Human Rights group calls for end to 'crackdown' on activists in Oman
A human rights groups has called for an end to the ``sweeping crackdown'' on political activists in Oman, following a spate of detentions in the Gulf state over the past two weeks.
Human rights groups blasted the Iranian police raid of Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi's office in Tehran, calling it an 'unlawful' act and an attempt to silence activists.