Vietnam frees dissident from jail
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Vietnam frees dissident Pham Hong Son, jailed four years ago for posting a US article on democracy.
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An Algerian held without being charged since 2001 under British anti-terror laws brought in after the September 11 attacks was freed, officials and his lawyer said.
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Former President Joseph Estrada is freed from detention, after receiving a pardon from his successor.
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Authorities on Saturday released a lawyer who was on a U.S. list of activists detained this year by Vietnam, two days before President Nguyen Minh Triet goes to the United States on a state visit.
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A veteran Hong Kong reporter jailed in China for espionage activities has been freed, local radio station RTHK reported on its website.
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Cuban authorities on Tuesday released RaÃºl Rivero, a dissident poet and journalist who spent 20 months and 6 days behind bars for conspiring with the US government to overthrow President Fidel Castro.
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Burma&#39;s military junta has freed a top dissident - second only to Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi - as part of a release of 4,000 prisoners.
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A German tourist who was arrested with a Frenchman after their boat allegedly strayed into Iranian waters has been freed from prison in Iran's capital, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Monday.
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Former US sergeant Charles Robert Jenkins was released from military detention on Saturday, five days earlier than originally scheduled.
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HAVANA -- The Cuban government freed another jailed opponent yesterday, the sixth dissident released this week in a move widely seen as an attempt to repair relations with the European Union.
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YANGON, Myanmar -- One of Myanmar&#39;s best known and longest-imprisoned political dissidents has been freed as part of a general release of almost 4,000 prisoners by the country&#39;s ruling junta, a family member confirmed Saturday.
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Charles Jenkins, a US soldier jailed for deserting to North Korea, is freed after just 25 days in military custody.
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The Cuban authorities on Tuesday freed the dissident writer RaÃºl Rivero, the best known of a dozen political prisoners released during the past few days in a
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Cuba frees poet Raul Rivero, the latest political prisoner to be freed in recent days after last year's  crackdown.
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Myanmar&#39;s ruling generals have freed their second most prominent political prisoner, Min Ko Naing, leader of the 1988 student democracy protests, a source close to his family said on Saturday.
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YANGON : Myanmar&#39;s military government has freed the country&#39;s second most prominent political prisoner, student democracy leader Min Ko Naing, an opposition party spokesman told AFP.
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A former US Army sergeant who defected to North Korea almost 40 years ago - has been released after serving 25 days in military detention in Japan.