April 4th, 2011
Azerbaijani police
arrested more than 200
opposition protesters during Saturday’s demonstrations in Baku. They were calling for the resignation of President Ilham Aliyev and had
broken through police cordons into Fountains Square. According to the Azeri Interior Ministry, five will
face criminal charges for property damage and resisting police. Seventy people have been punished for attending the anti-government demonstration.
March 21st, 2011
Around 30 demonstrators were arrested at a
protest demanding the release of Private Bradley Manning on Sunday. The
demonstration was held at the Quantico marine base in Virginia, where Manning is being held in solitary confinement.
Another US
protest held this weekend resulted in the
arrest of 113 anti-war activists. The man who
leaked the Pentagon Papers was among those detained. They were protesting near the White House to commemorate the eighth anniversary of the Iraq war. Police made the arrests after warning activists to stop marching round the White House.
March 17th, 2011
Security forces
clashed with demonstrators in Damascus on Tuesday, detaining at least 35 protesters, including a 10 year old boy. The Syrian demonstrators, who demanded the release of political prisoners, ignored a ban on all demonstrations and protest marches in the capital.
