Word: jailing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...When Indianapolis TV stations acceded to his demand that he be put on the air, Kiritsis crowed: "I'm a goddam national hero." He was scarcely that-and Indianapolis authorities quickly made him a goat by reneging on their promise of immunity and slapping him in jail. Yet Kiritsis may have served as a model for a demented...
...Chief Nicolae Ceausescu publicly threatened eight writers and intellectuals who had issued an appeal for greater respect for the human rights guaranteed by the Rumanian constitution and Helsinki accord. In a nationwide broadcast, the Rumanian dictator denounced dissidents as "traitors"-a warning that human rights activists were risking long jail sentences or possibly even death...
...Portillo must deal. To begin with, there is the drug problem. Mexico has become the principal supplier to U.S. users of marijuana and heroin. López Portillo has ordered his army to destroy the crops (see box). The crackdown has also filled some Mexican jails with U.S. citizens who were caught with drugs in their possession; about 590 are currently serving prison terms. Sensitive to complaints about jail conditions, the Mexican government has agreed with the U.S. to exchange prisoners. The Mexican legislature has already ratified the agreement, and it now awaits action in Washington...
...Seoul we were unable to see the great Korean poet Kim Chi Ha, now in jail serving a life sentence. We did meet the venerable Quaker Hahm Suk Hon, the "Gandhi of Korea," the only Korean who had the courage to call on us. He is now serving an 8 year jail sentence. We also met Kim Dae Jung, who received 46 per cent of the vote in 1971 when Korea last held a popular election. His first words to me were, "I am suffering from a sciatica brought on by an auto collision that I do not think...
These three men and 16 other persons were tried and sentenced to jail terms of from two to eight years for having issued a "Declaration for the Restoration of Democracy" at an ecumenical mass in Seoul's Roman Catholic Cathedral on March 1, 1976. their fellow prisoners include former President Yun Po Sun; former Foreign Minister Chyung Yil Hyung; his wife, Lee Tai Young, the first woman lawyer in South Korea; and some of the most prominent Catholic and Protestant churchmen in Korea...