51.   HAMAS also issued a statement condemning the arrests and calling on the Palestinian Authority to resist Israeli pressure to dismantle the movement.

52.   Human rights groups also swiftly condemned the arrest.

53.   In Port-au-Prince, the US embassy announced the release by Haitian authoritiees of a Haitian engineer and educator, condemning his arrest as arbitrary.

54.   A joint statement issued by Egyptian trade unions Monday condemned the arrests.

55.   Eight Tanzanian opposition parties Monday strongly condemned the arrest by police of two journalists working for a privately-owned weekly, Shaba, for allegedly revealing government secrets.

56.   The SSP in a statement condemned the arrests and demanded immediate release of their leaders.

57.   The US Senate unanimously passed a resolution Friday condemning the arrest in China of human rights activist Harry Wu and demanding that Beijing allow consular officials to visit him.

58.   Meanwhile Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina Wajed condemned the arrests of all opposition supporters and called for their immediate release.

59.   On Wednesday, the PAC issued a statement condemning the arrests.

60.   Politicians have condemned the arrest of the opposition figures, but police sources said the hunt for opposition leaders who have gone into hiding continued.