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Former student activist Aung Maw speaks to visitors at the 88 Memorial Hall in Rangoon, Burma, on June 3, 2016Aung Naing SoeBy Joe Freeman / RangoonAugust 8, 2016 2:34 AM EDTThe dollhouse-sized replica of Insein Prison, Burmarsquo most infamous correctional facility, is painted red and white and covered in paper labels: Main Gate, Hospital, Woman Ward.Between the build stanley cup ings there are little plastic bushes and palm trees. The circular shape of the sprawling complex looks like the real facility, which is still operational. Kyaw Soe Win, a genial, soft-spoken 48-year-old, stands over the model. This hall, I was here, he says, pointing to an annex where he was locked up for six years in the 1990s for distributing leaflets and communicating with exile groups.Kyaw Soe Win is standing in the cluttered exhibition room at the offices of the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners AAPP in Rangoon, Burmarsquo biggest city. Insein prison lies a few townships to the west. The exhibit, which was set up in March, is small but leaves an stanley cup impression. A royal blue prison uniform hangs on one wall. There are images of stress positions used by guards as a form of torture: the airplane, the motorcycle.Since Kyaw Soe Win was released, the country, formally known as Myanmar, has transitioned from a military dictatorship to a fle stanley cup dgling democracy. The number of incarcerated political prisoners in Burmars Qxjh Election 2014: Latest Results Scorecard
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks about organized gang violence at the Department of Justice, April 18, 2016 in Washington, DC. Mark Wilsonmdash;Getty ImagesMark Wilsonmdash;Getty ImagesBy Maya RhodanUpdated: April 21, 2017 4:43 PM [ET] | Originally published: April 21, 2017 3: yeezy 45 PM EDT;The Justice Department sent warning letters to officials in eight jurisdi adidas campus ctions on Friday, warning each to prove they are complying with federal immigration laws or risk losing of federal grant funding. Officials in Chicago, New York, New Orleans, the California Department of Corrections, Philadelphia, Las Vegas, Milwaukee, and Miami all received letters. Justice said each had been identified in a 2016 inspector general report as having laws that may violate federa adidas samba l law.The letters were reportedly sent to remind officials that they agreed to prove they do not restrict their local officials from sending federal immigration officials any information about the immigration status of any individuals under their purview under the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant. The Justice Department wants documents proving each is following immigration law by June 30. The grant is leading source of federal justice funding to state and local jurisdictions, according to Justice Department officials, and can be used to help reduce gun violence or to fund body camera programs. The letters follow a warning Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued at the White House in March when he thre |
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