1.   But the crackdown has been criticized by some intellectuals and human rights advocates as reflecting an unfortunate Egyptian predisposition to use security forces to address social problems.

2.   Police blocked them from hanging a poster on the door criticizing the crackdown.

3.   Amnesty International, the British-based rights group, criticized the crackdown.

4.   Jumblatt has also criticized the crackdown.

5.   Publishers have criticized the crackdown, under which three journalists have been jailed for libel, saying it was an attack on the independent and opposition press.

6.   Several organizations also have criticized the crackdown as a blatant violation of human rights.

7.   Sen. Rosendo Villareal Davila of the center-right National Action Party Wednesday criticized the crackdown, the English language Mexico City Times said.

8.   Several organizations have criticized the crackdown as a blatant violation of human rights.

9.   The president of the Grenada Mass Bands Association criticized the crackdown.

10.   Human rights groups have criticized the crackdown for leading to likely miscarriages of justice and a large increase in executions.