1.   CNA members responded by accusing the Hospital Council of trying to muzzle criticism of patient-care cutbacks.

2.   Last week he was broadly attacked in the Canadian press for trying to muzzle criticism.

3.   Albright also expressed concern over the arrest of Russian media magnate Vladimir Gusinsky, suggesting his detention could be an attempt by the government in Moscow to muzzle criticism.

4.   Critics said the government was using the tax probe to muzzle media criticism.

5.   The main opposition has accused the government of including the media curbs in a package of repressive laws to muzzle criticism ahead of the March polls.