Tag: prison
MP Denies Singapore Becoming Soft on Drugs
Singapore's Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam recently announced changes passed by parliament that significantly softens the country's draconian stance on drug use.
Previously,...
Army Allows Chelsea Manning to Take Female Hormones
For the first time in the U.S. Army, female hormone treatment was approved for prisoner Chelsea Manning, reports the ABA Journal.
Chelsea Manning was a...
Jailed Drug Snitch Suing for Reward
A prison inmate is suing the United State's Departments of State and Justice for a reward he claims he's owed for helping capture a Colombian drug...
Cambodian Broadcaster Gets 20 Years in Jail
Nine MSN | Radio broadcaster Mam Sonanado, 71, has been sentenced to 20 years in jail on four counts related to an alleged secessionist...
Activists Charged in Burma
Irawaddy | Thirteen peace activists in Burma have been charged by police and could face jail time for leading marches to mark the UN’s...
Burma: Free Remaining Political Prisoners
The Burmese government’s latest release of political prisoners falls short of meeting its commitment to release all political prisoners and shows the need for...
Cambodian Construction Workers Find Khmer Rouge Victim Remains
The Washington Post | Workers building a house for a Buddhist monk in Cambodia have discovered the remains of 18 people believed to have...
Fighting Against Cambodia’s Child Sex Tourism
Cambodia's Tourism Ministry and World Vision-Cambodia on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to forge partnership in combating sexual exploitation of children in...
Judge Orders Release of Detained Marine Veteran
WTVR | A Hopewell circuit court judge has ordered that a Marine veteran detained over anti-government Facebook posts be released from a psychiatric hospital....
Men Arrested for Death of Phuket Tourist
Phuket police have arrested the two men who carried out a knife attack on two Australian tourists that left one woman dead and another injured.
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