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US to exchange ambassadors with Myanmar
January 13, 2012 | Agence France-Presse

Myanmar Frees Dissidents in Major 'Step for Reform'
January 13, 2012 | Newsy.com

Myanmar Frees Hundreds of Political Prisoners
January 13, 2012 | Associated Press

Political Prisoners Wikipedia Information

A political prisoner is someone held in prison or otherwise detained, perhaps under house arrest, because their ideas or image are deemed by a government to either challenge or threaten the authority of the state. It may be a prisoner of conscience, deprived of freedom of speech.In many cases, political prisoners are imprisoned with no legal veneer directly through extrajudicial processes...

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Myanmar political prisoners held in dog cells and denied water
November 04, 2011
Nov. 4, 2011 - The Myanmar authorities must act immediately to end the ill-treatment of some15 political prisoners in Yangon's Insein Prison, where they have...

Saudi Arabia detains women protesters
July 05, 2011
July 4, 2011 - Two women remain in detention after being arrested in Riyadh on Sunday during a protest to demand fair trials for their relatives, sources told...

CECC roundtable on the Dalai Lama’s significance to Tibetans
July 15, 2011
July 14, 2011 - US Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs and Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues Maria Otero participated in a roundtable...

Tim DeChristopher | "I Do Not Want Mercy, I Want You To Join Me"
July 27, 2011
Tim DeChristopher, who was sentenced on July 26 to two years in federal prison for disrupting a Bureau of Land Management auction in 2008, had an opportunity to...

Dozens of Tibetans imprisoned in new wave of Kardze demonstrations
June 27, 2011
June 27, 2011 - Dozens of Tibetans have been imprisoned in a new wave of protests in Kardze (Chinese: Ganzi) in eastern Tibet despite an already intense...

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Praise for Myanmar release of political prisoners
January 14, 2012 | San Francisco Bay Area News -- -- SFGate
(01 - 14) 14: 02 PST YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Myanmar's release of political prisoners drew praise from longtime critics of its once-authoritarian government, with...

Report: Three Dead During Protest in Northwestern Iran
December 24, 1999 | Memri Latest Blogs Urdupashtu
The Association for the Defense of Azerbaijani Political Prisoners in Iran has claimed that three civilians have been killed in clashes between security forces and residents of...

Myanmar Frees Prominent Political Prisoners
January 12, 2012 | New York Times
Myanmar on Friday freed a number of prominent activists, including leaders of the country's 1988 pro-democracy uprising, in a step toward meeting the demands of Western nations...

' Two Rooms' tells a story of political prisoners and love
January 05, 2012 | indystar.com
Lee Blessing's drama'' Two Rooms'' addresses the phenomenon of taking hostages for political reasons, and finds a love story in it. This is what the new Acting Up Productions...

The Xinjiang Procedure
November 29, 2011 | MetaFilter
Behind the scenes, Beijing now stands accused of The Xinjiang Procedure, ground zero for the organ harvesting of political prisoners. Beyond political prisoners, there has...

Florida Republicans to ask for the release of Cuban political prisoners
September 29, 2011 | Naked Politics
South Florida Republican U.S. Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and David Rivera will ask today for the unconditional release of several political prisoners held in...

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	RT @Herrira_info: Basque political prisoners to Basque Country now! Twitter: @hirual
	RT @persianbanoo: Pol Prisoners In Desperate Need Of Medical Care Being Denied By Authorities http://t.co/X6uYK6L1 #Iran #Iranelection Twitter: @dominiquerdr
	RT @SAIDYOUSIF: Fall down of the gov. and the release of all political prisoners http://t.co/PVEAqqbo (2/2) #Bahrain #14feb #UN #US #UK http://t.co/RriZmBtA Twitter: @almubarak11
	@oconnell_dano >> overwhelming number of Tibetan political prisoners are non writers Twitter: @tibettruth
	RT @SAIDYOUSIF: Fall down of the gov. and the release of all political prisoners http://t.co/PVEAqqbo (2/2) #Bahrain #14feb #UN #US #UK http://t.co/RriZmBtA Twitter: @walaa01
	RT @SAIDYOUSIF: Fall down of the gov. and the release of all political prisoners http://t.co/PVEAqqbo (2/2) #Bahrain #14feb #UN #US #UK http://t.co/RriZmBtA Twitter: @FBahrain83

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