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Living Costs for UK
Terror Suspects Top $1M

House arrest program for dangerous extremists under fire

Nov 17, 09 2:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Terror suspects have been paid over $1 million in living expenses in the last two years under a controversial British program that keeps them under virtual house arrest. The suspects—who security services say pose a threat, but who can't be prosecuted because evidence against them is too sensitive to... More »

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house arrest • Britain • MI5 • terror suspects

deja vu

Burmese Junta Says It Will Release Suu Kyi

Junta claims it will spring activist to 'organizer her party'

Nov 9, 09 5:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Pro-democracy activists are responding skeptically to news that Burma’s ruling junta is considering releasing Aung San Suu Kyi, the opposition leader who has been under house arrest for 14 of the last 20 years. "There is a plan to release her soon so she can organize her party,... More »

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house arrest • Myanmar • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi • military junta • election • Burma Campaign UK

Aung San Suu Kyi Meets US, Other Diplomats

Surprise permission may signal shift in Burmese junta

Oct 9, 09 5:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Burma's military rulers allowed Aung San Suu Kyi to meet with diplomats from the US, Britain and Australia today, an unexpected development that may reflect shifts in Western approaches to the regime. The hourlong meeting took place at a government guest house, after which she was returned to the home... More »

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house arrest • diplomat • Myanmar • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi • junta

 Ankle Monitors 
 Get a Grip on 
 Drunk Drivers 

New technology lets cash-strapped PDs free up jail space

Sep 25, 09 11:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the fight against drunk driving, cash-strapped municipalities are embracing cheaper penalties than the traditional—and expensive—jailhouse, and the ankle monitor has a high-tech addition: an alcohol sensor. Repeat offenders can skip probation and even rehab if they submit to sweat-analyzing remote surveillance. “We are at a point... More »

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rehab • alcohol abuse • probation • rehabilitation • house arrest • criminal charges • ankle • electronic monitoring • SCRAM

Suu Kyi Launches Appeal
as Junta Frees 7K Cons 

Detained Burmese leader seeks to overturn extension of house arrest

Sep 18, 09 5:33 AM CDT
(AP) - Lawyers for detained Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi today appealed her recent conviction that extended her years of house arrest, a day after the ruling junta announced it was releasing thousands of prisoners. Reporters were banned from the hearing, where her lawyers insisted that the law under which... More »

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house arrest • Myanmar • Burma • political prisoner • Aung San Suu Kyi • Burma protest

(AP) - American John Yettaw boarded a flight home today, ending an infamous journey that began three months ago with a secret swim to the home of Aung San Suu Kyi that landed them both in prison. Suu Kyi, who repeatedly asked him to leave, and her two live-in aides, are still... More »

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Jim Webb • house arrest • Myanmar • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi • John Yettaw

 Suu Kyi's Yank Swimmer 
 Lands in Thailand 

Sen. Webb: 'What he did was regrettable'

Aug 16, 09 6:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - While Myanmar activist Aung San Suu Kyi begins another 18 months under house arrest, the American responsible for her sentence is free and has landed in Thailand, reports CNN. John Yettaw, whose release was won by Sen. Jim Webb, was hospitalized for observation in Bangkok. “He had a medical... More »

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Jim Webb • house arrest • Myanmar • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi • John Yettaw

(Newser) - The girlfriend of Michael Douglas' elder son has been busted after trying to smuggle 19 glassine envelopes of heroin to her boyfriend, police told the New York Post. The drugs were hidden in a black bag carrying an electric toothbrush and delivered to Cameron Douglas, 30, at mother Diandra Douglas'... More »

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Manhattan • heroin • house arrest • arrest • smuggler • crystal meth • Michael Douglas • Diandra Douglas • drug smuggling • Cameron Douglas • drug arrest

 Suu Kyi Found Guilty 

Myanmar democracy activist gets another 18 months house arrest

Aug 11, 09 3:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been found guilty of violating a security law because an American swam to her house, and will again be placed in house detention for at least another 18 months, Reuters reports. The court handed down a sentence of three years hard labor,... More »

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house arrest • Myanmar • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi • military junta • John Yettaw • women's issues

(Newser) - Michael Vick’s 23-month federal dogfighting sentence ended today, paving the way for the disgraced football player to finagle a return to the NFL, the AP reports. Two prison officials appeared at Vick’s house today, likely to remove the electronic ankle monitor he’s sported for the past two... More »

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sports • NFL • Atlanta Falcons • Michael Vick • football • dogfighting • house arrest • sentence

