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...such victim of abuse, Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet was sentenced to 25 years in prison by Fidel Castro’s dictatorship for vocalizing his opposition to the government and, even worse, for defending human rights. In 1998, Dr. Biscet uncovered the government practice of chemically inducing abortions through the use of a drug called Rivanol. In a book titled “Rivanol: A method to destroy life,” Biscet described government-mandated abortions being used as a method of contraception. This drug caused viable fetuses to be born alive, only then to either bleed to death...
...Biscet has been subject to inhumane prison conditions, confined in a windowless, three by six foot cell for periods as long as 42 days. His toilet is a hole in the floor. When not in solitary confinement, he spends his time in a communal cell with violent criminals. With the exception of two visits from his wife, he is denied visitors, as well as medical treatment for his high blood pressure, osteoarthritis, and hypertension. But he continues his fight, bravely refusing the government’s offer to let him leave the country if he retracts his pleas for justice...
...kayak into the North Sea. His wife reported him missing that night, and despite a frantic rescue effort - which combed 200 sq. mi. (518 sq. km) of sea and included nearly a dozen boats and a Royal Air Force helicopter - the search party found no trace of the former prison officer. The splintered remains of his vessel washed ashore six weeks later...
...Hellesdon, Chapman said he is already following up several Bebo and Facebook posts containing pictures of underage drinking and cannabis use. He is also monitoring the web use of the 17-year-old, who faces up to five years in prison if he is found to have breached his cyber-Asbo...
...roots with “Revolver.” Unfortunately, it seems you can’t go home again. This “Revolver” is not loaded. In “Revolver,” gambler Jake Green (Jason Statham) emerges from seven years in prison with the perfect winning strategy, learned in solitary from the two cell mates on either side of him. Green uses his method to quickly win mega-bucks from crime boss Dorothy Macha (Ray Liotta), who responds, not surprisingly, by ordering a hit on Green. Out of the shadows emerge...