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...these conciliatory gestures are likely to be fleeting. Junta leader General Than Shwe refused to meet with Gambari during his visit. The generals say they have no intention of ending Suu Kyi's house arrest; she has been detained for 12 of the past 18 years. And despite assurances to the contrary, the junta continues to jail dissidents like labor-rights activist Su Su Nway and U Gambira, a key leader of the democracy protests...
...that while other leaders and lawyers languished behind bars, she was able to roam free, host diplomatic receptions and broadcast her press conferences on state-run TV. But when Bhutto called for protest rallies and a march from Lahore to the capital, Islamabad, she too was placed under house arrest. The final straw, she says, was when Musharraf's forces rounded up thousands of her supporters across the country in advance of the planned march. "It left my party with the conclusion that he does not really want to do business with us," she told journalists. "It made it clear...
Jacob P. Reitan, a student at the Harvard Divinity School (HDS), shocked his traditional Minnesotan Lutheran parents when he came out in high school. Today, the Reitans get arrested together, protesting on the frontlines for gay rights in the church.The new documentary “For the Bible Tells Me So,” directed by Daniel Karslake, tells the story of five different Christian families, the Reitans included, dealing with the sexual orientations of their children. Some are more supportive than others. The five families come from all spectrums of life: one is a southern black family of preachers...
Chaudhry was not able to personally accept the HLS Medal of Freedom: He has been under house arrest since Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency and suspended the country’s constitution earlier this month. Lawyers and opposition leaders have rallied in the streets...
...good riddance. "They killed many people and they must be prosecuted," says Pouk Salonn, 57, the owner of a small shop near the Iengs' villa who lost her parents during the regime. But with the passage of some 30 years since the Khmer Rouge regime committed its crimes, the arrest of the elderly pair - Sary is 82 and Thirith is 75 - was little consolation. "Why are you only coming to ask questions now?" she asks, noting that there seemed to be more media attention on Pol Pot's terrifying reign now than there was when he was actually in power...