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Briton jailed in Burma for ‘insulting’ Buddha image named prisoner of conscience by Amnesty

Philip Sherwell, The Telegraph: A British bar manager jailed in a notorious Rangoon prison for insulting Buddhism is to be…

October 9, 2015

In Buddhist Burma, monks gone wild

Andrew Lam: New American Media: For a country steeped in Buddhism, Burma is accruing terrible karmic debts. Alarming news and…

August 5, 2012

Viet Nam: Falun Gong practitioners detained over meditation protest

Mariah Jen: The beating and arrest of at least 30 peaceful Falun Gong demonstrators outside the Chinese embassy in Hanoi…

November 15, 2011

Falun Gong practitioner to tell about persecution

In his native China, fellow practitioners of Falun Gong are persecuted for the same practice, said Xie, an assistant professor…

February 5, 2011

Engagement, anxiety, and news addiction

A Wildmind visitor called Cory asked: I want to keep watch on world events so that I'm not naive with…

September 4, 2008

Net Dissidents Jailed in China

In its ongoing repression of Internet speech, the Chinese government has sentenced five Falun Gong members to prison for posting…

February 24, 2004