An estimated 10,000 Britons got into serious trouble abroad last year.- a 50 per cent rise in just five years.
43 Britons were murdered - while assaults rose from 120 to 219. Kidnappings are also put at a record level, with 32 British travellers abducted.
Requests for emergency passports have increased by a quarter since 1995, and the number of Britons detained overseas has risen by more than 50 per cent. there were 3,297 British nationals in foreign jails
The report blames the increase in part on the Foreign Office's failure to warn British travellers of the dangers they can face, and it criticises the FO's inability to compile more comprehensive statistics.

Thursday, 18 September 2008

Kurt Schels and 42-year-old Ronald Sellers charged with distributing more than 500 grams of cocaine.

charging 29-year-old Kurt Schels and 42-year-old Ronald Sellers with distributing more than 500 grams of cocaine. The two were arrested this week in Oconto County.
A conviction carries a maximum penalty of 40 years in jail and a $2,000,000 fine.
The state Department of Justice, State Patrol and eight other law enforcement agencies participated in the investigation.
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British inmates in Thai prisons are fed once per day

British inmates in Thai prisons are fed once per day: an alleged 800gms (really 500gms) of waterlogged cold rice, and fish head soup. We are granted the human right to either buy additional food from the screws or starve to death. (Thais are fed 4-5 times per day). For the 150 odd British passport holders in Thai jails nationwide, our human rights extend to the ability to buy river water from a screw. Plus we have to pay to have that same water double boiled to prevent dysentery and cholera. Here in Thai prisons we can’t enjoy a quiet night in watching the box, writing letters or smelling the roses! With 21 people in my cell (6x4 metres) we have less than 1 square metre of free, personal space. The EEC rules dictate that each inmate have 7.5 square metres of ground space.3rd world countries, where most of Britain’s 2500+outsources are contained, have vicious sentence plans; mainly for political reasons. In Thailand the average sentence length is 25 years (all offence categories). British consular officials assure the Thai officials that they guarantee, since 2001, that UK residents in Thai jails will serve a minimum of 25 years custodial

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