Human Rights Watch says two men who were arrested in Kuwait last month and held without bail should be set free. It wants authorities to investigate claims that one of the men has been mistreated in detention. Kuwait has not confirmed the arrests.
According to Wednesday's statement, one man was arrested for Twitter messages critical of crackdowns in Bahrain while the second was arrested for a YouTube video criticizing Kuwait's ruler.
The group's regional director Joe Stork says the detentions are aimed at intimidating Web activists in the Gulf.
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