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1. News - World

   Prison rape furore set to sway voters in Georgia

   Posted Sep 29th 2012, 12:00am by Bloomberg

   ... Public outcry over the rape and beating of prisoners in a Georgian prison is threatening the nine-year rule of US ally President Mikhail Saakashvili in parliamentary elections on Monday. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1049862/prison-rape-furore-set-sway-voters-georgia
2. News - Asia - MYANMAR

   Myanmar activist told to return jail uniform four years after being freed

   Posted Apr 11th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... News Asia Myanmar Democracy in Myanmar Political Prisoner Agence France-Presse in Yangon More than four years after he was freed by the junta, Myanmar's longest-serving political prisoner has been ordered to return the uniform he was wearing on the day of his release. Veteran democracy activist Win Tin, 83, who spent almost two decades in jail for his political activities, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1211753/myanmar-activist-told-return-jail-uniform-four-years-after-being-freed
3. Jail officials urged to push inmates to vote

   Posted Apr 11th 2009, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Penology Prison Ng Kang-chung A human rights group has urged jail officials to encourage prisoners to register as voters after the government indicated it would remove the voting ban ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/676460/jail-officials-urged-push-inmates-vote
4. Landmark ruling quashes ban on inmate voting

   Posted Dec 09th 2008, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Penology Prison Peter Brieger and Phyllis Tsang A judge has quashed the city's ban on prisoner voting in a landmark decision that paves the way for thousands of inmates to cast ballots in future elections. Officials had never justified the 'arbitrary' ban so it breached prisoners' constitutional rights, Mr Justice Andrew Cheung Kui-nung wrote in his ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/663145/landmark-ruling-quashes-ban-inmate-voting
5. News - Asia - MYANMAR

   Myanmar frees dozens of political prisoners in amnesty

   Posted Apr 24th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... News Asia Political Prisoner Democracy in Myanmar EU sanctions Agence France-Press in Yangon Myanmar yesterday pardoned dozens of political prisoners, activists said, a day after the European Union agreed to end almost all sanctions against the former pariah state. At least 59 political prisoners were included in the latest amnesty, Bo Kyi of the Assistance Association ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1221793/myanmar-frees-dozens-political-prisoners-amnesty
6. News - Asia - MYANMAR

   Myanmar prison art tells story of repression

   Posted Jan 02nd 2013, 12:44pm by Agence France-Presse in Yangon

   ... an ex-political prisoner, hopes the country will one day have its own museum devoted to prison art. “We want to show the next generation what people went through for the country,” he said. Htein Lin said ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1118189/myanmar-prison-art-tells-story-repression
7. News - Asia - MYANMAR

   Myanmar frees political prisoners as Obama arrives in town

   Posted Nov 19th 2012, 02:32pm

   ... to prison all along since all these were false accusations.” Four political prisoners were released from Kale Prison, but about half a dozen more remained inside, said Yan Shwe. International human ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1086078/myanmar-frees-political-prisoners-obama-arrives-town
8. Independence Day marked by prisoner release

   Posted Sep 02nd 2002, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... political prisoners despite regular reports on the arrest or imprisonment of dissidents by the US State Department and international human rights groups. 'No one is arrested or detained ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/390060/independence-day-marked-prisoner-release
9. Beijing mayor jailed for graft is close to death

   Posted Dec 31st 2009, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Conviction Indictment Qincheng Prison Kristine Kwok The most senior official jailed in decades and a key figure in the Tiananmen crackdown, Chen Xitong , is in the final stages of colon ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/702409/beijing-mayor-jailed-graft-close-death
10. News - World - GUANTANAMO BAY

    US guards break Guantanamo Bay unrest over hunger strike prisoners

    Posted Apr 14th 2013, 11:49am by Agence France-Presse in Washington

    ... News World Guantanamo Bay Extrajudicial prisoners of the United States Hunger Strike Agence France-Presse in Washington Guards at the Guantanamo Bay prison fired non-lethal shots to quell ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1214387/us-guards-break-guantanamo-bay-unrest-over-hunger-strike-prisoners

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