Word: jailing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Awami League, entered the race, but their campaigning was frequently halfhearted. Still, there were charges and counter-charges that posters were ripped down by political opponents as soon as they were put up, and at times the bitterness spilled over into violence. "I fought for democracy, went to jail for it, and I believe in it," said Mujib. "But I can't create an opposition just to show there...
Obviously aware of the emotional flames that would be fanned by stiff sentences, Judge Leland Nielsen last week announced, "I am not going to make martyrs out of them by sending them to jail." He reversed Hohenstein's conviction and ordered a new trial for him. Nielsen gave the others suspended sentences and probation for six to 36 months, plus fines ranging from $50 to $1,000. Meanwhile, Heck has sold his San Diego office to repay IRS and has reopened in nearby El Cajon...
...bride: "If he doesn't look after you, my dear, I'll have him restricted." The jocular threat came from Desmond Lardner-Burke, Minister of Justice, Law and Order. Niesewand has looked after his wife well enough, but for the past month he has been in jail under an order signed by Lardner-Burke. The vague grounds: the freelance reporter was "likely to commit acts prejudicial to public safety or public order." Free translation: the white-supremacist government of Ian Smith did not like what Niesewand had been writing, and has the dictatorial powers to squelch...
...early-morning arrest and the incarceration at Gwelo Jail hardly came as a surprise. Niesewand, 28, was one of the few enterprising and influential newsmen still reporting regularly from Rhodesia. He ran a bureau representing the BBC, the Australian Broadcasting Commission, United Press International, Agence France-Presse and a number of London and South African newspapers. It was Niesewand who broke the story in 1971 of the arrest of former Prime Minister Garfield Todd, who was also considered a threat to public order. Niesewand published exclusives on government action against the African National Council, a black political group opposed...
...government, obviously intends to eliminate all journalistic criticism. Several other newsmen have been expelled, prevented from re-entering the country or otherwise silenced. Late last week, in a proceeding closed to the public, Niesewand was charged with violating the Official Secrets Act. That could result in a jail term of up to five years. Because he is South African by birth, he could be deprived of Rhodesian citizenship and deported...