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"Our Lips Were Sealed But...": Ex Tihar Official Recalls 1975 Emergency Days
"Our lips were sealed but our conscience wasn't," said a retired Tihar Jail official, claiming that during the 1975 Emergency, probe agencies covertly deployed officers inside the prison to monitor staff and political detainees.
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Ex-PM Imran Khan Jailed Because He Is An Accused In Many Cases: Pak Poll Body
Pakistan's election commission has said that former prime minister Imran Khan is not a "prisoner of conscience" and he is jailed because he is an accused in various cases, including for the misuse of a diplomatic cable.
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Amnesty Urges Myanmar to Release Nearly 100 Activists Before Polls
Amnesty International today urged Myanmar to release nearly 100 "prisoners of conscience" ahead of landmark November polls, accusing the former junta-run nation of returning to "old ways" of repression.
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Saudi Arabia Jails Rights Activist for 15 Years: Relatives
A Saudi court on Sunday sentenced to 15 years in jail a prominent rights lawyer described by Amnesty as a prisoner of conscience, relatives said in a statement posted on Twitter.
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With 'loving kindness', Myanmar frees 69 political prisoners
Myanmar released 69 political prisoners on Friday in an amnesty the government described as an act of "loving kindness" in line with President Thein Sein's promise to free all prisoners of conscience by year-end.
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"Our Lips Were Sealed But...": Ex Tihar Official Recalls 1975 Emergency Days
"Our lips were sealed but our conscience wasn't," said a retired Tihar Jail official, claiming that during the 1975 Emergency, probe agencies covertly deployed officers inside the prison to monitor staff and political detainees.
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Ex-PM Imran Khan Jailed Because He Is An Accused In Many Cases: Pak Poll Body
Pakistan's election commission has said that former prime minister Imran Khan is not a "prisoner of conscience" and he is jailed because he is an accused in various cases, including for the misuse of a diplomatic cable.
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Amnesty Urges Myanmar to Release Nearly 100 Activists Before Polls
Amnesty International today urged Myanmar to release nearly 100 "prisoners of conscience" ahead of landmark November polls, accusing the former junta-run nation of returning to "old ways" of repression.
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Saudi Arabia Jails Rights Activist for 15 Years: Relatives
A Saudi court on Sunday sentenced to 15 years in jail a prominent rights lawyer described by Amnesty as a prisoner of conscience, relatives said in a statement posted on Twitter.
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With 'loving kindness', Myanmar frees 69 political prisoners
Myanmar released 69 political prisoners on Friday in an amnesty the government described as an act of "loving kindness" in line with President Thein Sein's promise to free all prisoners of conscience by year-end.
