mass arrests

February 18, 2020

Turkey to arrest 228 for links to cleric in probe of military, ministry: Anadolu

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish prosecutors investigating the military and justice ministry on Tuesday ordered the arrest of 228 people over…

January 10, 2020

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top court on Friday ordered the government to review all restrictions, including suspension of internet…

May 24, 2019

Middle East Eye, an online platform devoted to news from the region, has reported on Saudi plans to imminently execute three…

December 12, 2016

Turkish police detained nearly 200 pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) officials on Monday over alleged links to Kurdish militants, after…

August 17, 2016

Turkey will release some 38,000 prisoners under a penal reform announced on Wednesday as the arrests of tens of thousands…

August 9, 2016

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said in an interview with Russia's TASS news agency published on Monday he wanted to reset…

May 8, 2011

Cairo -- Syrian security forces arrested more than 200 people early Sunday -- including a 10-year-old boy -- as President…

May 3, 2011

Beirut -- Syrian authorities have arrested more than 1000 people and many more have been reported missing in the latest…