1.   Dominic Bentevegna, a leader of the dissidents, asserted that Bevona packed the meeting with loyal business agents and prevented many dissidents from getting into the ballroom.

2.   The security services are adept at preventing dissidents from coalescing into a formidable faction.

3.   Police frequently cut off phone service to prevent dissidents from communicating with foreign reporters and each other.

4.   Police in many cases have effectively prevented dissidents from holding jobs by harassing prospective employers.

5.   Police prevented dissidents from going to the court where a labor activist accused of endangering state security was due to be tried Sunday, a human rights group said.

6.   Chinese leaders want to prevent dissidents from tapping into mounting public discontent over unemployment, official corruption and stagnating incomes.

7.   He said it was apparently aimed at preventing Chinese dissidents from escaping the mainland to Hong Kong.

8.   He said the government apparently was trying to prevent the dissidents from protesting at a Catholic religious procession Tuesday.

9.   He said the government of Fidel Castro apparently was trying to prevent the dissidents from protesting at a Roman Catholic religious procession on Tuesday.

10.   They had to go into the stands several times to prevent Iranian dissidents protesting against the Tehran government.