11.   Condemning the arrests on Wednesday, a local media rights group demanded that the government say why they had made the arrests.

12.   Demonstrators condemned the arrests of seven rally organizers earlier this week.

13.   Egyptian unions on Wednesday condemned the arrests of dozens of labor leaders and mainstream Muslim activists, accused by the government of supporting Islamic militants.

14.   Durrani, the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam spokesman, condemned the arrests of his party leaders and demanded their immediate release.

15.   Egyptian unions on Wednesday condemned the arrests of dozens of labor leaders and mainstream Muslim activists, who the government has accused of supporting Islamic militants.

16.   Extremist groups have condemned the arrests as political and religious persecution, and threatened retaliation.

17.   Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel on Saturday condemned the arrests of pro-democracy supporters in Burma, demanding that the military government release the prisoners immediately.

18.   Hamas condemned the arrests.

19.   His Cabinet has condemned the arrest and his supporters have termed it political.

20.   In another development, a Palestinian Prisoner support group condemned the arrest of a Palestinian official by Israeli security forces.