Security forces arrived in order to distance the shepherd and activists without the use of force".
Bob's undercover tour was ending and he needed to leave the activists without arousing suspicions.
The whole thing was organised by local activists, without any major funding backer, big name or single organisation dominating.
"Alexey gives people an opportunity to become civic activists without joining an N.G.O. or a political party," Elena Panfilova told me.
In 1972, he declared martial law to avoid term limits, abolished Congress, and jailed Ninoy and thousands of opponents, journalists and activists without charge.
It would give security officials wide leeway to "disappear" dissidents and other activists without telling anyone — in other words, it would legalize Chinese officials' current practices.
But I also see the clear necessity of the animal rights activists; without them in the early days, nothing will get done.
"Do you really think that the government will apply those military trials [to] activists without justification?" asked a senior government official.
The shabby series of amnesties and diplomatic effrontery that has left some of the cruellest mass murderers of the century enjoying a peaceful retirement was often challenged by activists, without success.
