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Political Prisoners

Burmese Dissidents Call United Nations for Openness and Accountability

Daya Gamage – US National Correspondent Asian Tribune While US Campaign for Burma (USCB), a Washington-based dissident group, accuses United Nations of "misrepresenting" its recent mission to Burma (Myanmar), the Thailand-based...

Opposition uses press media to manipulate situation of prisoners for misdeeds

As a new desperate measure of the Venezuelan opposition to discredit the Bolivarian Government, last Monday Aug. 18th they used three national journals to spread an advertisement in which is shown a list of prisoners as matter...

The GDR System: Two lives, One Political System (Part II of II)

Horst Pfeiffer, born in1956, was a production worker in the Cottbus textile factory. He frequently questioned the operational procedures there, and thought them to be too far away from democratic decision-making processes.

‘Europe’s Last Dictatorship’ Mulls Future After Russia-Georgia War

The decision by Belarus’ autocratic government to release political prisoners has fueled debate about whether Moscow’s closest post-Soviet ally has been unnerved by the Russia-Georgia war into speeding up efforts to improve...

8-8-88 Burma Protests and Bike for Burma Report

Friday 8th August marked the 20th Anniversary of the 8-8-88 Burma democracy uprising in which at least 3,000 unarmed Burmese protesters were murdered by the Burmese junta. In London the Burmese unveiled a glass memorial at the...

Notes from the Castro gulag, 8/17/08

Here's the latest updates on several Cuban political prisoners: Antonio Augusto Villareal Acosta The Cuban Council of Human Rights Investigators on Aug. 13 issued an urgent plea to the international community on behalf Antonio...

Leodan Mangana López and José Luis Rodríguez Chávez, Cuban Political Prisoners of the Week, 8/17/08

This post will remain at the top of the page through Friday, events allowing. José Luis Rodríguez Chávez Cuba's government is a dictatorship, reserving for itself all power and discretion, so it doesn't need to rule of law to...

Cuban activists rely on foreign funding

The money from abroad comes every few months, and after she divides it among fellow dissidents, there's usually only about $100 left for Laura Pollán. ''It goes for things like plastic wrap, toilet paper. There's food to take...

Cuban activists rely on foreign funding

The money from abroad comes every few months, and after she divides it among fellow dissidents, there's usually only about $100 left for Laura Pollan. There's food to take to the prison, transportation there," said Pollan, who...

Hmong National Development, Inc. (HND) Demands Laos Release Imprisoned Lao Student Demonstrators

Hmong National Development, Inc. (HND, a Washington, D.C. non-profit corporation, called upon the Lao government to release jailed Lao student leaders and hundreds of Hmong refugee that continue to be imprisoned as political...