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After an election held in Burma last year, power was supposedly transferred from the military junta to a civilian government. But observers have criticized the fairness of the election, as the pro-military party led by Thein Sein received the vast majority of votes.
Thein Sein is described by some as a moderate or reformist. His actions since taking office, however, suggest otherwise. Nearly 2,000 political prisoners including Buddhist monks and journalists remain locked up in Burma. If the new regime is serious about reform, these political prisoners should be released immediately. Tell the President he must free them without delay to prove his commitment to reform.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/free-burma-political-prisoners/After an election held in Burma last year, power was supposedly transferred from the... more
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The WikiLeaks founder's video diary of his life holed up in Vaughan Smith' house on police bail facing charges of sexual misconduct in Sweden.
The above video shows that there are cameras outside Vaughan Smith's house in Norfolk, the place where Assange is required to live. It transpires that these are neither CCTV cameras nor automatic number-plate recognition (ANPR) cameras. An "embarrassed" Smith says he now believes them to be radar-operated speed signs.
It is true that jail would be worse for Assange. It is also true that the alleged leaker of much of the material released by WikiLeaks, Bradley Manning, is having a much tougher time in a US prison.
Video here:
http://www.politicalfailblog.com/2011/06/wikileaks-founder-julian-assanges-video.htmlThe WikiLeaks founder's video diary of his life holed up in Vaughan Smith'... more
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For some it may come as a shock that Bradley Manning, the soldier being held in a maximum security military prison in Virginia on suspicion of having passed a massive amount of US state secrets to WikiLeaks, is in fact British. Although born in the US which automatically makes him a US citizen as well, Manning is also a UK citizen by descent from his Welsh mother, Susan.The British government is now under pressure to take up his case with the US authorities just like they did with British inmates at Guantánamo Bay. The issue of Manning's nationality has been furiously covered on Twitter in recent days and has been taken up by the UK branch of the Bradley Manning supporters network.But so far Manning's British status has not become part of the UK authorities's agenda. The British embassy in Washington said it had not received any requests to visit Manning in jail. Usually the UK government would not intervene in cases of dual nationality where the person is held in the other country, but there are exceptions on humanitarian grounds, including claims of inhumane treatment.Amnesty International has today called on the UK government to intervene on Manning's behalf and demand that the conditions of his detention, which the organisation calls "harsh and punitive", are in line with international standards.Amnesty's UK director, Kate Allen, said: "His Welsh parentage means the UK government should demand his 'maximum custody' status does not impair his ability to defend himself, and we would also like to see Foreign Office officials visiting him just as they would any other British person detained overseas and potentially facing trial on very serious charges."Clive Stafford Smith, director of Reprieve, which provides legal assistance to those facing capital punishment and secret imprisonment, likened the conditions under which Manning is held to those in Guantánamo Bay."The government took a principled stance on Guantánamo cases even for British residents, let alone citizens, so you would expect it to take the same stance with Manning," he told The Guardian.
How exactly is Manning a UK citizen?
Manning is a UK citizen by descent from his Welsh mother, Susan, born Susan Fox in Haverfordwest in 1953.She married a US serviceman, Brian Manning, stationed at a US base near the Haverfordwest, and they had a daughter, Casey, in the same year. Bradley was born in Oklahoma in 1987.Born in the US, Manning is automatically a US citizen. But under the British Nationality Act of 1981, anyone born outside the UK after 1 January 1983 who has a mother who is a UK citizen by birth is British by descent.
