21.   Indonesian authorities have temporarily freed a man accused of subversion for sheltering activists blamed for inciting mass riots here, the official Antara news agency reported Friday.

22.   Bahraini authorities freed two women arrested at the beginning of March in the Gulf state which has been rocked by a wave of anti-government protests, relatives said Friday.

23.   Burmese military authorities freed four political prisoners on Monday, state-run Radio Rangoon reported.

24.   Chinese authorities have freed a man who was detained following the publication of a report on abuses in a Shanghai orphanage based on material provided by his sister.

25.   The Yemeni authorities on Thursday freed money-changers who were arrested last month for speculating against the national currency, police said.

26.   Israeli rights and humanitarian groups have challenged the arrest and urged the authorities to free Jabarin or to try him properly.

27.   Lebanese authorities have freed everyone arrested in connection with recent anti-Syrian attacks except for a journalist with an independent Lebanese newspaper, prosecutor Adnan Addum said on Tuesday.

28.   The HAMAS armed wing Ezzedin al-Kassam, in a statement sent to news agencies, called on the Palestinian authority to free its prisoners immediately.