Dissent

SUBJECT OF

FACTS (3)
EVENTS (3)

Nov 2001	Prison sentence, in years, received in June by an Oregon activist for setting fire to a car dealership: 23	Harper's Index Source: Lane County Circuit Court (Eugene, Ore.)
Jun 2001	Estimated number of blank ballots cast in protest during Israel's national election in February: 56,000	Harper's Index Source: Tanya Reinhart, Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Jul 1999	Chance that the leader of a NATO member country was once an antiwar or antinuclear activist: 1 in 3	Harper's Index Source: Harper's research

October 11, 2003	Federal prosecutors indicted Greenpeace, under an obscure 1872 law designed to prevent "sailor mongers" from preying on returning seamen, for authorizing a protest in which two activists boarded a cargo ship and unfurled a banner. "Never before," said the director of Greenpeace USA, "has our government criminally prosecuted an entire organization for the free speech activities of its supporters."	Weekly Review By Roger D. Hodge Source: New York Times
October 10, 2003	Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian lawyer and human rights activist, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.	Weekly Review By Roger D. Hodge Source: Washington Post
August 15, 2000	China's annual summer crackdown on political dissent continued; observers said it was unusually severe this year.	Weekly Review By Roger D. Hodge

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