31.   While the government has maintained its tight repression of public dissent, its tactics have changed somewhat.

32.   The vaguely-worded laws for defending social peace and social values give the government wide room for manoeuvre in tackling public dissent.

33.   The vaguely-worded laws for defending social peace and social values gave the government wide room for manoeuvre in tackling public dissent.

34.   Serbia is moving to defuse the crisis that has thrown angry crowds onto the streets, by restoring two independent radio stations and taking measures to sooth public dissent.

35.   Somchai also cited the recent shutdown of a popular political talk show on television considered to be hostile to the government as another effort to muzzle public dissent.

36.   The government significantly restricts freedom of speech, the press, and assembly, and continued to not tolerate most types of public dissent.