1.   Among those who have issued statements protesting that crackdown have been Iranian clerics in Qom, who have charged that the Saudi Shiites are being persecuted for religious reasons.

2.   During the summer, Indonesians poured into the streets to protest the crackdown on an opposition party.

3.   But the funds could be jeopardized as diplomats protest the crackdown.

4.   Cuban exile groups protest crackdown against pro-democracy activists.

5.   Falun Gong has stepped up demonstrations in recent weeks and issued warnings by founder Li Hongzhi of more vigorous action to protest the crackdown.

6.   Hamas members protested the crackdown, but said that Palestinians should not battle one another.

7.   Human rights groups protested the crackdown.

8.   In Dhaka, the Jamaat-e-Islami denied involvement in the bombings and protested the crackdown on their activists as political harassment.

9.   It came three weeks after Li, who lives in New York, called for more vigorous action to protest the crackdown.

10.   Leaders of the Burmese military junta are banned from visiting Europe under visa restrictions imposed last year by the EU to protest a crackdown on the democratic opposition.