1.   At the same time, Russia does not have a tradition of peaceful dissent, making the lack of demonstrations not surprising.

2.   It was the strongest crackdown by the Palestinians to date on peaceful dissent.

3.   Juan Carlos Alderete, a leader of the blockades, said the protests were a successful show of peaceful dissent.

4.   Too often he has confused cracking down on terror with cracking down on peaceful dissent.

5.   Wei should never have been in prison to begin with, and neither should anyone else in China whose only crime is peaceful dissent.

6.   Yet the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution was written, in large part, to protect peaceful dissent, political protest and criticism of government leaders.

7.   Police and party officials rejected accusations by human rights groups that Chinese authorities are misusing global anti-terrorist sentiment to suppress peaceful dissent Xinjiang.

8.   In addition, they counter that the cameras are an invasion of privacy that could have the reverse effect of stemming peaceful dissent.

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

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