Word: reoch
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...repressive regimes. Human-rights activists believe Singapore improved the conditions of Chia Thye Poh's confinement out of fear that when South Africa released Mandela, world attention would focus on the remaining long-termers. Still, other governments seem impervious to criticism. "Each country is a separate case," notes Richard Reoch, information director of London-based Amnesty International. There are limits too to how hard foreign governments will press allies on human-rights issues. The U.S., for example, remained mute over the February executions in Indonesia. Yet while international pressure may not always work, it is the political prisoner's only...