Had it been invaded from its sides, and they were asked to dissent, they would have done so with little hesitation.

Had it been invaded from its sides, and they were asked to dissent, they would have done so with little hesitation.

And that's why I talk about the need to actively manage dissent.

Managing dissent is about recognizing the value of disagreement, discord and difference.

The camps' revolutionary councils wielded supreme power and any suspicion of dissent was publicly and brutally punished, often with torture and imprisonment.

Second, we need to create the space for what I call managed dissent.

He wouldn't have granted the cart, and he had a very interesting dissent.

Freedom of speech, dissent and discourse lie at the very foundation of our nation.

Encouraging dissent is a rebellious notion because it goes against our very instincts, which are to surround ourselves with opinions and advice that we already believe or want to be true.

These rights, broadly recognized as both civil individual and political rights, might be misused by States to suppress political dissent.

TED Fellow and journalist Evgeny Morozov punctures what he calls iPod liberalism the assumption that tech innovation always promotes freedom, democracy with chilling examples of ways the Internet helps oppressive regimes stifle dissent.

Basically this was also a major outbreak, a culture of dissent, a culture of basically non conformism, which was not known before.

Say Just think. If this is from God and you deny it, who will be in greater error than he who is in open dissent?

Say Just think. If this is from God and you deny it, who will be in greater error than he who is in open dissent?

Yet China s leaders also recognized that they ignored popular demands at great peril. The government thus made an implicit deal with its citizens political dissent would not be tolerated, but, in exchange, the state would guarantee economic growth.

See also Case No. A 18 (1984) 5 Iran USCTR 251, at p. 260. The provision was also relied upon in a dissent in Grimm v.

The human rights practices in China and Russia, and their suppression of political dissent, are incompatible with global leadership. amp These authoritarian regimes must reform themselves at home if they are to exert any kind of moral claim abroad.

It should also consider proper mechanisms to rescue that much abused term from those who use it as a pejorative term for any dissent from their policies.

This is in order to make the interpolations of Satan a test for those whose hearts are diseased and hardened Surely the sinners have gone far in dissent.

This is in order to make the interpolations of Satan a test for those whose hearts are diseased and hardened Surely the sinners have gone far in dissent.

However, we dissent in respect of paragraph 5.3 of the Views where the Committee concluded that it need not address the author's other claims related to article 6.

Press censorship, repression of dissent, and the absence of organized opposition allow rulers the luxury of promising whatever they want, with no political consequences for failing to deliver. The result is government of the sloganeers, by the sloganeers, and for the sloganeers.

The lack of due process, particularly in political trials, and the abuse of the justice system to silence peaceful political dissent are of serious concern to the Special Rapporteur.

Intolerance of political dissent and divergent opinion is widespread, which gives rise to protracted internal civil disorders and social conflicts, which in turn are a recipe for anarchy and instability.

In meetings, he looks out for the person in the room arms crossed, looking a bit bemused and draws them into the discussion, trying to see if they indeed are the person with a different opinion, so that they have dissent within the room.

The strategies that I have discussed this evening embracing dissent, taking experts on, democratizing expertise, rebellious strategies are strategies that I think would serve us all well to embrace as we try to deal with the challenges of these very confusing, complex, difficult times.

The history of world psychiatry is peppered with diagnoses of mental illness based on political dissent. Public policy concerning mental illness must, therefore, consider carefully the potential for imposing unjustified social and political values on people in the guise of the classification of disease.

The rest of Egypt, however, only felt this money in the form of an ever expanding state apparatus that solidified Mubarak s rule, crushed dissent, and repressed millions. When Egyptians rose up against Mubarak in January, they were confronted by weapons paid for with borrowed money.

Repression of political dissent, executions, torture and discrimination against women and minorities had continued with impunity and the Iranian authorities had ignored the recommendations of the Working Group against Arbitrary Detention and the Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression.

Re equilibration The Party protects its legitimacy, keeps the military subordinate, and manages to put a lid on popular dissent. In other words, the status quo prevails for the foreseeable future.

We call it democratic because it differs from the doctrine of national security that was applied in the continent and used to suppress freedoms, punish democracy, stigmatize the opposition and frustrate dissent.

Ultimately, though, the BRICS must also lead by example. The human rights practices in China and Russia, and their suppression of political dissent, are incompatible with global leadership. These authoritarian regimes must reform themselves at home if they are to exert any kind of moral claim abroad.

Yet, as Erdoğan and his moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party have consolidated their power and their control of the country, their tolerance for dissent has declined. Today, Internet freedom has largely disappeared.

Instead, it had persisted in imposing a totalitarian state that deprived the Cuban people of the right to express dissent and of a voice in any kind of possible political and economic reform.

China remains in authoritarian mode, of course. But egregious human rights violations and suppression of dissent are raising the specter of growing internal disruptions, particularly in the wake of purges within the top leadership.

But no, by your Lord! They will not believe until they make you a judge in their disputes, then do not find within their hearts any dissent to your verdict and submit in full submission.

But no, by your Lord! They will not believe until they make you a judge in their disputes, then do not find within their hearts any dissent to your verdict and submit in full submission.

But the region s protest politics also reflects growing rejection of dictatorship and arbitrary rule. Despite these countries lack of a tradition of open dissent, globalization has made it plain to all that economic development requires regime change.

Because it's going to be very difficult for them to dissent knowing that 24 hours after this is going to be on the public space, and this is in a certain way going to be a political crisis.

But South Korean democracy was not something the US gave to the Koreans, or even always encouraged. From the late 1940 s to the late 1980 s, the US played along with, and sometimes actively backed, anti Communist authoritarian rulers, who grabbed and consolidated their powers through violent coups and the suppression of dissent.

Similarly, while competitive elections are essential to any democratic system, a winner take all attitude to electoral outcomes, with the victor concentrating power, is incompatible with democracy in the long term. Well functioning democracies are embedded in complex constitutional and other laws that separate executive, legislative, and judicial power, and that protect freedom of speech, assembly, and peaceful dissent by those who lose elections.

We wanted no part of a revolution that massacred children, drove families from their homes, and left millions destitute. We took up arms only to protect ourselves and our property from an immediate extreme Islamist threat that tolerated no dissent.

If competence was mutually exclusive, it followed that where all member States but one agreed on a common set of declarations, the dissent of that one member would in practice delay accession to the convention by all other member States.

While dissent is the lifeblood of any open society, for China it is a dangerous poison. Moreover, China fears that Hong Kong, with a population of less than eight million, might present a systemic problem as an alternative form of government, even though many Communists and their allies hold key positions in Hong Kong s private and public sectors.

The counter pressure, of course, is that EU officialdom feels unloved and unappreciated. There is an almost embattled culture among many senior officials, who fear that fanning the flames of dissent among Europe s voters could one day knock European unity off course.