51. And last month, tear gas canisters were hurled at opposition rallies throughout Bosnia. 52. Another opposition rally is planned for Saturday. 53. Anti-union sentiment is fanned by frequent police bans of opposition rallies on the pretext that they could lead to violence. 54. Announcement of the decision at an opposition rally drew roars of approval. 55. And on Saturday, police fired tear gas to disperse an opposition rally. 56. Anti-Milosevic activists appeared to get another boost when the Vuk Draskovic of the Serbian Renewal Party announced Monday that his group would join in opposition street rallies. 57. At the opposition rally, Draskovic blasted Milosevic, saying the president was prepared to cause bloodshed rather than concede opposition triumphs recognized by an international fact-finding mission. 58. Authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko bans opposition rallies in Belarus, and his police routinely club and seize participants, who are then usually summarily convicted by courts. 59. At the opposition rally, Draskovic said Milosevic was prepared to cause bloodshed rather than concede opposition triumphs recognized by an international fact-finding mission. 60. At the same opposition rally a convoy of observer vehicles was stoned and several observers were lightly injured. |