Sudan Arrests and Tortures in Crackdown -Opposition
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Sudanese authorities have arrested and  tortured at least two members of an Islamist opposition party  during a search for rebels from its western Darfur region, a  senior party official said on Sunday.
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The Sudanese government was accused yesterday of arresting people who have spoken to foreign visitors, ceasefire monitors and journalists about continuing atrocities in Darfur.
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Sudan&#39;s military-backed government imposed a security clampdown Saturday after announcing that it had foiled a coup attempt by supporters of jailed former Islamist ally Hassan al-Turabi.
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American journalist Paul Salopek said he believes his arrest in Sudan was intended to be a message from that nation's government to foreign journalists to tone down their criticism of conditions in the African nation.
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South Africa police arrested the country's main opposition leader on Sunday in connection with a protest she led against drug lords wreaking havoc in Cape Town's poor districts, a party official said.
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Sudan's military-backed government imposed a security clampdown after announcing that it had foiled a coup attempt by supporters of its now jailed former Islamist ally Hassan al-Turabi.
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The Khartoum government is accused of allowing armed pro-government groups to operate camps in Darfur.
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CAIRO, Feb. 28 -- The main Sudanese opposition leader said the government is refusing to allow U.N. peacekeepers into the violent Darfur region because it believes the troops would help hunt down war crimes suspects for the International Criminal Court.
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Pakistani police have detained around 350 opposition party activists in the latest attempt to muzzle criticism of embattled President Pervez Musharraf, officials said Wednesday.
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A member of Sudan&#39;s opposition Islamist Popular Congress has been tortured to death in detention by security forces, a party official says.
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Sanctions must be imposed on Sudan to try to end the terrorising of its own citizens, Human Rights Watch urges.
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The arrest of a Catholic priest drew criticism from human rights groups Thursday, who charged that the US-backed government was illegally trying to suppress support for ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
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Zimbabwe riot police arrested more than 200 opposition activists and officials on Saturday during a meeting they were holding at their party headquarters, an opposition spokesman said.
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The United Nations charged that pro-government Arab militias were continuing to commit crimes in Sudan's crisis-hit western Darfur region and urged Khartoum to crack down on them.
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Some 28 people are charged with trying to overthrow Sudan's President Bashir, reports say.
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Sudan has arrested two suspects in  connection with the killings of a U.S. aid official and his  driver in the capital Khartoum six weeks ago, state media  reported on Sunday.
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Sudanese authorities accused an opposition party Saturday of plotting to kill more than three dozen senior government officials and blow up key sites in the capital, where heavily armed troops were out in force for a second day.