Uzbek human rights defender arrested
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Authorities in Uzbekistan have arrested a prominent human rights advocate, a fellow activist said Wednesday, amid an ongoing crackdown on dissidents and government critics in the tightly controlled former Soviet state.
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LONDON (UK): Muslim cleric Abu Hamza has been arrested under the Anti-Terrorism Act, Scotland Yard has revealed. The 47-year-old was held on suspicion of involvement in the &quot;commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism&quot;.
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More than a dozen activists who rallied in support of Georgia outside the country's embassy and accosted counter-protesters with taunts and eggs were arrested on Saturday.
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A Serb police general, indicted for  crimes against humanity over the killings of Kosovo Albanian  civilians in 1998-99, has been arrested, Serb media said on  Sunday.
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Reports from Iran say a prominent trade union leader, Mansour Osanlou, has been arrested in Tehran.
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Police arrested the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood's chief strategist and at least 140 others Thursday in a crackdown after a protest by uniformed students raised fears the Islamist political group is creating a military wing.
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Venezuelan authorities have arrested a retired National Guard general on accusations that he plotted to overthrow President Hugo Chavez, the suspect's attorney said Wednesday.
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Pakistani security forces have arrested  an Uzbek al Qaeda militant suspected of helping to plan a  suicide car bombing that killed a U.S. diplomat and three  others outside the U.S. consulate in Karachi in March,  officials said on Wednesday.
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Belarussian security officers on Monday detained opposition leader and former presidential candidate Alexander Milinkevich as he made his way to a rally, his wife told AFP.
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Prominent Chinese activist Hu Jia is formally arrested more than a month after being taken into custody.
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A former Liberian army chief is arrested for "subversive activities" - the first such arrests since 2005 elections.
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A court has sentenced an independent rights activist and journalist to six years in jail for extortion amid a sweeping government crackdown on dissidents in the tightly controlled ex-Soviet state.
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Sudanese security have arrested a human rights activist in Darfur but have not charged him or allowed his family or lawyers access to him, the head of a human rights center in Khartoum said Saturday.
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Police briefly detained Belarusian opposition leader Alexander Milinkevich on Monday for the third time in two weeks, accusing him of drug trafficking, his spokesman said.Comment
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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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Officials have detained a third person in connection with the September seizure of a southern Russian school by armed militants that ended in death for hundreds of children and adults, a law enforcement spokesman said Monday.
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A top Muslim Brotherhood leader in Egypt is arrested along with scores of the group's supporters.