By:
NIRMALA GEORGE
01/25/12 3:49 AM
Myanmar's foreign minister said Wednesday that the transition to democracy in the once-authoritarian southeast Asian country will be gradual and systematic.
"The reform process that we have started is irreversible," Myanmar Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin said in New Delhi during a trip to meet with Indian leaders. "There will be no turning back or derailment on the road to democracy."
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PETER ORSI
01/23/12 12:56 PM
Amnesty International said Monday that three Cubans held without charge for 52 days following their arrest at a protest were released last week, hours after the human rights group named them as prisoners of conscience.
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By:
PETER ORSI
01/21/12 9:58 AM
The Cuban government is hitting back at Washington for its criticism over the death of a jailed dissident who was described by Amnesty International as a prisoner of conscience on hunger strike.
The Cuban Foreign Ministry lambasted the White House and the U.S. State Department for comments that "yet again demonstrate the permanent policy of aggression and meddling in Cuba's internal affairs, and are astonishing for their hypocrisy and double standard."
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The Associated Press
01/21/12 6:10 AM
Prominent student activists recently released from prison in Myanmar said Saturday they will work with political reformers and support pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in upcoming by-elections.
Min Ko Naing, a top member of the 88 Generation Students Group, said it would always side with those who strive for "fairness, freedom and equality" and join hands with supporters of President Thein Sein's reforms.
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