Highlights
A collection of news and information related to Prisoners and Detainees published by this site and its partners.
Displaying items 1-12 of 778
» View ktuu.com items only
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-65
•
Next >
-
Bracelet Links Two Veterans
Channel 2 NewsFor the past 45 years, Anchorage resident Bruce Pozzi has owned a bracelet with the name Arvin Chauncey inscribed on it. He bought it to show solidarity for Chauncey, who spent 6 years as a Prisoner of War (POW) during the Vietnam War. Pozzi never met...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, World War II (1939-1945), John McCain, Wars and Interventions, Veterans Day
-
Obama Reassures Bergdahl Family about Efforts to Free Son
Channel 2 NewsWhite House officials say President Barack Obama has reached out to the parents of an American prisoner of war to assure them that military leaders are doing everything in their power to free him from his captors in Afghanistan. Bob Bergdahl told The...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Prisons, Wars and Interventions, Afghanistan, Barack Obama
-
Third Party Custodian: A Quirk of Alaska Law With Big Consequences
It happens every day of the week in courtrooms all over Alaska.
Today, in Judge Michael Spaan’s Anchorage courtroom, the applicant is a woman with curly black hair, a mother. The judge is hearing bail applications and arraignments.
She’...Tags: Prisons, Justice System, Punishment, Trials, Defendants
-
Escaped prisoner caught after Mat-Su manhunt
Alaska State Troopers have apprehended a prisoner who escaped from the Mat-Su Pretrial Facility Wednesday morning, as well as an accomplice in his escape.
After a six-hour, multi-agency manhunt, Kent Charles Matte, 44, was apprehended at about 2:30 p.m....Tags: Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Prisons, Alaska
-
On Memorial Day, a time to heal old wounds
NORFOLK — For Harold Bergbower, the memories of war go back more than 70 years and could be the stuff of pulp novels. Soldiers fighting on horseback against impossible odds. "Hell ships" crammed with prisoners. Waking up in the morgue. Far...
Tags: Prisons, World War II (1939-1945), Vietnam, Hampton Roads, Memorial Day
-
Korean War veteran has spent last 60 years trying to understand what war was all about
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comIn 1953, the Korean War had been raging for three years when thousands of North Korean prisoners of war were set free below the 38th Parallel at Pusan. Hagerstown resident Ed Peters, 81, said he was a military policeman serving in Korea at the time as he...Tags: Armed Forces, Prisons, International Military Interventions, Washington, DC, Fort Meade (military base)
-
Jorge Rafael Videla dies at 87; Argentine dictator
BUENOS AIRES — Former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, who presided over that country's so-called dirty war in which up to 30,000 dissidents were murdered or disappeared, died Friday while serving a 50-year prison sentence. He was 87. He...Tags: Rebellions, Prisons, Justice System, Punishment, Politics
-
President Obama offers encouragement for reforms in Myanmar
WASHINGTON -- President Obama welcomed Myanmar President Thein Sein to the White House on Monday with tokens of encouragement as the former military ruler pushes democratic reforms in the once-authoritarian Southeast Asian nation. Obama praised Thein...
Tags: Civil Rights, Prisons, Burma, National Government, Elections
-
Myanmar frees dissidents before leader's U.S. visit
NEW DELHI — Myanmar President Thein Sein released some 20 political prisoners Friday, days before a historic summit with President Obama in Washington early next week, according to officials and prisoner rights groups. The ex-general's...
Tags: Civil Rights, Thailand, Prisons, Burma, Elections
-
World War II veteran, POW shares experiences of war
roxann.miller@herald-mail.comWith the number of World War II veterans dying at the rate of more than 600 per day, it was a rare occasion to have two veterans of the conflict together in Chambersburg on Thursday. World War II veteran and best-selling author of “Hell’s...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, National September 11 Memorial & Museum, Franklin County (Pennsylvania), U.S. Army, Wars and Interventions
-
Hunger strike, Yemeni dilemma could spur Guantanamo closure plans
A 100-day-old hunger strike at the Guantanamo Bay prison for suspected terrorists has agitated international human rights advocates anew, prompting fresh calls worldwide for closure of the detention center that President Obama vowed to shutter more than...
Tags: Civil Rights, Credit and Debt, Human Rights, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Islam
-
POW/MIA service set for Saturday at Letterkenny
The Chambersburg area’s annual POW/MIA Service of Remembrance will be on Armed Forces Day, which is Saturday, at 11 a.m. at the Letterkenny Chapel, 2171 Carbaugh Ave. The service will be followed by memorial dedications at the adjacent Franklin...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Prisons, National September 11 Memorial & Museum, U.S. Army, Wars and Interventions
Nov 10, 2012
|Story| KTUU
Aug 10, 2012
|Story| AP Alaska
Oct 26, 2011
|Story| KTUU
Jan 5, 2011
|Story| KTUU
May 27, 2013
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
May 25, 2013
|Story| Herald Mail
May 17, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 20, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 17, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 16, 2013
|Story| Herald Mail
May 17, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 14, 2013
|Story| Herald Mail
Original site for Prisoners and Detainees topic gallery.
