Clinton, Larry really has said everything I could say and said it better than I could say it, but if you don't care, what are you doing on this thread.

It's a terrible shame. I've known a good number of young people who've visited different countries as part of different programs; teaching English, teaching organic farming, helping with setting up irrigation systems, personal enrichment.... Any one of them could end up in prison for life for being in the wrong place in the wrong time, or finding themselves in a legal system that requires them to prove their innocence without a working knowledge of the the legal system they need to operate within. It happens here in the USA as well. There are people serving ridiculous mandatory mininum sentences for being in the same place as a drug dealer, or relaying a seemingly innocent phone message(tell him to call so-and-so, or whatever).

This site is not the place I would expect such callous disregard for others.

Rich