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• China crackdown flouts Olympic rights vow: activists

  - 2008-01-07

  BEIJING AFP — China's arrest of a prominent rights campaigner is part of an increasing crackdown on critics that breaks promises it made to land the Olympics, said activists who called for world pressure on Beijing. The arrest of Hu Jia, who was taken from his Beijing home on...

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• Vietnam releases US couple accused of carrying handgun

  - 2007-12-11

  WASHINGTON AFP — Vietnam has released a US couple accused of carrying a handgun and bullets after being held at the Ho Chi Minh city's airport, the State Department and US lawmakers who pushed for their release said Tuesday. The Vietnamese-Americans, Le Van Phan and his wife Nguyen Thi...

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• Rice asked to intervene over Vietnamese-American's arrest

  - 2006-09-08

  WASHINGTON AFP — A Vietnamese-American advocacy group has urged US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to seek the release of an American pro-democracy activist held in Hanoi, saying the arrest sent a "chilling message" to other US citizens. Vietnam's communist government on Thursday confirmed the detention last month of Cong...

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• Myanmar's Suu Kyi still detained, no confirmation of extended house arrest

  - 2005-11-27

  YANGON AFP — Myanmar's democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was still under house arrest, though an anticipated extension of her detention could not be confirmed. Barriers remained in place on the road to the rambling lakeside home where Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained since May 2003...

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• House arrest for Myanmar's Suu Kyi expected to be extended

  - 2005-11-25

  YANGON AFP — Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will likely spend another year under house arrest, as the country's pro-democracy party demanded the release of political prisoners. "Despite strident calls for (Aung San Suu Kyi's) immediate release, there are signs that the military authorities are preparing to...

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• US condemns reported arrest of Belarus Poles

  - 2005-08-02

  WASHINGTON AFP — The United States condemned the arrests of members of a Polish association in Belarus and said they were part of a "continuing pattern of harassment" of the community. The State Department comment came after Belarus authorities reportedly arrested two more Polish community leaders and warned politicians...

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• US rights group calls on Egypt to release jailed dissidents

  - 2005-02-04

  NEW YORK AFP — Egypt should set free a lawmaker, a journalist and several other people arrested "on politically motivated charges," and stop the harassment of peaceful dissidents, Human Rights Watch said in a letter sent to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. "The government has arrested and banned these critics...

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