"These ideas constitute a movement that has political goals and can cause sedition.
And all those who try to cause sedition will be dealt with very severely".
"We will uproot those who are trying to cause sedition in this land," he said.
"Those who try to cause sedition are more dangerous than the Syrian regime and uprooting them will be even more difficult.
They point to 2003, an earlier period of turmoil in Hong Kong over the government's attempt to introduce a law against "sedition" at a time of economic crisis caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
Among the laws that chill journalistic expression is Section 124A of the penal code, also known as the sedition law, which criminalizes any expression that causes "hatred or contempt, or excites or attempts to excite disaffection towards the government".
After his death sentence for sedition on 15 October, his family accused the court of ignoring his "peaceful and non-violent approach", saying the case had caused social and political discontent.
That was the eventuality raised last month by a prominent general in the Revolutionary Guard, who described the "sedition" faced by the country as "deeper and wider" even than that of four years ago.Even if the elections pass off relatively smoothly, whoever replaces Mr Ahmadinejad will inherit daunting problems caused by sanctions.
Although he has been charged with sedition in Taiwan in connection with a 1979 anti-government riot, he was not arrested--apparently out of concern his arrest would cause disturbances.
Cautioning that the passage of time and his failing memory might cause him to inaccurately recount the details, Jefferson responded that he, Breckinridge, Wilson Nicholas, and possibly James Madison met at Monticello, at a date Jefferson could not recall, to discuss the need for resolutions denouncing the Alien and Sedition Acts.
