 | Burma to free hundreds of prisoners before Obama visit
BBC News The Burmese authorities say than 452 prisoners will be released in a goodwill gesture, days ahead of a visit by US President Barack Obama. | Political dissidents could be among those freed, but it is ... (photo: AP / Khin Maung Win) | |
| Burma Human Rights Photos US Wikipedia: 20112012 Burmese political reforms |
 | Gunfight at Sri Lanka's biggest prison kills 27
Chicago Tribune | COLOMBO (Reuters) - At least 27 people were killed and a senior police officer seriously wounded in a gunfight in Sri Lanka's biggest prison that began when police came under fire from inmates, offi... (photo: AP / Gemunu Amarasinghe) | |
| Photos Prison Riots Sri Lanka Wikipedia: Sri Lanka |
 Norwegian killer complains of prison conditions
San Francisco Chronicle | OSLO, Norway (AP) — Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, who is serving a 21-year sentence for killing 77 people in a bomb and gun rampage last year, has complained that he is being hel... (photo: AP / Frank Augstein) |
| Crime Europe Norway Photos Wikipedia: Anders Behring Breivik |
 SOUTH SUDAN: Calls to end the death penalty, improve prison conditions
IRINnews | JUBA, 5 November 2012 (IRIN) - Rights groups are calling for an end to the death penalty in South Sudan and for improvements to the squalid prison conditions where people languish for years, often w... (photo: UN / Staton Winter) |
| Death Photos Prison Sudan Wikipedia: Liberia |
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