1.   The police detained several activists, but released them after questioning.

2.   The new authorities began to detain FIS activists including a number of imams.

3.   Two animal rights activists were detained Saturday after police found them at a gas station with a rental truck filled with manure.

4.   Police also detained an activist of the Muslim militant group Hamas.

5.   Police said the activists were detained for holding an unauthorized protest.

6.   Palestinian security forces currently detain Hamas activists for varying periods of time without trials, a practice that has drawn condemnation from international human rights groups.

7.   Palestinian security officials said no arrests have been made, but PFLP officials said a few minor activists had been detained.

8.   PFLP officials said at least seven other activists had been detained.

9.   A prominent human rights activist was detained on Monday for contacting Kurdish rebels during an unsuccessful attempt to free Turkish soldiers held captive in northern Iraq.

10.   A Palestinian human rights activist was detained by Palestinian police after suggesting that Palestinian interrogators may have tortured another detainee to death, his organization said Tuesday.