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Political Prisoners

                   

There are no political crimes or prisoners in the UAE: official

gulfnews.com
24-Sep-2008 2 related
        

Dubai: There are no political prisoners in the UAE and no political crimes have been registered, confirmed a senior security official. "There is not a single person imprisoned in the UAE because of his opinion, and no...

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nwsource.com: South African Finance Minister Trevor Manuel nwsource.com

S.Africa cabinet upheaval sparks false alarm

nwsource.com
24-Sep-2008
        

Panic surged through South Africa's financial markets early Tuesday when the president's office, still controlled by the ousted Thabo Mbeki, announced 14 of the government's top officials had resigned, including Trevor...

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ctv.ca: An unidentified relative, left, hugs Win Tin, 78, political prisoner at his friend's house following his release in Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008. (AP Photo) ctv.ca

Myanmar frees longest-serving political prisoner

reuters.com
23-Sep-2008 93 related
        

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's longest-serving political prisoner, journalist Win Tin, was freed on Tuesday after 19 years in prison and immediately vowed to continue his struggle against 46 years of military rule. "I will...

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Journalist Win Tin freed by Burmese junta after 19 years in jail

thefirstpost.co.uk
23-Sep-2008 4 related
        

Burma's longest-serving political prisoner, 78-year-old journalist Win Tin, was freed today after 19 years behind bars, writes Edward Loxton for The First Post. Win Tin was among 9,002 prisoners released, only a handful of...

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Irrawaddy: Burma’s monks jailed, disrobed for challenging Junta – Marwaan Macan-Marker

burmanet.org
22-Sep-2008 18 related
        

In military-ruled Burma the jails are filling up with Buddhist monks. Currently, 136 members of the clergy are behind bars, most of them in the notorious Insein Prison in Rangoon, the former capital. That is the largest...

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narconews.com: The Narco News Bulletin: Reporting on the Drug War and Democracy from Latin America narconews.com

Atenco’s Political Prisoners: The Persistence of Resistance

narconews.com
22-Sep-2008
        

Thirty-One Year Sentences for Protest (or Being Near It) in Mexico By Alejandro Reyes Radio Zapatista When the parents of Oscar Hernández Pacheco were told that their son would be free in late August or Early September,...

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José Benito Menéndez del Valle, Political Prisoner of the Week, 9/21/08

marcmasferrer.typepad.com
21-Sep-2008
        

The particular "crimes" of Cuba's political prisoners may differ, but they are all bound by a shared goal: Liberty for themselves, for their fellow Cubans and for their country. Some, like José Benito Menéndez del Valle,...

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Activists put Burma's grim jails on display

csmonitor.com
19-Sep-2008 1 related
        

A simple museum tucked away on the Thai-Burmese border re-creates the infamous prisons. The museum – created by a group of former political prisoners called the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners-Burma (AAPPB)...

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Reporters Without Borders: 11 Sakharov Prize winners call for the immediate release of Burmese...

burmanet.org
16-Sep-2008
        

With just weeks to go to the 20th anniversary of the creation of the Sakharov Prize on 10 December 1988, an informal network of 11 of its past winners today calls on the Burmese authorities to immediately release Aung...

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Congo-Kinshasa: Citizen Wins Human Rights Watch Award

allafrica.com
16-Sep-2008 5 related
        

Five brave and selfless advocates of human rights from Burma, Congo, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka and Uzbekistan have been awarded the prestigious 2008 Human Rights Defender Awards, Human Rights Watch said today. All five have...

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