The prison in Guantanamo Bay mocks American standards of justice by keeping people imprisoned without charges. As of Tuesday, 100 of the 166 inmates are participating in a hunger strike against...
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19 Apr 2013
More Guantanamo detainees have joined a growing hunger strike at the US military prison, with nearly a third of the 166 so-called war-on-terror suspects participating, a spokesman said. Captain...
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15 Apr 2013
Already upset with Goa's growing reputation - possibly justified - for alcohol, drugs and sex, local politicians are taking up cudgels against the Playboy bar scheduled to open in India's prime...
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14 Apr 2013
Officials at the US-run prison met resistance from some inmates as they moved before dawn to relocate inmates from communal housing into individual cells.
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13 Mar 2013
Prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay camp have launched a hunger strike to protest at interference with their personal effects, including Korans, their lawyers and prison officials said.
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20 Feb 2013
Thousands rallied in the West Bank's two largest cities in support of four long-term hunger strikers, as the Palestinians demanded tougher EU action to help their prisoners.
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Two sacked instructors of the Hong Kong School of Motoring went on a hunger strike yesterday over what they say is their "unfair" dismissal. A colleague has joined them in the protest.
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Jailed Ukrainian opposition leader Yuliya Tymoshenko agreed to end her hunger strike, her doctors said, more than two weeks after she began her protest over alleged fraud in polls won by the...
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Asylum seekers sent by Australia to the tiny island of Nauru entered the fifth day of a hunger strike yesterday, vowing to continue their protest indefinitely, refugee advocates said.
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With his backpack, paint-splattered khaki pants and flip flops, Kaiser seems like a typical Hong Kong teenager.
He loves comics and music, especially the songs of deceased local rocker Wong...
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A 63-year-old hunger striker passed the 108-hour mark on Thursday morning, as support for the movement against national education grew.
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