21.   Since his release from prison, Bao has resumed his activism, publicly calling on the government to release jailed dissidents and allow greater political freedoms.

22.   Some signed petitions urging China to release political dissidents and reverse the official verdict of the protests, which Beijing deemed subversive.

23.   The authorities have released most dissidents who were approached by Wang, after detaining them for an affidavit.

24.   The charge arose from e-mail Wang sent earlier this year to Chinese pro-democracy groups overseas in which he urged the government to release jailed dissidents, the center said.

25.   The dissident released on Wednesday, Sebastian Arcos, is the brother of Gustavo Arcos, president of the banned Cuban Committee for Human Rights.

26.   The dissidents were released from prison on condition they leave Cuba, prompting the Canadian government to accept all three.

27.   The West cautiously hailed a new Nigeria as jailed dissidents were released and promises made that Abiola would soon go free as well.

28.   This time, Chinese officials denied they would release a dissident as a goodwill gesture to U.S. President Bill Clinton.

29.   Twenty-two exiled dissidents released a statement calling on U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan as well as governments and human rights groups to pressure China to release the dissidents.

30.   Three prominent Iranian dissidents have been released after spending about a year in detention, the wife of one of the men said Thursday.