Seven members of pan-Islamic party Hezb Ut-Tahrir were arrested in Lebanon for posting leaflets calling for a Friday protest against the Syrian regime, a party spokesperson told AFP on Tuesday.
"The Lebanese army on Tuesday arrested three members of Hezb Ut-Tahrir in the southern city of Sidon as they were posting leaflets around the city calling for demonstrations against the Syrian regime on Friday in Tripoli," a Sunni stronghold on Lebanon's north coast, spokesperson Ahmad Kaskas told AFP.
Four other people were arrested in the port city of Tripoli on Monday when they too tried to hand out leaflets calling for a rally on Friday.
Hezb Ut-Tahrir (Arabic for "Party of Liberation") is an international movement that seeks to restore the caliphate, or unite all Muslim countries under one Islamic rule.
The group has a strong presence in Asia, mainly Indonesia, and has spread to several Arab countries, where it is for the most part banned.
Hezb Ut-Tahrir is not banned in Lebanon, however, although the group recognizes neither official borders nor the country's constitution.
The party has called for a rally after Friday prayers in Tripoli to support Syrian protesters, who since March have taken to the streets in increasingly heated protests against the regime of Bashar al-Assad.
-AFP/NOW Lebanon
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