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U.N. Rights Envoy Visits Notorious Burma Prison
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 8:25:00 AM
YANGON—U.N. human rights envoy to Burma, Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, on Monday visited Yangon's notorious Insein prison and other sites where protesters were held after soldiers crushed anti-junta marc ...   Full Story
 

Pakistan's Bhutto Detained Ahead of Mass Protest
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 8:07:00 AM
LAHORE/LONDON—Pakistani police put opposition leader Benazir Bhutto under house arrest for a week on Tuesday as the Commonwealth threatened suspension unless President Pervez Musharraf repealed a stat ...   Full Story
 

Police Stop Celebration of Dalai Lama's Gold Medal
Thursday, November 08, 2007 8:10:00 PM
As news of the Dalai Lama's acceptance of a U.S. congressional gold medal spread, spontaneous celebrations sprang up across Tibet, the motherland of the exiled spiritual leader.   Full Story
 

Authorities Raze Villagers' Homes Without Warning
Wednesday, November 07, 2007 7:20:00 PM
Without warning, local authorities dispatched hundreds to demolish villagers' homes in Wenshan County, Yunnan Province on October 27. Police beat villagers who resisted. More than ten villagers we ...   Full Story
 

Yahoo Apologizes to U.S. Lawmakers Over China Case
Sunday, November 04, 2007 9:13:00 PM
A senior executive at Yahoo Inc has apologized for failing to give U.S. lawmakers additional information about the Internet company's alleged role in the imprisonment of a Chinese dissident.   Full Story
 

Police Hold Mourners Ahead of China Dissident Funeral
Sunday, November 04, 2007 7:20:00 PM
Chinese police on Saturday prevented some mourners from attending a funeral for a dissident jailed for his part in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, his lawyer, and a friend said.   Full Story
 

Mental Hospital in Chongqing Persecutes Falun Gong Practitioner
Saturday, November 03, 2007 7:38:00 PM
For the month of October, Huang Zhenglan, a woman in her 40s, from rural China was imprisoned in a psychiatric hospital in Chongging City because of her belief in Falun Gong. She is now receiving forc ...   Full Story
 

Amnesty: Don't Send Genocide Suspects to Rwanda
Friday, November 02, 2007 8:14:00 AM
NAIROBI-Amnesty International urged governments on Friday not to send anyone suspected of crimes during Rwanda's 1994 genocide to be tried in the country, saying it had serious concerns over the j ...   Full Story
 

Beijing Accepts Lawsuit Targeting Politburo
Thursday, November 01, 2007 7:30:00 PM
HONG KONG—On October 16, the second day of the 17th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the Ministry of Public Security mailed the administrative plea of Shanghai petitioner ...   Full Story
 

Sanctions Bite on Burmese Airline
Saturday, October 27, 2007 9:25:00 PM
SINGAPORE—Burma airline Air Bagan will suspend flights to Singapore next month, travel agents said on Saturday, making it one of the first casualties of increased international sanctions against's ...   Full Story
 

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