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SouthKoreanprosecutorsonMondaysoughta12-yearjailtermforSamsungElectronicsViceChairmanLeeJae-yong,overchargesincludingallegedlybribingex-PresidentParkGeun-hyefor
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Dozens of asylum seekers held in a detention centre in Papua New Guinea have elected to accept cash from Australia to return to their home countries, officials and refugees said, the largest exodus from the South Pacific camp in four years.
The United States said on Sunday it had transferred a Yemeni inmate from the Guantanamo Bay prison to Italy, bringing the number of detainees at the U.S. naval base in Cuba to 78.
People held in Australia's onshore and offshore detention centers are four times more likely to suffer mental distress compared to the general population, local media reported on Tuesday.
An Australian detention center earmarked to house Syrian refugees has been slammed as a "national disgrace".
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-Ocha said Monday that 14 student activists, who were earlier arrested for violating junta orders, would be tried by a military court.
Facilities in some detention centers need to be improved and suspects should be given better protection while in custody, according to political advisers and legislators attending the two sessions.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has slammed the country's human rights commission, saying it should be "ashamed of itself" for recommending a major public inquiry be established into Australia's detention of immigrant children.
Police in east China have detained 60 people over their violent and rumormongering behavior during protests over the construction of a waste incinerator.
The Israeli Supreme Court rejected an appeal by an al-Qaida operative against his detention without any trial, a Court Authority statement revealed Tuesday.
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