21.   Human rights groups and opposition parties say Mugabe is using the land issue as a smoke screen to bolster his support and crush dissent ahead of the elections.

22.   Human rights groups and opposition parties say Mugabe is using the land issue as a smoke screen to bolster his support and crush dissent ahead of March presidential elections.

23.   International observers have said Mugabe is using the land issue as a screen to bolster his support and crush dissent ahead of March presidential elections.

24.   It complained of a Zhirinovsky personality cult that has crushed dissent, Interfax reported.

25.   It described a concert in Beijing meant to raise money to help the communist government buy bayonets and leg irons for its campaign to crush dissent.

26.   Liberals and intellectuals worry that the ex-member of the KGB will bring back the iron controls of the Communist era and crush any dissent.

27.   Li issued the martial law decree that sent tanks into the streets to crush the dissent.

28.   Many people now say violence is worse now than it was during the dictatorship of President Suharto, who used the security forces to crush dissent.

29.   Muslim activists say their struggle is homegrown and accuse the government of inventing an international conspiracy as an excuse to crush peaceful dissent.

30.   Some claim China used the attacks as a pretext to crush peaceful dissent in Xinjiang.