#prisoners

Collection of prisoners news, found 84 news.

Clinton warns Suu Kyi: Democracy isn`t easy

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday offered advice for Myanmar`s democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi as she ...

Suu Kyi party `wins 43 seats` in Myanmar elections

Democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi`s party won almost all the seats it contested in Myanmar elections, becoming the ...

US to send election observers to Myanmar

The US State Department said Wednesday it is sending one observer each from two US-funded pro-democracy groups to ...

Govt grants seclusion day remissions to 333 prisoners

The Law and Human Rights Ministry granted remissions to a total of 333 prisoners on the occasion of Seclusion Day on ...

British hostage Judith Tebbutt released in Somalia

British hostage Judith Tebbutt, captured in Kenya over six months ago by gunmen who killed her husband, was released ...

Gaza prepares to receive prisoners as `heroes`

Palestinian groups are planning celebrations to mark Israel`s imminent release of hundreds of prisoner "heroes" in ...

20 inmates killed in mexico jail brawl near us border - (d)

Twenty inmates died and 12 others were wounded during a fight Saturday at a northeastern Mexico prison near the US ...

RI foreign minister to visit Myanmar

Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said he is to visit Myanmar by the end of October in accordance with a ...

US welcomes Myanmar release of political prisoners

The United States on Thursday welcomed Myanmar`s release of some political prisoners but called on the Southeast Asian ...

RI welcomes Myanmar`s commitment to release thousands of prisoners

Indonesia welcomes the Myanmar government`s commitment to release thousands of prisoners in the country, Foreign ...

Australian drug-carrying boy to be tried in RI

The case of LM, a 14-year old Australian boy recently caught carrying 6.9 grams of marijuana, will be judicially ...

Libya`s new rulers unveil two new mass graves

Libya`s new rulers unveiled two mass graves on Wednesday (Oct. 5), a week after they were forced to backtrack on an ...

Myanmar, US diplomats hold rare talks in Washington

Myanmar`s Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin held rare talks Thursday in Washington with senior US State Department ...

More aggressive action on pirates, EU

European Union states on Friday called for "more robust" action from the international fleet in the Indian Ocean to ...

32 inmates break out of three Mexican prisons

Inmates staged near simultaneous jailbreaks from three prisons in the Mexican state of Veracruz early Monday and at ...