Word: arrested
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...press briefing, a newsman asked a State spokesman whether Washington had any position on Sakharov, who has been subjected to a threat of arrest and possible trial. The cause: Sakharov's charge that the Soviet secret police may have touched off a blast in a Moscow subway so as to have an excuse to crack down on dissidents. The following day the department released a statement not only defending Sakharov as "an outspoken champion of human rights" but also warning Moscow that any attempt to "intimidate" him "will conflict with accepted international standards of human rights...
...Heights of Macchu Picchu. His decision to become a Communist caused him continual harassment; newspapers often would ignore his letters and censor his statements. He was briefly imprisoned in Argentina with no explanation given. Anti-Communist priests persecuted his poor friends and, finally, the Chilean courts ordered his arrest for criticizing the government, forcing him into exile for three years...
...part, Abu Daoud in interviews in Algeria blamed his arrest on "Zionists" within the French police who were opposed to the "official French position regarding the rights of the Palestinian people." He boasted that he would soon return to fighting Israel and Zionism-after a brief vacation in Algeria. "The Israelis are looking to kill all the Palestinians," he said. "If they want to kill me, then they want to kill a revolutionary, not a terrorist...
Between his release from Hussein's prison in 1973 and his arrest this month in Paris, Abu Daoud's doings have been murkier than ever. He apparently has concentrated on diplomatic chores for the P.L.O., part of the time in Baghdad. But Daoud also commanded a Palestinian unit that fought with Moslem leftists in Beirut during the Lebanon civil war. Partly because he dropped out of terrorist work and partly because they think he is still working for the Jordanians, Israeli intelligence insists that he is no longer a prime target. "We don't kill spies...
...Specials" report to local precincts, wear regulation blue, carry guns and nightsticks. They follow all the rules imposed on regular cops and wield most of their powers-unlike other private security agents such as the Pinkertons, who have to call a policeman if they want to make an arrest...