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Help support Mon's repatriation. In September 2000, a Thai woman named 'Mon' [John-korn Jarearatikorn] was arrested in Laos on charges relating to drug possession. She was sentenced by the Lao Municipal Court to an 11 year sentence. By Thai standards,this would be considered quite a lenient sentence given that many prisoners in Thailand detained on drug charges are either given the death sentence or jailed for life. More...
A Nightmare of his own Making... Randy Sachs from Hamilton Ontario [Canada] turned 31 years old this year and unless he is granted Clemency from the Vietnam President, he will have to face another decade in a nightmare of his own making before finally being allowed to return home to family and friends. In May 2003, Randy Sachs was arrested with 1000 pills of ecstasy in his possession. Caught 'Red handed' there's no denying that he broke the law and deserves to be punished.
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  • Bali 9 'Bali Six' plotted drug run in Valley karaoke bar, court told An accused drug mule and member of Brisbane's so-called 'Bali Six' complained the tape used to strap heroin to her body during an alleged drug run through Sydney Airport four years ago had irritated her skin, a court has heard. Alice Yun Hsun Yang, 22 of Stretton, is facing trail in Brisbane's Supreme Court over an alleged conspiracy to import drugs into Australia from the Indonesian tourist mecca between August 1 and December 14, 2004. complete story - Bali 9 Case Info
    Soe Paing Tinsoe Dear Friends,I received a lovely letter from Soe Paing Tinsoe and he wrote beautifully. I would like to encourage others to write to him and offer their support. Life is very difficult for the Myanmar People. They are not wealthy by any means. They have very little support and they often don't have relatives or friends visiting because they can never afford to make the long journey to Thailand.
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    Alan's situation remains of critical concern to FPSS. He is now hospitalised and has been for the last five months. He continues to deteriorate with severe arthritis of the spine. Alan has spurs on his spine which press on the nerves and cause numbness and pain.
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    Emmanuel O Ihejirika Emmanuel O Ihejirika
    Life on death row is a constant anxious wait for Emmanuel who initially received life imprisonment in 2004 for smuggling 396.6 grams of heroin contained in 31 capsules in his stomach. When he appealed the verdict, the Bali high court increased his sentence to death. He is currently detained in Kerobokan Prison awaiting execution.
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    Rachael Diaz Rachael Diaz
    In a Hong Kong jail there's another Australian woman doing time for drugs. Her name is Rachel Diaz and it's a fair bet you haven't got a clue who she is, let alone what she looks like… It was April 2005 and Rachel rang her mother in the Sydney suburb of East Hills to say she was sleeping over at a friend's house. She was sleeping over alright, but in Hong Kong: Rachel the trainee hairdresser was about to become a heroin smuggler.
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    Nils Taft Nils Taft Update March 11, 2007
    Dear friends of Nils: This is just to let you know that he has a birthday on 22nd March 2007 when he'll be 42. If you feel like sending him a card his address is: Nils Taft, Osaka Prison, 6-1 Tadei-cho Sakai-shi. Osaka 590-0014, Japan. I trust this finds you all in good health. Thanks for your continuing support. With kind regards, John Taft [Father of Nils Taft]
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  • Mitchell Blake Mitchell Blake Update
    Since his arrest in Thailand on 23 September 1993, Mitchell Blake has been indicted in May 2002 on charges of conspiring with an unnamed person to import a quantity of heroin. The American authorities have requested Mitchell be extradited at the END of his Thai sentence - May 22nd 2020. Mitchell urgently needs funds to engage a US Attorney to defend his case pending extradition to the United States.
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  • Please Write to Ryner Christopher I would very much welcome letters from people throughout the world. This would help me to maintain a positive outlook for the future. I am so lonely at times even though I am surrounded by hundreds of prisoners. If you feel inclined to write to me then I would be so grateful.
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  • Teen in Cambodian jail could come home convicted in Cambodia of drug smuggling could serve his 13-year jail term in Australia under a prisoner transfer deal expected to be signed next month. Chinese-Australian Gordon Vuong was 16 when he was arrested at Phnom Penh International Airport in January, 2005, with 2.1kg of heroin concealed on his body. He was sentenced by Phnom Penh Municipal Court in May last year to 13 years in prison. Click Here for complete story Gordon Vuong Case Information
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    In 2007, this still happens In 2007, this still happens A worldwide condemnation erupted after a video posted on an internet video-sharing website showed a Malaysian prisoner being tortured with a cane. The disturbing video shows a naked man strapped to a wooden frame, his rear exposed to a uniformed official who lifts a meter-long rattan stick above his head before bringing it down on the prisoner's buttocks, tearing the flesh with each strike. - Full Story
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    Barred from jail time at home They are the country's least desirable exports: New Zealanders who commit crime overseas. And they are winding up in foreign prisons in ever-increasing numbers - around 751 at last count, compared with 599 three years ago. Read More..

    Vietnam heroin charges for Victorian woman A VICTORIAN woman has been arrested in southern Vietnam after she collapsed with heroin in her stomach, state media reported. Tran Thi Ngoc Dung, 35, was leaving her hotel in Ho Chi Minh City on her way to a flight home on Sunday when she fell unconscious and was rushed to hospital........... Read More..

    India to repatriate ill UK inmate A seriously ill Briton serving a jail term for drugs offences in a notorious Indian prison is to see out his 10-year sentence in the UK, officials say. Stephen Jenkins, 58, from Yorkshire, is being held in Delhi's crowded Tihar jail after being convicted in 2006. Read More..

    Toddlers live behind prison bars / In Mexico City, female inmates can keep their children with them up to age 6 The increased activity of women participating in drug dealing has increased dramaticaly in the last two decades and so has the percentage of young children living with them in jail. Read More..

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