31.   A half-century after their liberation from Japanese labour camps, three representatives of British prisoners of war fly to Tokyo Tuesday to seek retribution for their suffering.

32.   A court in Beijing has rejected an appeal by dissident Liu Xiaobo against a three year sentence to a re-education by labour camp, his wife said Saturday.

33.   Accused communists who survived were sent to labour camps on islands across the archipelago as political prisoners, many without trial.

34.   After escaping from a Nazi labour camp he made his way back to Prague, as well as to his collection and to Ludmilla, whom he later married.

35.   Beijing dissidents reacted anxiously Wednesday after three Shanghai activists were sentenced to three-year terms in a labour camp for their pro-democracy campaigning.

36.   Chen Pokong complained about the Guangzhou number one re-education through labour camp in the southern province of Guangdong, in a letter smuggled to the international rights organisation.

37.   Chinese authorities have sentenced Christian trade union official Liu Huanwen to three years re-education in a labour camp, his family said Friday.

38.   Chinese police have the power to sentence individuals to a maximum of three years in a re-education through labour camp without trial.

39.   The trip is expected to focus on the capital in Yangon, with visits to jails and labour camps believed to be on the itinerary.

40.   Two Chinese dissidents have been sentenced to terms in labour camps for penning articles calling for democratic reforms, dissident sources said Saturday.