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... crackdown, and several of its leaders were attacked. The anniversary is the most important day in Iran's political calendar. Official events were held across Iran, but the main gathering was at Tehran's ...
... so slow that it was impossible to “open e-mails or any Web pages,” a journalist in Tehran said. The measure appeared to be aimed at preventing information about the crackdown or the protest to get outside ...
3. Iranians rally against leaders
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... stops, witnesses said. The crackdown appeared to limit the opposition turnout Monday, but several opposition Web sites said more demonstrations were planned during the upcoming 10-day Shiite religious ...
... They said they were looking for weapons. That, and the violent crackdowns on pro-Zelaya rallies, seemed anachronistic. Latin America had supposedly left repression behind in the 1980s and embraced progressive ...
... through such innovative ways, but rather it is the lack of media freedom that drives Azerbaijan's youth to turn to more creative forms of news distribution. After years of pressure and media crackdowns, ...
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's embattled opposition leaders accused the government of becoming more brutal than the shah's regime in Web statements Saturday, and authorities announced a new Internet crackdown aimed ...
... protesters said. No one has stepped up to replace them, leaving the movement adrift in the face of a harsh government crackdown, with demonstrations organized by ad hoc means and with conflicting aims. ...
8. The Movement Awakened
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... outcome are creating a veritable traffic jam outside the doors of these offices. This traffic jam is indicative of one clear truth: those who ordered the crackdown on the students' movement, unaware that ...
... on a Palestinian state. Activists say they are hindered by Israeli crackdowns, resignation among ordinary Palestinians and a deep split in the political leadership between Hamas' advocacy of armed struggle ...
... students being arrested and jailed during the Islamic Revolution in that year. The government of Iran arrested more than 1,000 people in a massive crackdown after the June 12 election, in which the incumbent, ...
... current crackdowns are not on a scale with Stalin's Great Terror, the current atmosphere has frightened and worried many. "Political prisoners appeared almost at the same time as the arrival of Putin. ...
12. Egypt's Brotherhood is knocking
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... several top figures, have been arrested in the latest crackdown. The organization is contending with internal divisions between conservatives and reformers and between those who support the Brotherhood's ...
13. Guinea junta lifts protest ban
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Guinea's ruling military junta, facing rising international pressure and mounting internal dissent after a bloody crackdown on protesters last month, has lifted its ban on public demonstrations. The concession ...
...  Tsvangirai said he would resume unity relations only once unresolved issues are settled which include disputes over key posts and a crackdown against his supporters. After years of economic ...
... already in detention would be considered treason. "Nobody gives a flower to his murderer," he said. Iranian authorities executed a fierce crackdown on the hundreds of thousands of protesters who poured ...
... were denied entry into the main campus and its buildings. This new crackdown and suppressive atmosphere came about when last Tuesday some two thousand students held a demonstration which was ...
17. Guinea strike enters second day
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The streets remained empty across Guinea on the second day of a general strike called to protest against a violent army crackdown last month in which at least 150 people were killed. Thousands of Guineans ...
... to talk to the ousted president, "who is subjected to harassment and is hemmed in" at the embassy. The former minister also complained about the harsh crackdown on the demonstrators, who he referred to ...
TEGUCIGALPA — Supporters of deposed Honduran president Manuel Zelaya have warned an interim government crackdown on opposition media could derail talks scheduled to resume on Tuesday and aimed at resolving ...
... The volunteer militia played a central role, along with the Revolutionary Guards, in the crackdown against protesters after the election. The former commander of the Basij militia, Hussein Taeb, was moved ...
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