Word: thye
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...Chia Thye Poh detained since...
...instant communications, when the freeing of Mandela is viewed by millions of people, public pressure can influence some 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...