31.   But it let a U.N. group visit three prisons in November, and has agreed to discuss human rights with U.S. and Australian officials.

32.   China has not allowed Red Cross representatives to visit prisons, a demand made by human rights groups.

33.   Committee member Salah Tamari, an outspoken critic of Arafat, said the group visited prisons and met with inmates and their families.

34.   Devananda visited the prison to win over the support of Tamil prisoners who had started a hunger strike.

35.   Devananda visited the prison to urge the Tamil rebels to end their hunger strike.

36.   Earlier in the day, he visited a prison on the outskirts of town, as he has often done.

37.   Foreigners are not often allowed to visit prisons.

38.   Furgal said U.S. consular officials visited the prison Wednesday after being denied access on Tuesday.

39.   He is not scheduled to visit the prisons.

40.   He also visited the prison in Wau, the provincial capital.