Word: dissenters
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...forgiven for lifting his eyes to the horizon. Once the subject of withering criticism from human-rights groups for his authoritarian ways and intolerance of dissent, he is now widely acknowledged as Asia's most respected senior statesman. Others may pen lengthy memoirs and seek to use their years on the world stage to tout their punditry and powers of prediction. Some can even lay claim to having guided far larger countries or served as leaders for longer than Lee. But Lee is unique. It is not just that his cold-eyed, totally nonideological analysis has set him apart from...
...enough to keep things private. Last August the kgb raided the apartments of several students who had e-mailed each other cartoons lampooning Lukashenko. The youths now face trial and stiff prison terms. Late last month, the rubber-stamp legislature passed a bill outlawing virtually every form of political dissent and authorizing wider use of pretrial detention, and stiffer jail sentences. It will come into effect just as the presidential election campaign kicks off. "Of course you'll elect me," the Batska declared earlier this month. "What else can you do?" Western nations have criticized Lukashenko's regime, but have...
...will be a lot of progress,” said Harvard College Professor Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, a Council member. “I think it’s going to happen, we are feeling good.” Kleinman said there is potential for there to be very little dissent regarding the report at next week’s Faculty meeting, based on how well the report was received by the Council. Both Ulrich and Kleinman said that there was likely to be a forum in the coming weeks to discuss the advising committee’s report, similar...
...Crimson Staff editorialized based on factually incorrect information, identifying Harvard Students for Israel (HSI) as the responsible perpetrators of vocal protest that “violated HLS’s [Harvard Law School] Protest and Dissent Guidelines...
...With dissent over the Iraq war accelerating, Bush has started to make room for critics. In Beijing on Sunday, he eased his administration's sharp language of recent days, which included Vice President Dick Cheney's labeling of war critics as "reprehensible" and White House ripostes to the New York Times and Washington Post editorial pages. Cheney's remark prompted response from within the increasingly restive Republican Party. "People should feel comfortable about expressing their opinions about Iraq," Bush told White House reporters in Beijing. "I heard somebody say, 'Well, maybe so-and-so is not patriotic because they disagree...