Word: clampdowns
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...most drastic yet in the government's effort to crush a black rebellion that in the past 21 months has taken more than 1,700 lives, almost all of them black. Colin Eglin, leader of the white opposition Progressive Federal Party, called the decree ''the most severe clampdown on civil liberty and the most far-reaching denial of freedom of speech and assembly and the press in the history of South Africa.'' The government brought down this boot on the very day that a group of Commonwealth statesmen were holding a press conference in London to release a / report that...
...seeks to cleanse the country's politics, many in Dhaka worry about the ensuing assault on democratic rights. By some accounts, a total of 440,000 people have been rounded up under the emergency, with less than a quarter still detained. Journalists formally complained a month ago of a clampdown on press freedoms: some TV talk shows have been suspended, while more than a few editors are practicing self-censorship after receiving communiqués from military intelligence. "Everywhere you look there are watchmen outside your door," says Adilur Rahman Khan, member of Odhikar, an outspoken human-rights group. "Just...
...that happen? The major turned to my driver and continued to rant: How could he bring foreigners to this disaster area? Doing so showed his complete abdication of patriotic duty. The major warned that he would be reporting my driver's serious violation back to military headquarters. The clampdown was even more chilling near the riverside town of Laputta, where soldiers told villagers that any foreigners seen wandering around after dark would be shot, according to an aid agency operating locally...
...handling some 300 wagers a second. The small cut the firm takes from the bettors' winnings these days adds up to big profits: Betfair pocketed $39 million in net earnings last year. And in refusing wagers from the U.S. - where online gambling is outlawed - Betfair has dodged a recent clampdown on rival Internet operators. Here is their story, as told to TIME's Adam Smith...
...world one of the most important stories of the year. Chinese enterprise has transformed Tibet in recent years, bringing material benefits to Tibetans but also feeding anxieties about the erosion of their cultural freedoms. Those resentments exploded in the streets of Lhasa and other cities this month, prompting a clampdown by Chinese authorities. That has provoked talk of a partial boycott of the opening ceremonies of the Olympics in Beijing. But by seeking dialogue with the Dalai Lama, as called for by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, China's rulers can show the world their commitment to promoting freedom...