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He said the government also refused to release any political prisoners or even acknowledge that such prisoners exist.

He was in a particular hurry about it, because this man was the only one among all the political prisoners whom he disliked.

The president said the Burmese military's decision serves as a reminder of the country's other political prisoners who should be freed.

Obama said he would like to see Mr. Castro release political prisoners and stop imposing hefty taxes on money sent from the U. S.

The president is likely to ask other summit-goers to press Cuba on issues of democracy, including the release of political prisoners.

Members of her party, especially former political prisoners, have expressed apprehension at the party's new strategy toward the military.

in 1993 , us ambassador john bennett received a death threat for trying to save local political prisoners.

Win Htein said he was in the same prison with other, younger political prisoners who remain defiant and committed to democratic struggle.

DETAINED: A woman demonstrating to free political prisoners was detained at the opening of the Museum of Memory in Santiago, Chile, Monday.

But the statement made no mention of Aung San Suu Kyi and did not call for the release of political prisoners.

But a new test looms. Hundreds, possibly thousands of Gadhafi's political prisoners, may be missing.

A FEW hours' drive east of the European Union takes you decades back: to political prisoners, a planned economy and black markets.

a number of the current generation of political prisoners are locked up for workplace dissent.

The only way forward is to release political prisoners and start a reconciliation process.

Some humanitarians are gathered outside the White House protesting against the brutal treatment of political prisoners.

Criminal trials of political prisoners in Burma do not meet international fair trial standards.

We urge Cuba to release political prisoners, to allow for a free flow on information and for freedom of assembly.

The forgotten Syria meant thousands of political prisoners packed for decades inside the darkness of prisons and detention centers.

He is a writer and a journalist, and the director of the Association for the Defense of Political Prisoners' Rights.

It is a bit easier to get access to the internet. More than 90 political prisoners have been freed since last summer.

And both of these one-time political prisoners then, in effect, took their persecutors and jailers hostage.

But Mr. Obama failed to secure any mention of political prisoners in an Asean communique.

It has released some political prisoners, opened more dialogue with pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and loosened some media controls.

Official Cuban media damns political prisoners as "mercenaries" in the pocket of the United States.

He is urging the general to release political prisoners, including opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Under Communism, Auschwitz served as a national memorial to Polish political prisoners, who were the camp's first victims.

Envoy Campbell has frequently called for a more fair and credible election and the release of all political prisoners.

One NGO reported that political prisoners sent to punishment facilities were subject to torture without consideration of their gender.

From a Korean dissident to a nuclear scientist, via Vaclav Havel, we look at some of the world's most famous political prisoners.

He helped arrange trades involving more than 150 spies, as well as thousands of political prisoners.

While serving his three-year sentence, he increased his resistance, carrying out fasts and pushing for the release of political prisoners.

Amnesty International is a humanitarian organization that urges governments to pardon political prisoners.

The interim government has announced a general amnesty for political prisoners that would also allow the return of political exiles.

Tunisia's new interim government says it'll recognise all banned political groups and grant amnesties to all political prisoners.

To curry favour with the West, he released political prisoners, allowed some opposition campaigning and invited foreigners to watch.

Having chosen this path, Mr Khodorkovsky has engaged in activities traditional for Russian dissidents and political prisoners.

After violently suppressing protests and taking many political prisoners, Mr Lukashenka cut Belarus off from Western support.

As usual, the authorities showed their supposed magnanimity by letting out some political prisoners for the holidays.

On July 24 he spoke at the United Nations in New York City on behalf of political prisoners in his homeland and elsewhere in the world.

A retired judge in Rangoon said it was possible that some less prominate political prisoners could be among those released.

He also oversaw the release of thousands of political prisoners and dissidents.

He released many political prisoners, allowed a truth and reconciliation commission, and promoted women's rights.

It seems the Iranian government is actively targeting men and women who support political prisoners and advocate human rights.

Aung San Suu Kyi used her speech to highlight continuing issues in Burma, including political prisoners and ongoing clashes.

The fate of the hostages depends upon the release of the political prisoners.

On Wednesday, a silent sit-in by known activists demanding the release of political prisoners was violently dispersed.

On each of the last two were three political prisoners.

