Wife of Chinese Activist Detained at Beijing Airport
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BEIJING, Aug. 24 -- The wife of a blind, imprisoned legal activist was detained at the Beijing airport Friday by authorities, apparently on orders to prevent her from flying to the Philippines to receive an award on behalf of her husband, whose case has sparked international outrage and...
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BEIJING, Aug. 24 -- The wife of a blind, imprisoned legal activist was detained at the Beijing airport Friday after authorities prevented her from flying to the Philippines to receive an award on behalf of her husband, whose case has sparked international outrage and condemnation.
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China has detained two prominent intellectuals in what appears to be a renewed crackdown on dissent by authorities, family members and sources said.
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Lawyers for imprisoned Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner were briefly detained at a Moscow airport Sunday, a day before new charges were expected to be filed against their clients, one of the attorneys said.
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The husband of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was granted bail Wednesday, a day after he was arrested as he arrived at an airport near Islamabad to address a political rally.
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Former Secretary General of the Organization of American States and former President of Costa Rica Miguel Angel Rodriguez, center in grey suit, is detained by Costa Rican Judicial Police upon his arrival at the Juan Santamaria International Airport
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Authorities in Uzbekistan have arrested a prominent human rights advocate, a fellow activist said Wednesday, amid an ongoing crackdown on dissidents and government critics in the tightly controlled former Soviet state.
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The husband of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was put under house arrest today after a court ordered his detention in a murder case.
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The wife of an imprisoned blind Chinese activist denounced China for its human rights record and for preventing her from receiving a Philippine humanitarian award for her husband in Manila on Friday.
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MOSCOW -- Two Chechen women suspected of blowing up Russian passenger jets last month were briefly detained by police before the flights but bribed at least one airline employee to get on the planes, media reports said yesterday.
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Chinese police detain prominent rights activist and Aids campaigner Hu Jia, amid talk of a growing crackdown.
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The wife of a Chinese activist retried over public order offences is detained by police, lawyers say.
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HONG KONG - The relatives and political colleagues of a Hong Kong democracy activist jailed in China for soliciting a prostitute yesterday called on the Chinese authorities to release him on medical grounds, a colleague said.
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The wife of a Hong Kong journalist jailed in mainland China for spying says her husband is to appeal.
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A Vietnamese-born U.S. citizen was  detained in mid-August, a government spokesman said on Thursday  as rights groups complained he was arrested after using the  Internet to call for alternatives to one-party communist rule.
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Wife of Thailand's ousted prime minister arrested as she returns to the country to face corruption charges
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Dozens of people have been detained or placed under house arrest, as the trial of a high-profile Beijing activist opens in a local court, said some of the detainees.