Pro-democracy leader said to spend another year under house arrest
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YANGON, Myanmar A pro-democracy leader in Myanmar has been told she&#39;ll spend another year under house arrest. That&#39;s according to a spokesman for her party.
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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica  - A Costa Rican judge on  Saturday put the former head of the Organization of American  States under house arrest for six months while he is  investigated for bribery claims, judicial officials said.
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Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was put back under house arrest Friday, a day after a Chilean prosecutor recommended his extradition to face charges of human rights abuses and corruption in his home country.
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A senior Bangladeshi politician is detained in prison for a further 30 days following his arrest last month.
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Burma&#39;s ruling military junta is facing renewed criticism after extending the house arrest of detained pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Hong Kong democrats accused China of jailing one of their members on trumped-up prostitution charges in a bid to disgrace a political movement Beijing has been feuding with for seven years.
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A judge has placed former Chilean ruler, Augusto Pinochet, under house arrest in connection with charges of human rights abuses during his 17-year rule.
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The wife of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was handed an arrest warrant after she returned to Thailand on Tuesday to face corruption charges that could put her behind bars for 20 years
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Dozens of opposition activists were ordered to return to court Wednesday, while the country's main opposition leader remained hospitalized for injuries his lawyer said were the result of savage police beatings.
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Detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been told she will be held under house arrest at least until September, a spokesman for her political party said Monday.
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Defying an outpouring of international appeals, Myanmar's military government Friday extended the house arrest of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi by another year, a government official said.
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Pakistan authorities put a prominent lawyer back under house arrest Saturday after he tried to visit the grave of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, his spokesman said.
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Former dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet has been placed under house arrest by a Chilean judge on human rights charges. Former Chilean dictator Gen.
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A retired Chinese doctor who helped expose blood-buying schemes that infected thousands with HIV has been put under house arrest to stop her from traveling to Washington to be honored by a charity backed by Sen. Hillary Clinton, a friend said Monday.
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Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese opposition leader, has been told by police that she may be kept under house arrest for up to a year.
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Myanmar's military junta has extended opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest by another year, a government source said on Friday.
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A high-profile anti-corruption arrest may  be hard-ball politics on an authoritarian scale.