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...waiting to see what TIME would say about Fidel Castro's crackdown on Cuban dissidents [WORLD, May 19]. Tim Padgett's thoughtful and balanced appraisal of Oswaldo Paya, the Cuban dissident who stayed in the country to work for democratic reform, was worth the wait. Paya's drive calling for a plebiscite on free speech and multiparty elections has placed the emphasis on a hopeful future. Castro has run Cuba as his feudal estate for 44 years, but his naive supporters are finally seeing him for the tyrant he is. As Padgett wrote, Paya has succeeded in "wresting the Cuba...
...China: Crackdown on Tycoons
...China: Crackdown on Tycoons
Shanghai real estate developer Zhou Zhengyi last week became the latest casualty in what appears to be an ongoing government crackdown on the dubious business practices of China's richest and flashiest. Here's the body count...
Free Email: Get World Watch Delivered Protest Crushed ZIMBABWE A week of protests against President Robert Mugabe fizzled out after a merciless government crackdown. Police, soldiers and pro-Mugabe gangs beat up opponents. Two people died, at least 400 were arrested and dozens more filled hospitals in the capital, Harare. Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was detained for a day and then rearrested later in the week on fresh treason charges. Zimbabwe's Lawyers for Human Rights said it had received reports of arbitrary detentions, assault and torture. While calls for the biggest demonstrations "since independence" failed to spark - soldiers wearing...