1 February 24 February, government crackdown arrests 130 separatists in South Yemen.

Supported by local police and 10,000 followers, the rebellion ended only after a government crackdown.

Algeria's local Christian minority is facing a new crackdown from the government, reports ...Or Does it Explode?

The Chinese government has also begun a ferocious crackdown on social media, arresting prominent activists on dubious charges.

Excessively violent crackdown

He was released in February 2011 and subsequently went into hiding following a crackdown by the government on pro democracy protesters.

Kifaya s action is especially bold in the midst of a government crackdown to prepare the way for the succession of Mubarak s son, Gamal.

Since 1996, following an effective political and military crackdown, the conflict of KDPI against the Iranian government shifted to the political opposition abroad.

The government could launch a broad crackdown on such protests, although this would risk damaging China s prestige internationally and provoking larger, more violent protests.

But when Mikhail Gorbachev refused to support a German crackdown, a mixture of overwhelming public protest and government bungling brought down the Berlin Wall.

That crackdown continues under cover of darkness.

Then former President Vicente Fox ordered a crackdown.

Bahraini activists are campaigning to stop the crackdown.

Rather than accept its losses, the EPRDF run government responded with a brutal crackdown, claiming outright victory and accusing the opposition of trying to stage an insurrection.

Newly emboldened, the government pledged to crackdown on groups that engage in violence, and announced plans to empower authorities to disband organizations that threaten security and order.

Hardliners emerged triumphant in the wake of the crackdown.

The crackdown that followed saw several students arrested and injured.

Pro change or pro reform or anti government protesters assembled in different points across Iraq this morning, to be faced with police brutality, media blackout and a government crackdown we have all become so familiar with by now.

Following the fall of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood president and government, the Saudi government is reportedly enforcing a crackdown on Islamist figures within the country, including the two prominent religious leaders Mussen al Awaji and Mohamad al Arefi.

Explosions in Maiduguri, a large city in the northeast where Boko Haram, a violent Muslim sect, remains a threatening presence despite a 2009 government crackdown, forced many voters to stay home.

While Egypt doesn't have a specific law to prosecute same sex relationships, the government has been vicious in its crackdown on gays under vague laws such as committing indecency and debauchery.

Before the crackdown, there had been 13 such massacres in 18 years.

Jordan's bloggers speak up against this latest crackdown on freedom of expression.

He also adds that such a crackdown may impede their work, saying

However, the situation stays the same and the crackdown on bloggers continues.

The Chinese government's crackdown on human rights activists and opinion leaders continues.

A dramatic curtailment of state resources may eventually push the government toward modernization, but it might also produce an uglier shift toward harder political crackdown, economic nationalism and an essentially isolationist course.

Elijah Zarwan reports on the latest crackdown on human rights activists in Syria.

Feature photo Screenshot from AlJazeera news report Security crackdown kills scores in Egypt.

In 2011, Bahrain was criticised for its crackdown on the Arab spring uprising.

Hamas s crackdown thus highlights its desire to maintain control over its conflict with Israel.

Indeed, his government s crackdown on dissent may well have cost Istanbul the 2020 Olympics.

The last crackdown lasted only a short time, and the dogs were soon released.

The regime forces have however, continuously and excessively used violence to crackdown on protests.

Bahrain is now in the third year of its crackdown on a popular uprising.

Four years ago, the crackdown started and a sweeping round of arrests has continued.

This is the perfect opportunity for Bahrain's government to prove they are concerned for all Bahraini citizens and that security isn't important only when trying to crackdown on protesters in the streets. Al Saeed still wonders whether the government is doing anything to prevent potential attacks

Soon after the bloody crackdown on Tiananmen, a new orthodoxy replaced Chinese Marxism Chinese nationalism.

China has started a serious crackdown on corruption in 2013, it s now also online entertainment.

Myanmar s generals deserve to be condemned for their brutal crackdown on civilian protestors and Buddhist monks.

Then comes the 20th anniversary of the June 4 crackdown on the Tiananmen Square student demonstrations.

Although neither Hu nor Wen were directly involved in the crackdown, they nonetheless must tread carefully.

Britain and some other European governments responded to the post election crackdown by temporarily withholding aid.

The world has been horrified by graphic images of the latest crackdown by Myanmar s military junta.

This hopeful direction changed completely, however, when Deng Xiaoping revealed his desire for a violent crackdown.