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HRW: Kuwait Must Stop Deporting ElBaradei Supporters

   VOA News 11 April 2010
   Former UN nuclear chief Mohamed ElBaradei, center right waving, greets
   his  supporters  before Friday prayers at El Mansoura mosque, Egypt, 2
   Apr 2010

Photo: AP

   Former UN nuclear chief Mohamed ElBaradei, center right waving, greets
   his  supporters  before Friday prayers at El Mansoura mosque, Egypt, 2
   Apr 2010

   An international human rights group says Kuwaiti should stop arresting
   and  deporting  expatriate  supporters of Egyptian pro-reform activist
   and Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohammed ElBaradei.
   New  York-based  Human  Rights Watch says Kuwait should release all of
   the  Egyptians  still  in  custody,  and  allow them and those already
   deported to return to their homes in Kuwait.
   Kuwaiti  authorities  released  around 21 Egyptian residents of Kuwait
   Saturday, and deported them to Egypt.
   Human Rights Watch says some of the Egyptians were detained after they
   attended  a  meeting in support of ElBaradei on April 8.  Others were
   detained the next day during a meeting to discuss the arrests.
   ElBaradei,  a  former chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency,
   is leading a campaign for political reform in Egypt.
   He  also  has  expressed  a willingness to run against President Hosni
   Mubarak  in  an  election  next year on condition the vote is free and
   fair.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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