Call for Syria activist releases
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Human Rights Watch calls on Syria to release activists who attended a meeting of opposition activists in December.
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CAIRO -- International human rights groups urged Iran yesterday to immediately release four Iranian-American scholars and activists being held on suspicion of spying.
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A-Arshiad and Dawa ( Guidance and call) commission has issued a Fatwa demanding the kidnappers of the French journalists be released immediately and not to be harmed.
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About 200 colleagues of kidnapped aid worker Margaret Hassan, who went missing a week ago today, gathered at a rally in Baghdad to demand her release.
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Activists are calling for a vigil to draw attention to Saudi Arabian blogger Fouad Al-Farhan, imprisoned since December.
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An international press freedom body on Wednesday called for the immediate release of a Bangladesh cartoonist detained for allegedly insulting Muslims with a reference to the prophet Mohammed.
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A top opponent of President Hugo Chavez demanded the release of jailed protesters Wednesday as university students poured into the streets for a third day to protest the removal of a leading opposition TV station from the air.
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DAMASCUS: Syria denied any link Wednesday with a failed unofficial mediation effort seeking the release of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq.
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Activists, claiming a groundswell of anti-war sentiment not seen since the US-led invasion of Iraq, have staged a mass protest against the conflict in Lebanon and demanded a ceasefire.
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Lebanese Christian Mona Mehanna protested on March 14 last year to end Syria's hegemony in Lebanon. This year she is on the streets again, protesting with a group that enjoys Syrian support.
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This came as groups working with Care announced plans of a protest in Baghdad on Monday demanding Hassan&#39;s release. Tahsin Hassan said: &quot;It is painful to see my wife cry.
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The UN Security Council urged Syria on Tuesday to withdraw its remaining 14,000 troops from Lebanon and called for reports from UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan every six months on its compliance.
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A former MP and democracy campaigner Riad Seif is arrested in Syria, local human rights groups say.
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LONDON: The British and Irish governments called yesterday for the immediate release of Margaret Hassan, the kidnapped director of CARE International in Iraq, with London saying the videotape showing her crying was &quot;extremely distressing&quot;.
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A Syrian court agrees to free on bail a prominent rights activist accused of tarnishing the image of the state.
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DUBLIN  - A joint appeal for the release of Dublin-born humanitarian aid worker Margaret Hassan kidnapped in Iraq was issued by the Irish and Palestinian foreign ministers.
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US resolution is set to call on Syria to stop meddling in Lebanon&#39;s internal affairs, respect its constitution. By Selim Yassine - BEIRUT.