31. Security forces have detained several members of the Bani Dhabyan tribe in an apparent bid to gain leverage with the tribal elders. 32. Six Otpor members were detained overnight, adding to hundreds arrested in the past several days. 33. Several PRD members have been detained by police in Guerrero in recent months. 34. The arrests in two cities were the biggest since January, when the government began detaining members. 35. The eight crew members were detained, Cadot said, and would be turned over to Venezuela after being processed on Martinique. 36. The crew members were detained for questioning. 37. The government has been trying to counter negative reports on its crackdown by taking foreign reporters on tours of labor camps where members are detained. 38. The offices of the Democrat were searched by armed soldiers on Tuesday, five staff members were detained and the editor, Pios Foray, was forced into hiding. 39. The navy seized the vessels and briefly detained crew members in September and October for entering an exclusion zone around the French Polynesian atolls of Mururoa and Fangataufa. 40. The National League for Democracy has maintained since the incident that eight party members were detained, although the government admitted to arresting only four. |