YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's government has freed 23 political prisoners, a senior interior ministry official said on Friday, the day President Thein Sein was due to leave for a landmark visit to the United States.Full story
Attorney General Eric Holder renewed the Obama administration's vow to close the Guantanamo Bay prison on Tuesday, where a six-man hunger strikes is now in its third month. The Miami Herald's Carol Rosenberg joins Alex Wagner to discuss the latest on Gitmo.
TUCSON - An Arizona Quaker group that has been advocating against prison privatization in the state is organizing a demonstration and press conference today, protesting the Corrections Corporation of America on its 30th anniversary. Full story
100 prisoners at Gunatanamo remain on hunger strike, protesting being detained for years, often without charges, as President Obama says we “should reflect on why exactly we’re doing this.” NBC’s Andrea Mitchell reports.
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President Obama had planned to close Guantanamo Bay as soon as he took office, but after being blocked by Congress and the military court system, and coping with the detainees’ hunger strike, there’s no easy solution for the facility that costs taxpayers $800 million a year. NBC’s Andrea Mitchell re
An Army Chaplain who carried wounded soldiers from battle and risked his life to feed fellow POWs was awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor Thursday, the highest military decoration in the U.S. NBC’s Jim Miklaszewski reports.
Rachel Maddow tells the stories of heroism that earned Father Emil Kapaun a posthumous Medal of Honor, and the effort that went into making his recognition possible.
An imprisoned member of street gang Mara 18 poses for a photograph at the Izalco prison, about 65 km from San Salvador May 20, 2013. Inmates handed over handmade knives and more than 60 cell phones and other not-permitted articles in an effort to keep the truce between the country's two most powerf
Imprisoned members of street gang Mara 18 sit together at the Izalco prison, about 65 km from San Salvador May 20, 2013. Inmates at the Izalco prison handed over handmade knives and more than 60 cell phones and other not-permitted articles in an effort to keep the truce between the country's two mo
An imprisoned member of street gang Mara 18 poses for a photograph in the bathrooms at the Izalco prison, about 65 km from San Salvador May 20, 2013. Inmates at the Izalco prison handed over handmade knives and more than 60 cell phones and other not-permitted articles in an effort to keep the truce