Azarmeher says that Iranian political prisoners must endure much more than Britain's temporarily detained sailors.

Opposition groups are calling for steps towards a constitutional monarchy, a new cabinet and the release of political prisoners.

He urged the government to release all remaining political prisoners without condition as a "signal of genuine commitment to democracy. "

Bashar Assad, Syria's president, lifted the decades-old emergency law and promised to free political prisoners.

Under Malenkov, Stalin's ruthless secret police chief Lavrenti Beria amnestied thousands of political prisoners from the Gulag in 1953.

Release all patriotic and revolutionary political prisoners and lift the ban on political parties.

Hated regime figures scuttle offstage. Exiles return and political prisoners walk free.

What can the international community do to put pressure on the SPDC to release Burma's 2, 100 political prisoners?

They say they will pull out if the talks ignore their demands for the release of political prisoners and democratic reform.

He campaigned for political prisoners and fought hard in the information war against Soviet rule in Ukraine.

They unbound all the political prisoners after liberation.

Visiting UN chief in Bangkok calls on Burma to release all political prisoners prior to the elections.

The popular appeal was weaker than the force of the KGB: as many as half of all political prisoners in the Soviet Union were from Ukraine.

In reality, very few political prisoners are ever released during state amnesties.

The programme was timed to coincide with the release of seven political prisoners.

Opposition groups say a number of political prisoners remain in Cuba.

In Cuba, political prisoners on hunger strike created enough international pressure to win the release of 52 detainees in July.

Party leader Khin Maung Swe said that the NDF's first motion in Hluttaws would be to release all political prisoners.

The government has released some political prisoners. Media restrictions have been relaxed.

Instead of carrying trade goods, the new railway was carrying political prisoners and supplies for soldiers.

He rejected Mr Obama's call for Cuba to release political prisoners and scrap a 10% tax on remittances from Cuban-Americans.

This outer circle also included families of political prisoners.

I can't believe how the political prisoners have aged.

This circle also included former political prisoners.

He started an ambitious system of canals (completed, at vast cost in life, by Stalin's political prisoners).

These political prisoners live with no dignity as human beings.

she said, and blinked as though I were speaking in tongues. "I didn't know our country still had political prisoners. "

It must release political prisoners and stop unjust arrests.

More than 90 political prisoners have been freed since last summer.

There are rumours of an imminent release of political prisoners.

They petitioned the Government for the release of the political prisoners.

There were no reports of political prisoners or detainees.

He called for the immediate release of all political prisoners.

He called for the immediate release of all political prisoners in Iran.

She saw him again in Tomsk, where she joined the political prisoners.

Lucy Burns: We're political prisoners. We wear our own clothes.

Guards at jails where political prisoners are held?

In Bahrain, former political prisoners have said that their wives were taken into the jail in front of them.

In 1950 I was sent to the newly established "Special Camps" which were intended only for political prisoners.

Many political prisoners remain in jail.

for political prisoners or prisoners of war.

Besides her, more than 2, 100 other political prisoners are held, all in squalid and brutal conditions.

Delegates to the summit have urged her release along with 2, 000 other political prisoners in the military-ruled country.

Human rights advocates earlier this week said Cuba had 167 political prisoners, including 10 on parole.

More than 200 political prisoners remain in custody, and the government has waged a brutal campaign against insurgents in Kachin State.

One of America's most important demands has been the release of all political prisoners.

The Washington Post and Donga Ilbo estimated 154, 000 political prisoners were being held in labor camps.

If implemented, it will be Cuba's first mass-release of political prisoners since 1998.

On Wednesday, between 100 and 300 political prisoners were set free as part of an amnesty covering as many as 6, 000 inmates.

But human-rights groups say there are still more than 200 political prisoners in Cuban jails.

They stormed the jails and they freed political prisoners.

The party refused to register last year, objecting to rules that, among other things, prevented political prisoners from being members.

In the past week Burma has released about 20 political prisoners.

In July 2005, around 400 prisoners were released. 341 of them were political prisoners.

Cuba released seven more political prisoners, bringing the total to 70 freed since last year.

Before doing more Mr Obama wants Cuba to reciprocate by, for example, freeing political prisoners.

In Abu Salim prison, on one night in 1996, 1, 200 political prisoners died.

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