Tag: Political Prisoners
Cambodia’s Internet May Soon Be Like China’s: State-Controlled
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The day Kea Sokun was arrested in Cambodia, four men in plainclothes showed up at his…
Saudi Princess Is Released, but Other Royals Are Still Locked Up
BEIRUT, Lebanon — A Saudi princess, a critic of her country’s government who was jailed nearly three years ago after…
Jawar Mohammed to Be Released From Prison by Ethiopian President
NAIROBI, Kenya —Ethiopia’s government said Friday it would release several prominent political prisoners, including members of the rebel Tigray People’s…
Egypt Sentences 3 Human Rights Activists to Prison
CAIRO — An Egyptian court sentenced three prominent human rights figures to several years in prison on Monday on charges…
‘I Didn’t Look Like a Human’: Journalist Tells of Myanmar Torture
When more than 100 soldiers and police officers surrounded his three-story apartment building and sealed off his neighborhood in Myanmar…
Ahead of Biden’s Democracy Summit, China Says: We’re Also a Democracy
BEIJING — As President Biden prepares to host a “summit for democracy” this week, China has counterattacked with an improbable…