Pakistan: 'The Pakistani government must immediately release thousands of supporters of the opposition Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) arbitrarily arrested in a countrywide crackdown last week, Human Rights Watch said today. PPP supporters were arrested in order to prevent them from greeting Asif Zardari, PPP leader and husband of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, on his return from a trip to Dubai to meet his family. Zardari was released on bail last November after spending eight years in prison without a conviction.' (Human Rights Watch)