1.   Such aid will likely be met with skepticism from the Cuban government, which says dissidents and human rights advocates are mercenaries on the American payroll.

2.   A Chinese dissident detained last month in a crack down following the visit of U.S. President Bill Clinton was to be freed Friday, dissidents in exile said.

3.   A Chinese dissident detained last month in a crackdown following the visit of U.S. President Bill Clinton was to be freed Friday, dissidents in exile said.

4.   An exiled Chinese activist who was deported to the United States last month for traveling covertly to China, was detained in Hong Kong on Friday, dissidents said.

5.   The decision to make him the deputy commander of the armed forces has not been made public, the dissidents said.

6.   The measures were taken after a breakout of government opponents from Bouswalim prison in Tripoli last week, said the dissidents, who insisted on anonymity.

7.   The major Sudanese opposition groups have started talks in Cairo on overthrowing the government of President Omar el-Bashir, senior dissidents said Thursday.

8.   Zhang said the dissident claimed to organizing an opposition party only after being arrested for other crimes.