11.   He also has curbed media freedoms and imposed tough regulations on those wishing to practice law.

12.   He defended his plans to curb the freedom to demonstrate and to ban foreign contributions to Hong Kong political parties.

13.   He said it would curb freedom of expression and open the way to media monopolies.

14.   He said the law would curb freedom of expression and open the way to large media monopolies.

15.   In October, the government amended the Jordanian penal code, introducing restrictions that were widely seen as curbing the freedom of the press.

16.   Initial versions of the bill drew criticism that it would curb newfound freedom of expression following the end of the Suharto era.

17.   It gives the president broad power to impose laws without parliamentary approval, curb press freedom and ban political meetings.

18.   Lukashenko, who gained nearly unlimited powers in a national referendum, has been criticized in the West for curbing press freedoms and cracking down on political opponents.

19.   Many ethnic Chinese fear the fundamentalist party will curb religious freedom if it accomplishes its political goal of making Malaysia an Islamic state.

20.   Obeid promised that the government would not use emergency law against opposition parties or to curb freedom of expression.