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Bangladesh court acquits six over 'jail killings'
11:03:19, 29 August 2008, Radio Australia News
A court in Bangladesh has acquitted six convicted murderers in a politically sensitive case that's gripped the nation for more than three decades.
Anger over cuts to jail time for paedophiles in Cambodia
12:02:20, 28 August 2008, Radio Australia News
In Cambodia changes to child sexual abuse laws could mean the reduction in sentences of nearly 40 foreign paedophiles currently serving jail terms.
Elderly Chinese women sentenced to re-education
22:21:01, 20 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Two Chinese women have been sentence to one year's 're-education' for applying to protest at the Olympic Games, according to human rights groups.
Glitter released from Vietnamese jail
02:40:29, 20 August 2008, Radio Australia News
British 70s rock-star, Gary Glitter, has been released from a Vietnam jail, after serving his sentence for sexual abuse.
Indonesian court to consider execution delay
09:24:10, 15 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Indonesia's Constitutional Court has agreed to consider an application from the Bali bombers for their executions to be postponed until the court hears a challenge against their deaths by firing squad.
Nepalese prisoners overpower jailers
20:21:36, 14 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Police in southern Nepal say more than 50 prisoners, affiliated with various political and criminal armed outfits, have overpowered 15 guards and escaped during a roll call on Wednesday.
Indonesia ignores pleas to release Papuan activists
14:37:57, 13 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will not respond to a letter from 40 members of US Congress demanding the immediate release of two Papuan activists.
Clemency hope for Australians on death row
14:35:47, 12 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Indonesia's foreign minister has indicated his nation's willingness to listen to a clemency plea from Australia on behalf of three members of the so called Bali Nine on death row.
Guantanamo tribunal sentences Osama bin Laden's driver
15:32:48, 8 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Osama Bin Laden's former driver will remain in prison at Guantanamo Bay indefinitely, even though he's eligible for release in about six months.
Amnesty asks Pakistan to solve disappearances
08:06:13, 24 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Human rights group Amnesty International is asking Pakistan's government to disclose details of hundreds of people who disappeared after being picked up by security agencies during counter-terrorism operations.
ASEAN ministers urge Burma to release Suu Kyi
08:22:52, 21 July 2008, Radio Australia News
ASEAN foreign ministers have expressed deep disappointment over the extension of the house arrest of Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Australian drug smuggler jailed in Cambodia
18:57:38, 9 July 2008, Radio Australia News
An Australian man has been sentenced to six years in prison in Cambodia for trying to smuggle drugs out of the country.
Australia urged to monitor extraditions
21:05:08, 27 June 2008, Radio Australia News
The Australian government has been urged to adopt a monitoring system to keep track of people who've been extradited from Australia.
Leaked NZ prisoner file investigated
13:09:24, 20 June 2008, Radio Australia News
An investigation is underway in New Zealand into how a confidential government file, containing details about dangerous prisoners, was left on a park bench.
PNG villagers hang alleged murderer
17:26:42, 4 June 2008, Radio Australia News
In Papua New Guinea, villagers in Enga have handed down vigilante-style justice, hanging a mentally ill man over an alleged murder.
Superintendent sacked over JI escape
02:30:10, 27 May 2008, Radio Australia News
Singapore's government has sacked the superintendent of a detention centre where an alleged extremist leader escaped through a toilet window.
Condemned Indonesian remarries ex-wife
08:55:42, 13 May 2008, Radio Australia News
An Indonesian man on death row for his role in the 2002 Bali bombings has remarried his ex-wife by proxy, after prison authorities refused to allow the wedding to take place in person.
Afghanistan prisoners on hunger strike
15:59:02, 12 May 2008, Radio Australia News
About 300 Taliban suspects have been on hunger strike in an Afghan prison for a week.
Claims Australian forces in Afghanistan mistreated detainees
22:10:11, 9 May 2008, Radio Australia News
Australia's Defence Force says it is taking very seriously claims that its troops in Afghanistan mistreated detainees.
Former Qantas executive jailed over price fixing role
11:25:28, 9 May 2008, Radio Australia News
A former senior executive with the Australian airline Qantas has been jailed in the US for his role in a price fixing conspiracy.
More houses for Solomons prison staff
18:36:59, 10 April 2008, Radio Australia News
An increase in government funding will see an easing of the housing problems facing prison staff in Solomon Islands.
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