1.   Dissidents were routinely arrested on trumped-up charges.

2.   Four days after the bombs went off, four prominent dissidents were arrested at their homes.

3.   However, China also has arrested local dissidents who had planned to speak out at the conference.

4.   Moments later, police entered the room and arrested the dissident for patronizing prostitutes.

5.   One interrogator gleefully recalled how many dissidents he had arrested in Soviet times.

6.   There was barely a ripple in Washington when China arrested its most famous dissident, Wei Jingsheng, two weeks ago.

7.   While the U.S. gives the Communists maximum economic advantage, they arrest more dissidents.

8.   Perhaps to forestall any incidents during the summit, Thai police recently have been arresting Burmese dissidents exiled in Thailand.

9.   Other dissidents have been arrested for speaking out or disseminating documents that are considered anti-communist.

10.   Police also temporarily detained a Cambodian photographer working for the British news agency Reuters, and threatened to arrest the dissident, Sam Rainsy, before seizing his Landcruiser.