Kuwait targets leading rights activist
Friday 23 July 2004, 17:45 Makka Time, 14:45 GMT
Lawmaker Walid al-Tabtabai (R) concedes rights abuse
Kuwaiti authorities are looking to arrest a leading human rights activist Khalid al-Dosari on charges of recruiting young Arab Muslims to go to Iraq for fighting US occupation forces there.
According to newspaper reports on Friday, one of four people arrested while trying to enter Iraq from Syria, named al-Dosari as having helped him in his mission.
Al-Dosari who is spokesman of the Association of Victims of Torture and Arbitrary Arrest, evaded an attempt by security forces to arrest him on Monday, Al-Siyassa daily reported.
However, al-Dosari charged on a website that authorities were after him because he had evidence of human rights violations by security services and was defending victims of abuse.
Pressure
Several Arab and international human rights groups denounced the failed attempt to arrest al-Dosari and deplored what they called the pressure exerted on "defenders of victims of torture and arbitrary arrest in Kuwait," Al-Siyassa said.
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