| At a time when mainstream media is being opened up to the masses, such crackdowns deal a blow to citizen journalism. |
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| Similar crackdowns on fine dodgers have been staged this week throughout West Yorkshire. |
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| They specialize in covering anti-army street protests and official crackdowns. |
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| We are concerned about the deteriorating human rights situation and the violent crackdowns there. |
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| Since 2001 the group has survived successive crackdowns announced by Pakistani authorities. |
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| President Sisi, already infamous for his crackdowns on dissidents and the press, is now going after the LGBT community. |
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| There is evidence also of this Fifth Brigade being involved in pre-election crackdowns. |
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| The trial comes during one of Vietnam's periodic crackdowns against dissent. |
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| There are too few crackdowns against human traffickers and too few proceedings against unscrupulous criminals. |
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| But these land routes have become less viable in recent months, squeezed by border crackdowns. |
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| Even short of police crackdowns, a regular police presence near the entrance to syringe exchange facilities can disrupt this essential service. |
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| Earlier this year, Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak announced large-scale crackdowns to expel undocumented migrants in Malaysia, targeting hundreds of thousands of migrant workers living in an irregular situation. |
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| There have been several recent reports of government crackdowns on immigrant trafficking in Fujian province, and about 100 people have been jailed or sent to labour camps for their smuggling activities. |
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| Iranian journalists and bloggers are increasingly under siege in one of the biggest crackdowns on independent voices and dissent in Iran's modern history. |
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| It ought not to take an army of citizen volunteers and a strong-willed city councilwoman to organize one-day crackdowns on blight. |
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| With varying degrees of success, police have resorted to using speed humps, surveillance cameras and crackdowns on jaywalkers and speeders. |
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| A Human Rights Watch report published last September highlighted the extent of the regime's crackdowns on the political opposition, Muslims and street protesters. |
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| Before the recent crackdowns, it was believed that thousands of Africans were hiding in forests close to the enclaves, waiting for the right time to climb the fences. |
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| Give visibility to crackdowns and publicize what exactly triggered them. |
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| These practices include continued crackdowns on freedom of expression, a widening gap between urban and rural development and forced evictions to venue construction. |
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| The mass crackdowns have strained the capacity of detention facilities, contributing to overcrowding, poor living conditions and delayed access to medical treatment. |
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| Using as a pretext a number of politically sensitive anniversaries, the government initiated successive waves of crackdowns on Chinese human rights defenders. |
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| He trusted the veracity of the material they sent, but he also noted that the Burmese regime caught on to the trend, too, sending fake e-mails and text messages, spreading false information about military crackdowns. |
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| Other journalists were killed in the 1980s, in government crackdowns on the waves of protests that preceded the 1988 referendum, the prelude to the end of the dictatorship. |
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| It was concerned about the deterioration in the human rights situation and violent crackdowns by security forces, especially since the 2009 elections. |
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| But the practice of urban exploration has now splintered under the weight of relentless media attention, crackdowns by authorities and attempts at marketing exploitation – reforming along divergent lines. |
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| The residents of the area were very happy with the arrest of the criminals and expressed hope that the police would continue to conduct such crackdowns in future too. |
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| However, those crackdowns also are forcing companies such as Guess? |
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| The recent police crackdowns on homeless people in Skid Row has had a significant effect on reducing crime in the area, police officials said Tuesday. |
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| Clark and Christopher said the continuing crackdowns have been effective. |
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| Driven by increased crackdowns on BitTorrent sites such as The Pirate Bay, software pirates are fast-moving their warez to file-hosting Web sites. |
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| Nadeem further suggested that crackdowns also be initiated against baggies in general and against those bagging at roundabouts and traffic signals. |
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| Crackdowns by the Criminal Assets Bureau have made criminals reluctant to bank their money in the republic. |
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