61.   Police shut down an independent newspaper Thursday and have arrested a leading human rights lawyer, both vocal critics of the government.

62.   Police arrested three editors of the independent Post newspaper Tuesday and charged them with publishing secret information about government plans to change the constitution.

63.   Punjab Governor Khwaja Tariq Rahim promised to designate routes through sparsely populated areas for the transport of deadly chemicals, the independent daily newspaper The News reported on Saturday.

64.   Police reportedly raided the homes and offices of journalists for the independent Post newspaper after it ran a story on government plans to change the constitution.

65.   Police stormed the offices of an independent newspaper on Thursday demanding to take away the production manager.

66.   Rahim promised to designate routes through sparsely populated areas for the transport of deadly chemicals, the independent daily newspaper The News reported on Saturday.

67.   A civil court last week also banned La Voie and another independent newspaper Le Republicain for three months.

68.   A code of conduct emerged from the meeting according to the independent newspaper The News.

69.   A civil court has also banned the publication of La Voie and another independent newspaper, Le Republicain, for three months.

70.   A former state farm director with little tolerance for dissent, Lukashenko has curbed free expression, arrested opposition activists and shut down independent newspapers.