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Andal Ampatuan Jr., center left, the principal suspect in the killing of 57 people is confronted by a member of the National Press Club with pictures of alleged victims of the Nov. massacre as Andal arrives for the summary preliminary investigation at the Department of Justice Friday, Dec. 18, 2009 in Manila, Philippines.
(photo: AP / Pat Roque)
NBI: Supporters, MILF men out to spring Ampatuan from jail
The Daily Tribune
| By Pat C. Santos | 02/05/2010 | The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) yesterday said it was monitoring the movements of some groups that are allegedly planning to spring “Maguindanao massacre” prime suspect, Datu Unsay twon Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr. from jail. | In a press briefing, NBI spokes...
FILE--In this July 21, 2008 file photo released by the Presidential Close-in Photographer's Office, Malacanang Palace in Manila, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, left, with Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Governor Datu Zaldy Ampatuan, Maguindanao Governor Datu Andal Ampatuan Sr. and Senator Miguel Zubiri pray before a cabinet meeting at a military camp in Siongco, Cotabato City, southern Philippines. On Monday Nov. 23, 2009, gunmen ambushed a convoy of 40 political supporters and journalists, killing at least two dozen people, on their way to file election papers for Vice Mayor Ismael Mangudadatu of Buluan township, a candidate in a region of the Philippines notorious for violence between rival clans. The Mangudadatus blamed their rivals, the powerful Ampatuan family, which has ruled with an iron fist since 2001. An official in the president's office called it the worst political violence in recent history.
(photo: AP / Reny Pampolina)
Lawyer asks court to suspend jail transfer of Ampatuan Sr.
Inquirer
| MANILA, Philippines—A lawyer for Datu Andal Ampatuan Sr. has asked a Quezon City court to suspend his transfer to a detention facility in Metro Manila while the court has not yet ruled on his earlier appeal. | In a one-page urgent motion submitted on Feb 3, lawyer Sigfrid Fortun asked Regional Tri...
Jail threat to skiers who go too far off-piste
The Independent
| After the deadliest weekend in the Italian mountains of the winter, ministers are expected to rush through legislation introducing huge fines and possible jail terms for skiers and climbers who flout avalanche warnings. | Eight people died and 10 w...
Deve Gowda warns of 'jail bharo'
The Hindu
| J. Balaji | Not against Expressway, but why injustice to poor farmers? | Land has been acquired at places far away from peripheral road | One lakh people hit by decision to transfer thousands of acres of land and private layouts | BANGALORE: The fo...
Prison uniform a must for accused in murder trial: HC
Mumbai Mirror
| Make this prisoner wear the prison uniform." This is what Bombay High Court said, when an under trial murder accused sought exemption from wearing the prison uniform. | It is an established rule that uniforms are worn after a trial is complete and ...
In this photo, reviewed by a US Department of Defense official, a detainee, left, walks laps around the exercise area as a guard walks nearby, at Camp 5 maximum security prison, at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2006.
AP / Brennan Linsley
Swiss to accept Uighur detainees from Guantanamo
The Star
| ZURICH- Switzerland said on Wednesday it would accept two Uighur detainees from the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay on humanitarian grounds, disregarding a parliamentary c...
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers a speech on nonproliferation before the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009
AP / Evan Vucci
Clinton says no prisoner swap with Iran
The News & Observer
| WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday ruled out Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's suggestion that three detained American hikers in Iran be s...
Rapper Lil' Wayne makes an appearance on MTV's "Total Request Live" show at MTV Studios in Times Square on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 in New Y
AP / Peter Kramer
Lil Wayne Goes to Jail: The New Issue of Rolling Stone
Rollingstone
| Photograph by Peter Yang | For a decade, Lil Wayne has been hip-hop’s great unstoppable force, a 24-hour-a-day recording machine without an off button. But on February 9th,...
Ohio man convicted of holding wife at gunpoint in retirement home gets 44 years in prison
KDVR
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man has been sentenced to 44 years in prison on charges that he held his estranged wife at gunpoint at a retirement home where she worked. | Police said Michael Swiergosz (SWEER'-gohz) was distraught over his pending...
Officials endorse legislation on NH prisons
The Boston Globe
| CONCORD, N.H.-New Hampshire officials are endorsing legislation aimed at reducing recidivism to save money spent on prisons. | The Council of State Governments Justice Center says New Hampshire can potentially save millions of dollars if it radical...
Prisoner 'shit-bombs' police officers
Joy Online
A remand prisoner at the Tema Community 2 police cells, has smeared human excreta on the Crime Officer and two others to prevent his transfer to the Nsawam Prison. | Kingsley Martey, who has been remanded into prison custody by the Tema Circuit Court...
Guantanamo
President-elect Barack Obama sepaks during a news conference, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008 in Chicago.
(photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Holding September 11 trial in New York difficult: Obama
DNA India
| WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama said on Sunday he had not ruled out putting the suspected mastermind of the Sept 11 attacks on trial in New York City but logistical issues and local opposition made it difficult. | Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who is being held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has claimed responsibility for organ...
Abu Ghraib
Jodie Evans, 55, wears a blindfold while protesting torture of prisoners outside the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena, Calif., Thursday, June 25, 2009. The protesters submitted a judicial misconduct complaint against federal judge Jay Bybee, seeking disbarment of former assistant attorney general linked to memos on harsh interrogation techniques of detainees. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
(photo: AP / Jae C. Hong)
Video: 3-city action to impeach 'Torture Judge' Bybee
The Examiner
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Abuse & Torture
Detainees sit around the exercise yard in Camp 4, the medium security facility within Camp Delta at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
(photo: US Army / Sgt. Sara Wood)
Indefinite Guantanamo detention plans condemned
BBC News
| The American Civil Liberties Union has criticised a recommendation that 47 Guantanamo Bay inmates should be held indefinitely without trial. | Justice department officials said the men were too dangerous to release, but could not be tried as evidence against them would not stand up in a US court. | ACLU executive director Anthony Romero said thei...



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