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Topic: Sarah Leah Whitson

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“ Detaining a high school student for nine months without charge is typical of the cruel, arbitrary behavior of Syria's security services, ”
Syria sentences teen blogger to five years
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“ This brutality heightens tensions and shows that the police continue to act as if they are above the law, despite Ben Ali's departure, ”
HRW puts pressure on Tunisian government
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“ Images of the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt have mesmerized the Arab public but have terrified their rulers, ”
Group: Other governments cracking down
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“ If there's a lesson President Saleh should have learned by now, it's that violent attacks on demonstrators will not quell dissent, ”
Yemen won't fall, foreign minister says
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“ The security forces' vicious attacks on peaceful demonstrators lay bare the reality of Moammar Gadhafi's brutality when faced with any internal dissent, ”
Rights group: 24 dead in Libyan protests
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“ The authorities should immediately rein in the security forces and disarm pro-government provocateurs, ”
Yemeni clerics urge restraint
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“ President Assad talks reform but continues to practice repression, not only through the widespread killings of demonstrators but also through mass arrests, ”
Homs scene of crackdown by Syrian forces
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“ The UAE is punishing peaceful criticism by investigating activists for 'opposing the government,' ”
Rights Watch: UAE holds anti-regime rebels
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“ If Red Crescent volunteers are not safe from harm, who is? ”
Human Rights Watch: Nobody safe in Syria
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“ Sadly this is not the first gruesome report of what appears to be the summary execution of detainees in the final days of the Gadhafi government's control of Tripoli, ”
Rights groups uncovers war crimes in Libya
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