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Prison Overcrowding Crisis Unhealthy for All Californians (news.newamericamedia.org)
California prisons have become the largest mental health system for the poor, the largest battered women's shelter, and the largest system of public housing, observes NAM contributing writer, Donna... More
Submitted about 12 hours ago by Rupa | 0 Comments |
Myanmar Gives Comedian 45-Year Sentence for Cyclone Comments (www.nytimes.com)
The comedian, U Maung Thura, 47, better known by his stage name Zarganar, or the Tweezers, was detained in June after he organized a private assistance effort to help victims of the May cyclone, which... More
Submitted 12 days ago by backhandpath on Burma | 0 Comments |
Leader Monk Gets Total 68 Years; Popular Burmese Comedian Gets 45 Years (www.ashinmettacara.org)
Submitted 13 days ago by achitkyithu on Burma | 0 Comments |
White House issues press release on Burma (www.whitehouse.gov)
The United States strongly condemns the regime's persistent repression of its people for exercising basic freedoms enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We further deplore the... More
Submitted 16 days ago by backhandpath on Burma | 0 Comments |
Burma, Myanmar: At least 9 activists Sentenced Today (www.ashinmettacara.org)
Submitted 17 days ago by achitkyithu on Burma | 0 Comments |
U.S. condemns Burma for lengthy sentences of activists (www.mizzima.com)
New Delhi – The United States on Wednesday condemned Burma's military rulers for harshly sentencing over 30 dissidents to long prison terms of up to 65 years, saying it will raise the matter at all... More
Submitted 22 days ago by backhandpath on Burma | 0 Comments |
State parole freeze bloating prison populations (www.philly.com)
Two weeks after Gov. Rendell halted paroling state inmates, the population of Pennsylvania's 27 prisons continues to swell. Officially, the Sept. 30 monthly census - taken one day after Rendell... More
Submitted about 1 month ago by robertharding on OurTroops | 0 Comments |
Burma's Prisons a Caldron of Protest Fury (www.washingtonpost.com)
Submitted 4 months ago by backhandpath on Burma | 0 Comments |
Land of the Not-So-Free
(www.truthdig.com)
Submitted 7 months ago by SpencerKent on Justice | 1 Comments |
Burma: Turning Water Into Prison Terms (www.unpo.org)
Submitted 8 months ago by backhandpath on Burma | 0 Comments |
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