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In the week after its release, the Crackdown demo was the second most played Xbox Live game after Gears of War.

On Thursday, the eve of the crackdown's one-year anniversary, Human Rights Watch urged Beijing to release the lawyers, saying they were "at high risk of torture".

But most were released, and India says the crackdown was ineffectual.

Most of the detained journalists have been released, but even so, the crackdown added a martial note to Egypt's transition, seeming to undermine the military's assertion that it intended to stay out of politics.

The Toronto Taxpayers Coalition released a statement Thursday saying the crackdown is disrespectful to taxpayers.

The government has never released a death toll for the crackdown, but estimates from human rights groups and witnesses range from several hundred to several thousand.

Mr. Adilov, 51, is one of the few with a depth of knowledge of the crackdown who has been released.

Western officials had said Mr. Lukashenko and his government could avoid punishment by releasing all jailed political prisoners and ending the crackdown.

Japan cut its aid to Myanmar in protest at the shooting of a Japanese journalist during the violence.Mr Gambari was sent on tour after last week's statement by the UN Security Council "strongly deploring" the crackdown, calling for the release of political prisoners and urging Myanmar's regime to start a real dialogue with Aung San Suu Kyi, the detained pro-democracy leader.

If a coalition of such countries were to condemn the crackdown, call for a release of political prisoners and demand full respect for human rights — and back up these positions with a downgrading of diplomatic and trade ties — this would send a powerful message to both sides in Iran.

From the time of Mr. Matar's arrest to his release on Aug. 7, the ferocity of the crackdown eased, though it remains pronounced.