1.   For even when news of exterminations arrived, prisoners refused to believe it.

2.   The other women prisoners refused to leave in solidarity.

3.   Five prisoners were charged with rioting after the brawl, which broke out when prisoners refused to hand in towels to prison guards.

4.   In the past, the women prisoners refused to be released as long as any of them remained behind.

5.   Ladlad said the political prisoners have refused to apply for amnesty, a condition for their release set by Justice Secretary Franklin Drilon.

6.   Mandela Institute researchers said Sunday they could not confirm widespread rumors that some prisoners refused water Sunday in an attempt to escalate their protest.

7.   Messer-Harel said the tear gas and water jets were used when the prisoners refused to stand up in their cells for a routine count.

8.   News reports said the clash took place on Sunday when the Tupac Amaru prisoners refused to return to their cells after their daily half-hour walk in the prison patio.

9.   On Thursday, the prisoners in Dili refused to leave the jail, saying they wanted freedom for Gusmao.

10.   On Thursday, the prisoners in Dili refused to leave the jail, saying they wanted freedom for rebel chief Xanana Gusmao.