Myanmar pro-democracy figure Aung San Suu Kyi turned 64 in prison Friday, while a judge considers when to hear her appeal to allow more witnesses at her subversion trial.
Myanmar's highest court Wednesday granted an appeal for more witnesses from the country's top opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, who is on trial on charges of subversion.
The global drumbeat against what is widely considered the unlawful detention of Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar grew louder Wednesday with the launch of an online campaign to let supporters leave 64-word messages of support for her.
President Obama called Tuesday for the immediate and unconditional release of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who is on trial for subversion.
Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi took the stand for the first time Tuesday and told a Myanmar court that she did not violate her house arrest when she offered temporary shelter to an American man who swam to her lakeside home.
The Myanmar court trying opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi adjourned for the weekend after hearing from the lone defense witness in the case, a spokesman for Suu Kyi's political party said Thursday.
The Myanmar court trying opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi heard testimony Wednesday from the man who swam to her house, sparking her trial on subversion charges.
Aung San Suu Kyi declared herself innocent of charges she finally heard in court for the first time Friday, the fifth day of her trial on allegations of subversion.
The American man who swam two miles across a lake to visit Aung San Suu Kyi apparently wanted to film the detained Myanmar opposition leader, who refused his request, according to footage played during her trial Thursday.
Myanmar pro-democracy figure Aung San Suu Kyi turned 64 in prison Friday, while a judge considers when to hear her appeal to allow more witnesses at her subversion trial.
Myanmar's highest court Wednesday granted an appeal for more witnesses from the country's top opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, who is on trial on charges of subversion.
The global drumbeat against what is widely considered the unlawful detention of Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar grew louder Wednesday with the launch of an online campaign to let supporters leave 64-word messages of support for her.
President Obama called Tuesday for the immediate and unconditional release of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who is on trial for subversion.
Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi took the stand for the first time Tuesday and told a Myanmar court that she did not violate her house arrest when she offered temporary shelter to an American man who swam to her lakeside home.
The Myanmar court trying opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi adjourned for the weekend after hearing from the lone defense witness in the case, a spokesman for Suu Kyi's political party said Thursday.
The Myanmar court trying opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi heard testimony Wednesday from the man who swam to her house, sparking her trial on subversion charges.
Aung San Suu Kyi declared herself innocent of charges she finally heard in court for the first time Friday, the fifth day of her trial on allegations of subversion.
The American man who swam two miles across a lake to visit Aung San Suu Kyi apparently wanted to film the detained Myanmar opposition leader, who refused his request, according to footage played during her trial Thursday.
A British envoy who attended the third day of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's trial on Wednesday said she appeared "robust" and in a positive frame of mind.
Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace laureate now facing trial on charges of government subversion, has been the face of Myanmar's pro-democracy movement and the focus of a global campaign to free her.
Tucked away in the woods of central Missouri, obscured by tall trees and broken-down cars, is the mobile home of the U.S. citizen being detained in Myanmar.
Three charges have been filed against a Missouri man who is accused of swimming across a lake and sneaking into the home of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi while she was under house arrest, a U.S. Embassy official said Friday.
A Nebraska couple missing along with their children since last month surrendered to police and were taken into custody Monday, authorities said in a statement.
Abdul Qadeer Khan, the Pakistani scientist who admitted leaking nuclear secrets to North Korea, Iran and Libya and then recanted his confession, has been released from house arrest after it was declared illegal by the Islamabad High Court, his attorney told CNN Friday.
U.N. envoy Ibrahim Gambari wrapped up a six-day visit to Myanmar Saturday, where he met with the ruling military junta and the party of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
The reality show star and youngest daughter of the late attorney Robert Kardashian admitted during a court hearing that she violated her probation stemming from a 2007 drunken driving arrest
Debra Lafave, the former Florida middle school teacher convicted of having sex with a student, violated her probation by hugging a young co-worker, a Florida judge found Thursday.
