Sentence examples for dissident events from inspiring English sources

Still, Chinese officials did not attend dissident events, "which were full of people who already agreed with the dissidents," said the German novelist Tanja Kinkel.

Between 30 to 40 dissidents were detained to stop them attending papal events, a dissident human rights group said.

For the last couple of years, gay activists have been using an old dissident tactic: scheduling several events in different locations on the same day and making sure information about them travels through different channels.

Convulsed by public arguments over censorship — the official delegation, which included Mr. Mo, boycotted events where dissident Chinese writers appeared — the event raised crucial questions about writing and power, including this almost philosophic one: Can a writer in a one-party state that practices massive censorship ever be truly free to create?

As is usual in China before such important political events, known dissidents are under surveillance or in preventive custody.

China tends to detain dissidents ahead of significant events such as the 2008 Olympics and previous Tiananmen anniversaries, but this anniversary is particularly sensitive given the 25-year milestone.

The revisionist dissident prominence in the 1968 events overshadowed the equally significant awakening taking place among the working class of Poland.

In 2009, when the People's Republic of China was the official guest of honor at the Frankfurt Book Fair, Mo Yan was part of a delegation that boycotted events that included Chinese dissident writers.

Jack Dunn from the college says he suspects the interviews are wanted in connection with dissident republican activity rather than past events.

It has become common practice for ETECSA to cut off dissidents' phone service during certain national events or visits from foreign leaders, and to block the reception of messages whose contents upset them.

China blocks online searches of politically sensitive terms, smothers embarrassing news events, blocks online messages from dissidents and simply deletes any microblog posts that it dislikes.