Former Timor Governor to be Freed Soon
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Laksamana.Net - Former East Timor governor Abilio Soares remained in jail on Friday (5/11/04) despite winning an appeal against his three-year sentence for human rights abuses during the territoryâs 1999 vote to secede from Indonesia.
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An Iraqi Kurd sentenced to seven years&#39;  jail in Germany last year for aiding the Iraqi insurgency is  being freed early and removed from a United Nations terrorism  blacklist, sources close to the case say.
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The only Indonesian jailed for abuses during East Timor's violence-marred independence vote has been cleared on appeal in a move that has angered rights groups and embarrassed the Jakarta government.
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JAKARTA  - The only Indonesian jailed for abuses during East Timor&#39;s violence-marred independence vote has been cleared on appeal in a move that has angered rights groups and embarrassed the Jakarta government.
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An octogenarian cleric jailed for 10 years by a UN court for Rwanda's 1994 genocide has been released, becoming the tribunal's first convict to be freed after serving his sentence.
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Ex-Philippine President Joseph Estrada is freed from detention, after receiving a pardon from his successor.
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A Chinese journalist jailed while working for the New York Times expects to be freed at the weekend, his family and a lawyer said, ending a controversial prison term that highlighted the country's tough media controls.
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Yaser Esam Hamdi, the accused Taliban fighter whose legal battle was fought from Norfolk to the US Supreme Court, will be freed in a matter of days, according to an agreement signed by the US government on today.
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A military court on Thursday ordered a former army general convicted of leading a failed coup attempt released from prison, and his aides said he intends to compete in next year's presidential election.
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Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, recovering from injuries he says were inflicted by police, has been released from custody and is due to appear in court later on Wednesday, his lawyer said.
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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 granted by the country&#39;s ruling junta, a family member confirmed Saturday.
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Joseph Estrada's pardon gets the former Philippines leader out of prison   -  and could potentially get his successor, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, out of hot water
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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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A Sri Lankan man has been released from prison after spending 50 years on remand, his lawyer said Monday.
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The rebel East Timor military leader who escaped from jail earlier this week appeared on television and criticized the country's government.
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The husband of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was freed on bail yesterday after his surprise arrest in a murder case, charges he said the government was using to punish
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Forty-one days after her dramatic abduction, Marina Lima de Souza, the mother of Brazilâs brightest footballing star, has been freed.