Debra Lafave, a former Florida middle school teacher convicted of having sex with a student, was arrested Tuesday for "inappropriate but non-sexual contact" with a teenage coworker, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said.
Scores of sex offenders in Anderson, South Carolina, will be corralled for Halloween tonight in a move authorities say is needed to keep kids safe as they trick or treat.
Michelle Rodriguez has failed to fulfill the terms of her probation in a DUI case and may face jail time, the Los Angeles City Attorney's office announced Friday.
Former NFL lineman Barret Robbins is facing extradition to Florida after violating terms of his probation, a spokesman for the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office said Friday.
A judge on Wednesday ruled that suspended Bengals linebacker Odell Thurman can remain on probation for a drunken driving conviction, but warned him that he must follow the rules if he wants to stay there.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Former NBA player and University of Florida standout Vernon Maxwell was jailed without bond in Alachua County for a probation violation, according to jail records.
Brad Renfro was found in violation of probation Thursday for notenrolling in a long-term drug treatment program in connection with hisconviction last year for attempted possession of heroin.
Hotel heiress Paris Hilton walked out of a Los Angeles-area jail early Tuesday with a big smile on her face after serving 23 days for violating her probation on a reckless driving conviction.
Heiress and entrepreneur Paris Hilton said Saturday she has directed her attorneys not to appeal a judge's Friday decision sending her back to jail following her brief release on home detention.
Paris Hilton was ordered to appear in court Friday instead of calling in from home, yet another reversal in her twisted path toward serving time on a probation violation
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was placed under house arrest Friday after a Chilean prosecutor recommended he be extradited to Peru to face charges of human rights abuses and corruption.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- The trial for Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Jackson, accused of shooting a gun during a fight at a strip club, was shifted from Thursday to May 10.
Police arrested three suspected members of the Basque separatist group ETA in southern France on Tuesday, acting on a Spanish judge's arrest warrant, Spain's Interior Ministry said in a statement.
Amid reports that the house arrest of Nobel laureate and democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi has been extended for another year, eyewitnesses tell CNN security at her home was beefed up on Sunday.
Federal probation officials confirmed Monday that Martha Stewart is being investigated for a possible violation of the terms of her house arrest by attending a magazine gala in New York City last week.
The U.S. Probation Department is investigating whether Martha Stewart violated the terms of her house arrest when she attended a Time magazine dinner last week, The New York Post reported Sunday.
Prosecutors who put Martha Stewart first behind bars and now under house arrest are opposing her bid for a new sentence in light of a recent Supreme Court decision on sentencing rules.
A day after his release from a 59-day house arrest, former Nepalese prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala on Saturday dismissed speculations that his Nepali Congress party would join the Maoist rebels in opposing monarchy.
A man who worked as a painter on late-night talk show host David Letterman's Montana ranch has been charged with plotting to kidnap the entertainer's 16-month-old son and the baby's nanny, and seek a $5 million ransom.
Britain's House of Lords has rejected key parts of Prime Minister Tony Blair's terrorism bill Thursday, as Monday's deadline loomed under which 11 foreign terrorist suspects could be set free.
The British government has unveiled a new anti-terror bill that include powers of house arrest, but it says there is no immediate need to detain anyone.
Police in northern Georgia chased down and arrested a convicted sex offender Sunday who was wanted in the abduction of his roommate's 11-year-old son, authorities said.
Convicted child murderer Lionel Tate, 17, who got a second chance at life as a free man in January, has been arrested on a probation violation that could put him back in prison.
British ministers said Friday they found it "extraordinary" that a suspected Algerian terrorist with alleged links to al Qaeda was released from prison on bail.
Myanmar's opposition National League for Democracy has called for the immediate release of their leader Aung San Suu Kyi after the military government backed away from suggestions her freedom was imminent.
The teenager sentenced to life in prison for the 1999 death of a 6-year-old girl when he himself was 12 signed a plea deal Sunday that will get him out of prison soon, but leave him under house arrest for a year and on probation for a decade, his mother told CNN.
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