His work is neither directly confrontational – he is not easily categorised as a dissident writer, for example, and has indeed often been criticised for not being nearly dissident enough – nor is it blithely reassuring or comforting.
These acts, and in particular his signing of the dissident Letter of 34 in 1964 against censorship and his involvement in the 1968 protests led to his being labeled a political dissident, for which he suffered government persecution.
Domestic opponents are imprisoned and intimidated: Kamal Labwani, a dissident, was jailed for 12 years last month for meeting US officials.
The RA on Monday released the first details of what it said would be a landmark show for a dissident artist often best known for his treatment at the hands of the Chinese authorities.
Ms. Pope has long been associated with a dissident group, Teamsters for a Democratic Union.
The vote Wednesday night was seen by opposition leaders as an effort to block a dissident movement calling for increased personal and political freedoms.
On June 12th, he led a march of 1m people, organised by the government in support of constitutional amendments which would relieve the National Assembly of its duty to debate a dissident petition calling for a referendum on free speech and elections.
One day a dissident blogger jailed for his activism against a repressive regime, the next a cabinet minister in Tunisia's interim government whose days may be numbered.
