Activist faces longer detention
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RANGOON, Burma -- Detained prodemocracy 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 yesterday.
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An asylum seeker who was jailed for several sex attacks but allowed to stay in Britain is jailed for a further attack.
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Greg Andersonâs legal team will file a motion arguing that the trainerâs confinement has become more of a punishment than a legitimate effort to get him to testify.
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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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Kian Tajbakhsh, an urban planner with ties to the Open Society Institute, was arrested in May and released early Thursday, but he is not allowed to leave the country yet.
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Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has been told by police she is being held under house arrest under a law which allows for such detention for up to a year, an opposition spokesman said Monday.
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The government on Thursday unveiled controversial plans to extend the length of time terrorism suspects can be held by police and questioned without charge from 28 to 42 days.
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Not exactly forever... Hearteningly, the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has accepted that it shouldn't lock people up forever. Which is nice to know, but as a contribution to the current debate on the length of pre-trial detention for terror suspects, it perhaps leaves something to be desired, and skips over a little history.â¦
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Police widen their call for help to find a prisoner who escaped ten days ago still wearing handcuffs.
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The arrest of a state campaign chairman highlights potential problems for the law and order candidate
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A doctor arrested in Australia over  the failed car bomb attacks in the UK can be held for another 96 hours.
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A Chinese activist whose writings frequently criticized the ruling Communist Party was released Tuesday after being detained by police, in what appears to be the latest in the government's ongoing efforts to tighten control over public dissent.
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One of the most prominent civil rights activists held in apparent crackdown ahead of Olympics
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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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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6 -- A freelance videographer, jailed for refusing to turn over footage of a demonstration to federal investigators, became the longest-incarcerated journalist in U.S. history Tuesday.
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Counter-terrorism police were Monday granted an extra two days to hold a doctor detained in Australia in connection with attempted car bombings in Britain, lawyers said.
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HAMILTON (CP) - A newspaper reporter who refuses to say who gave him sensitive information will have to wait a few more days to find out whether he will be sent to jail in a case that has alarmed advocates of free speech.