnaya prison north of Damascus over poor conditions, Syrian human...

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AP: U.S. Allowed Korean Massacre In 1950

cbsnews.com     6 hrs ago   6 related          

Declassified records of the Korean War show that U.S. military officials gave approval to their South Korean counterparts to machine-gun thousands of political prisoners, to keep them from joining approaching enemy forces.

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workers.org: From left to right: Patrick J. O'Connor,Pam Africa and Ramona Africa. workers.org

Author’s book confirms framing of Mumia Abu-Jamal

workers.org     yesterday   2 related          

Author Patrick J. O’Connor appeared at the Brecht Forum in New York City June 24 to promote his newly published book, “The Framing of Mumia Abu-Jamal.” Abu-Jamal, the world’s most prominent death row political prisoner, was...

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Anatomy Of A Hostage Rescue

cbsnews.com     04-Jul-2008   65 related          

Details Of The Elaborate Ruse That Led 15 Colombian And U.S. Hostages To Freedom (CBS) Seeds of the rescue, code-named Operation Checkmate, were planted a few months ago when Colombian intelligence moles infiltrated the inner...

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There Is Nothing "New" in the Khodorkovsky Charges

It is very positive that there has been such a robust reaction from the international press with regard to the latest developments in Mikhail Khodorkovsky case - public awareness of Russia's political prisoners is tantamount to...

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Armenia Escapes Europe Ban

iwpr.net     03-Jul-2008   9 related          

Council of Europe resolution postpones day of reckoning for Yerevan government. By Rita Karapetian in Yerevan (CRS No. 450, 03-Jul-08) The Armenian opposition has criticised a decision by the Parliamentary Assembly of the...

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Veteran Journalist U Win Tin- World’s longest serving prisoner of conscience

By - Zin Linn U Win Tin is the world’s longest serving "prisoner of conscience" and a "veteran journalist of Burma". Two press freedom associations, Reporters Without Borders and the Burma Media Association issued a statement...

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Far Eastern Economic Report: All of Burma is a prison – Min Zin

burmanet.org     02-Jul-2008   29 related          

Much has been written about Cyclone Nargis and the failure of Burma’s military junta to respond adequately. But what of the hundreds of political prisoners held in Burma, many in areas devastated by the storm? When Cyclone...

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voanews.com: US Congressman, New Jersey Rep. Chris Smith (File) voanews.com

Chinese Authorities Block Dissidents From Meeting American Lawmakers

chosun.com     01-Jul-2008   60 related          

Authorities in Beijing blocked several Chinese dissident lawyers from meeting a pair of visiting U.S. congressmen. As Stephanie Ho reports, the congressmen presented a list of more than 700 Chinese political prisoners on whom...

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voanews.com: A group of local women visit the field where the dead were buried by other prisoners. voanews.com

New Film Documents Political Victims' Pursuit of Trial for Chad's Ex-Dictator

voanews.com     01-Jul-2008          

Dictator Hunter report / Broadband - Watch (WM) This year's Human Rights Watch International Film Festival includes a documentary focusing on the group's lead attorney and a former political prisoner from Chad. They worked...

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