Vick's New Gig: Counselor
at Boys & Girls Club

Former quarterback trades in construction work for something more familiar

Jun 30, 09 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Vick has begun working at a Virginia summer camp after leaving his job as a construction worker, the Virginian-Pilot reports. The former Atlanta Falcons quarterback is finishing up two months of house arrest after his conviction for abetting dogfighting; he’s required to work a job. Vick began yesterday... More »

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sports • Atlanta Falcons • Michael Vick • football • probation • dogfighting • house arrest • summer camp • Boys & Girls Club

 Mousavi Fights On as 
 Ahmadinejad Bashes Obama 

Iranian opposition leader may be under house arrest

Jun 25, 09 7:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mir Hossein Mousavi said today that the Iranian regime has pressured him to drop his challenges to the disputed election, but that he would resist any efforts to abridge his "constitutional right to protest." The opposition leader has not been seen in public for days, reports the Guardian,... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • house arrest • political demonstrations • George W. Bush • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Iranian protests

(Newser) - President Obama issued a sharply worded statement yesterday demanding the "immediate and unconditional" release of Burmese democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi, reports the BBC. Her "detention, isolation, and show trial based on spurious charges cast serious doubt on the Burmese regime's willingness to be a responsible member... More »

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Barack Obama • house arrest • Myanmar • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi • detention • John Yettaw

Yank: Suu Kyi Swim Spurred by 'Vision
of Danger'

Yettaw hoped to post
video on YouTube

May 22, 09 4:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - The American who jeopardized Aung San Suu Kyi’s freedom by swimming to the lakeside home where she was under house arrest told the court yesterday he did so because he “had a vision” that Suu Kyi’s life was in danger, the Independent reports. John Yettaw planned to... More »

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trial • house arrest • Myanmar • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi • John Yettaw

 Vick Begins House Arrest 

He'll work construction while living in his Va. home

May 21, 09 8:08 AM CDT
(AP) - Michael Vick arrived at his Virginia home today after being released yesterday from federal prison. After 19 months in a Kansas lock-up, the suspended NFL player will spend the remaining two months of his sentence for financing a dogfighting operation under home confinement, wearing an electronic monitor and working a... More »

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NFL • prison • Michael Vick • football • Virginia • dogfighting • house arrest

Suu Kyi on Trial Today to Answer for American

Yank 'well-wisher' breached terms of Suu Kyi's house arrest, say officials

May 18, 09 1:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Myanmar democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi is on trial today for breaking the conditions of her house arrest because an American "well wisher" entered her home. She planned to plead not guilty because the intruder was not invited, her attorney told the BBC. Suu Kyi has already spent... More »

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trial • house arrest • Myanmar • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi

Suu Kyi Stalker 'Not Crazy,' Relatives Say

Grief-stricken American dad landed Burmese activist back in prison

May 15, 09 11:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - The daughter of the man who jeopardized Aung San Suu Kyi's freedom by swimming to visit her while she was under house arrest insist that John William Yettaw is "not crazy" and had "no ill intention," the Telegraph reports. The Vietnam veteran's strange plan may have been... More »

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house arrest • Myanmar • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi • trespassing • Betty Yettaw • Carley Yettaw • John Yettaw

 'Torture Sheik' Detained 


May 10, 09 6:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Abu Dhabi prince captured on videotape torturing a grain merchant has been detained by authorities, CNN reports. Sheik Issa bin Zayed al-Nahyan is under house arrest pending an investigation, officials of the United Arab Emirates have told the US State Department. The videotape shows the prince beating, burning and... More »

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torture • State Department • house arrest • Abu Dhabi • United Arab Emirates • Arab • detention • UAE • Sheikh Issa bin Zayed al-Nahyan

 Yank 'Stalker' 
 Busted Outside 
 Suu Kyi's House 

Authorities baffled by American who swam lake to hide in activist's home

May 7, 09 4:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Burmese police have arrested an American man they fished out of a lake near the home of detained democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi's Rangoon home, the Guardian reports. Authorities believe the man dodged security around the compound by swimming through the lake and then hid inside Suu Kyi's home... More »

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house arrest • Myanmar • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi • Rangoon • intruder • John William Yeattaw

(Newser) - Bernard Madoff’s lawyer argued today that the financier, who has pleaded guilty to a $65 billion Ponzi scheme, should be free on bail until June sentencing, the New York Times reports. Ira Sorkin cited past precedent in similar cases, but the prosecution said Madoff has incentive to flee—and... More »

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US Appeals court • sentencing • house arrest • bail • Ponzi scheme • district attorney • Bernard Madoff • Ira Sorkin

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