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Watching dissidents is a booming business in China

Chinese activists are singled out for overwhelming surveillance and by one rights group`s count amou...

Blind Chinese dissident Chen gets US visa

Getting ready to travel to the US on a fellowship, blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng spoke to ...

Chen confident China will allow him to leave

Chen sounded more relaxed and optimistic than on Friday morning before details of the deal were anno...

Don’t let dissidents into embassy again: China warns US

China on Monday asked America not to repeat such an incident again in the overall interest of bilate...

Chen’s ‘future is in America’, says Joe Biden

US Vice President Joe Biden said on Sunday that Chinese dissident Chen Guancheng could get a US visa...

China, US settle row over blind dissident Chen

China and the US appeared to have found a way out of a messy diplomatic row, with Beijing agreeing t...

US asylum likely for China dissident: Rights group

US and Chinese officials are ironing out a deal to secure American asylum for a blind Chinese legal ...

Iran dissident gets 18 years in prison

Maede Soltani, who lives in Germany, said her father was banned from exercising his profession for 2...

Chinese dissident sentenced to 7 years over poem

The hefty sentence comes ahead of next week`s visit to the US by Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping,...

Dissident blogger attacks Egypt military after release

Maikel Nabil said he was drugged before his interrogation and forced to watch other prisoners bein...

Amnesty was set to recognise late Cuba dissident

Wilman Villar died on Thursday night from complications of pneumonia after a 50-day hunger strike.

‘China dissident-lawyer Gao jailed in far west’

Chinese authorities have jailed the prominent dissident-lawyer Gao Zhisheng in the remote far west, ...

China jails dissident 10 years for subversive essays

Chen Xi, 57, was convicted over 36 essays critical of the ruling Communist Party that he published o...

`Mortars hit Iranian dissident camp in Iraq`

Hillary Clinton welcomed the agreement between Iraq and the UN on Camp Ashraf, saying it "represents...

China to try another dissident for ‘submersive’ essays

China will try a veteran dissident, Chen Xi, on charges of "inciting rebellion" for his online pro-d...

Hillary tells opposition Syria must be free

Hillary Clinton said Syrians must not only remove Assad but also advance towards the rule of law.

Wife freed after Egypt abduction: Syrian dissident

Thaer al-Nashef, a vociferous opponent of Syrian President`s regime, said his wife was found by an e...

Gadkari asks dissidents in HP not to go public

Dissident BJP leaders in Himachal Pradesh have been asked by party chief Nitin Gadkari to resolve t...

China dissident writer free after 5 years in jail

Yang Maodong said his jailers only questioned him about his pro-democracy activities, not business m...

US urges Vietnam to free top dissident

The United States on Wednesday urged Vietnam to immediately release prominent dissident Cu Huy Ha ...

Syrian dissidents meet, raise call for democracy

Syrian authorities invited the opposition to a July 10 meeting to discuss changes to constitution.

Syrian dissidents brace for backlash after `massacre`

Syrian dissidents were Tuesday fearing a harsh backlash after the authorities warned of a forceful r...

Tiananmen dissident in fight for baby girls

According to 2005 data, China had 119 boys for every 100 girls.

Maoist dissidents call Nepal closure on Tuesday

Dissidents who broke away from Nepal`s ruling Maoist party have called a nationwide shutdown on Tues...

Cuban dissident buried amid controversy

Juan Wilfredo Soto was beaten and detained by police during Thursday protest.

Maoist dissidents threaten Nepal shutdown

A group of Maoist dissidents, who broke away from the parent party accusing it of having betrayed th...

Vietnam releases 2 prominent dissidents

The two were held while appearing outside a fellow dissident`s trial.

China arrests fourth dissident in "Jasmine" crackdown

Chinese authorities have arrested Zhu Yufu on subversion charges.

Two Congress dissidents refuse to withdraw despite warning

Ram said he had taken the decision only after gross injustice was done to him in denying nomination ...

Carter meets jailed American in Cuba, calls for release

Former US president Jimmy Carter met Fidel and Raul Castro in Cuba.

Dozens of Libyan dissidents missing: Amnesty

Amnesty International says dozens of people in Libya, including dissidents and opposition figures, ...

Cuba dissidents march again after relatives freed

Dissidents will continue to demand freedom for all prisoners of conscience.

K’taka: BJP dissidents leave for Delhi

Karnataka unit BJP President K S Eswarappa and two other leaders who have been gunning for the oust...

Pro-government crowd taunts dissidents in Havana

About 200 government supporters crowded outside the house of Laura Pollan.

Two Chinese dissidents freed after 10 years in jail

The two were sentenced to 10 years in jail for discussing political reform.

Cuba frees dissident who got US medal

Oscar Elias Biscet was awarded the US Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007.

Obama denounces Cuba`s treatment of dissidents

US leader denounced Cuban govt for harassing Orlando Zapata Tamayo`s mother.

Cuba releases 2 more dissidents

The dissidents had been held in a 2003 crackdown that swept 75 into prisons.

Cuba to free 2 dissidents who refused Spain exile

The two were serving 20 year prison sentences after being arrested in 2003.

Two dissidents start hunger strike in Cuba

The two high-profile Cuban dissidents had rejected a deal for foreign exile.

Cuban opposition activist Farinas set free

Guillermo Farinas and about 15 associates were arrested on Friday afternoon.

Police again arrest Cuban dissident Farinas

The high-profile dissident was detained with 10 other political activists.

Goa Congress dissidents oppose Pacheco’s return

A group of dissident Congress legislators are opposing the induction of NCP minister Francisco Pache...

Dissidents have little support in Cuba: US cable

Cuba views dissidents as mercenaries in the pay of the United States.

China releases long-serving dissident from jail: Group

China has released from jail the ethnic Mongolian rights activist Hada.

Hong Kong protest calls for Nobel winner`s freedom

The Nobel Committee infuriated China when it awarded the prize to Liu.

How Congress quelled dissidents in Andhra Pradesh

A tough posture adopted by the Congress high command led to the quelling of dissidence among minis...

Chinese dissident released after 12-year jail term

Qin Yongmin has a history of political activism dating back three decades.

`Chinese dissident’s family unlikely to collect Nobel prize`

The only guests from Liu Xiaobo`s side are members of the Chinese Diaspora.

Cuba frees political prisoner: Family

Cuba views the dissidents as mercenaries for the United States.

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