Background
Manning has been held at the Quantico marine base in Virginia since last July, having been arrested in Iraq, where he was stationed as a US army intelligence analyst two months previously.Campaigners say the conditions in which he is being held are wholly disproportionate.Manning was recently put on suicide watch for two days, in which he was stripped to his underpants, against the advice of prison psychiatrists. He remains on a regulation that keeps him alone in his cell 23 hours a day and requires him to be checked every five minutes, and he is shackled hand and foot when he has visitors.In December the UN began an investigation into his treatment to see if it amounted to torture.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/01/bradley-manning-uk-citizenFor some it may come as a shock that Bradley Manning, the soldier being held in a... more
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October 2010, Manana Archvadze-Gamsakhurdia, "Latest History of Georgia" - the new program, part II; 9th April, 1989 yearOctober 2010, Manana Archvadze-Gamsakhurdia, "Latest History of Georgia" -... more
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Occupant, de-facto administration of Georgia and Mass Media, controlled by it, ignores participation of legitimate government of the Republic of Georgia in FICTS FestivalOccupant, de-facto administration of Georgia and Mass Media, controlled by it, ignores... more
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To Strasbourg Human Rights European Court, to The US State Department, to the World Human Rights Organizations, to the appeal court judge Manana Otarashvili. The pablic letter of the prisoner of the prison medical department of corrections and legal assistance Tsotne Gamsakhurdia.
Newspaper "Siakhle" (4-10) 11.2010To Strasbourg Human Rights European Court, to The US State Department, to the World... more
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call for court support for native activist Ryan rainville during his court appearance in connection with events during the G20 summit in Torontocall for court support for native activist Ryan rainville during his court appearance... more
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The protesting meeting at Ed. Shevardnadze's so-called residence in Krtsanisi 04.11.2010
Address of the legal Government to the opening ceremony of the embassy of Great BritainThe protesting meeting at Ed. Shevardnadze's so-called residence in Krtsanisi... more
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The provocation against manana Archvadze-Gamsakhurdia in the airport
The provocation begins in the airport of Georgia and continued to MilanThe provocation against manana Archvadze-Gamsakhurdia in the airport
The provocation... more
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Be careful Georgians! Stay away from Koko Gamsakhurdia, Baghaturia and Targamadze alike.
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Manana Archvadze-Gamsakhurdia. 22/10/2010 part-4. The first session of the Supreme Council of the Republic of GeorgiaManana Archvadze-Gamsakhurdia. 22/10/2010 part-4. The first session of the Supreme... more
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Manana Archvadze-Gamsakhurdia. The new series of Talk Shaws, Part I, 1992-1993 (30.09.2010)Manana Archvadze-Gamsakhurdia. The new series of Talk Shaws, Part I, 1992-1993... more
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Why "Mhedrioni" has been created, the problems, the purposes, who was financing?
Society "Tbiliseli"
Creation of the so-called Congress
Fragments from the press and from the book of Jaba Ioseliani “Sami ganzomileba (Three measurements)”
(On Georgian, translate follows)Why "Mhedrioni" has been created, the problems, the purposes, who was... more
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Speech for the Defense of the Defendant Tsotne Gamsakhurdia’s Defender Lawyer Keti Bekauri 21.09.2010Speech for the Defense of the Defendant Tsotne Gamsakhurdia’s Defender Lawyer... more
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Exclusive Video: Richard I Fine, Ph.D Reflects on His Darkest Hours After 18 Months of "Coercive Confinement"
Los Angeles, CA Two days following his unexpected release from L A Central Men's Jail On Friday September 17, 2010 Richard I. Fine described the conditions in "coercive confinement' and his eighteen month ordeal waging a legal battle for freedom from his solitary jail cell without an attorney. Full Disclosure Network® presents a ten minute video preview from a three hour exclusive interview featured on the Internet Website http://www.fulldisclosure.net.
Richard Fine who holds a Ph.D in International Law and was a former U.S . Prosecutor in Washington D. C. tells of his darkest moment during his incarceration, and the reasons why he was never tempted to give in to the illegal order of State Superior Court Judge David P. Yaffe.
(Part of a three hour interview)
The full interview is to be released to Public Access Cable channels throughout California and on Community Cable channels in major cities throughout the United States a and the Internet. The Full Disclosure Network is billed as "the news behind the news", an independent public affairs cable TV show produced by Emmy Award winning host Leslie Dutton and Producer T J Johnston since 1992.Exclusive Video: Richard I Fine, Ph.D Reflects on His Darkest Hours After 18 Months of... more
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Manana Archvadze-Gamsahurdia: Contemporary history of Georgia. A program cycle. (Geo)
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