1.   The party will continue to assert itself and severely punish political dissent.

2.   The President was ruthless in dealing with any hint of internal political dissent.

3.   Political dissent was brutally suppressed.

4.   He did everything in his power to suppress political dissent.

5.   It was in no sense a revival of the political dissent symbolised by Cromwellian puritanism.

6.   Economic unease may be fuelling discontent, but ten years ago, the Kwangju demonstration was sparked by a crackdown on political dissent.

7.   Among them, said Schulz, are crimes that range from bicycle theft to embezzlement, political dissent, and more serious violent crimes.

8.   And even many countries, Uganda for example, that are moving toward democracy continue to forbid, or heavily restrict, political dissent.

9.   As economic reform progresses, social controls on ordinary people tend to diminish, even as the regime tightens its grip on political dissent.