Word: prisoners
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...church member, Richard M Sawyer '46, said after the decision. "It's just like the old case of everybody wants a prison, but nobody wants it in their backyard...
...Fourth of July is for celebrating freedom, which is what the Rev. Sun Myung Moon did. His particular cause for joy: independence from U.S. authorities. Moon went into federal prison in Danbury, Conn., nearly twelve months ago after his conviction on charges of income tax evasion. He claimed that the funds belonged to the church and that he was a victim of religious persecution. Released six months early for good behavior, the Korean-born founder and spiritual leader of the Unification Church must still spend a month and a half as a resident of the Oxford Project, an inmate-rehabilitation...
...part of an arrangement that had at least the appearance of making concessions to terrorists, a violation of national policy. Last week, barely a day after the hostages were freed, Israeli officials ordered the repatriation of 300 of the Lebanese detainees, leaving about 460 still awaiting release from Atlit prison. Nor did the Israelis enjoy watching the U.S. becoming indebted to Assad, whom they regard as Jerusalem's most dangerous enemy. Finally, Israel suffered in U.S. public opinion, at least early in the crisis. A Washington Post-ABC News poll taken as the hostages were being released showed that...
Diplomats in Peking and observers in Rome pointed out that Gong had spurned earlier offers of release under similar conditions. Vatican officials suggested the Chinese government acted because it did not want the aging bishop to die in prison. The Vatican asked for Gong's freedom when Jaime Cardinal Sin of Manila visited Peking last year. At least twelve other Roman Catholic priests are believed to remain in Chinese prisons or labor camps...
...while in police custody. In Pretoria last week, the South African Medical and Dental Council acted against two white government doctors for their treatment of Biko. Surgeon Benjamin Tucker was found guilty of "disgraceful" conduct, including failure to examine Biko properly and allowing police to move the badly injured prisoner 700 miles overland to a prison hospital. The panel also ruled that Surgeon Ivor Lang was guilty of "improper" conduct for, among other things, failing to notice a wound on Biko's forehead...