YANGON, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) — The Myanmar government granted amnesty to more prisoners Monday as a gesture to mark the 64th anniversary of Independence Day falling on Wednesday, according to an order of the Presidential Office announced on state radio and television. According to the order, the criminals pardoned by the government will get...
Daily Archives: January 2, 2012
Telecommunications surveillance will continue
A US appeals panel has upheld the supposed constitutionality of a controversial federal law that grants immunity to telecommunications companies assisting in the surveillance of American citizens. The latest ruling effectively reinforces the 2008 decision of Congress to grant telecoms immunity for cooperating with the government’s intelligence-gathering activities. According to Judge Margaret McKeown of...